BERLIN, Aug. 28 (WNM) -- Following Google's cancellation of a planned court hearing on Wednesday, Peter Hubert, the innkeeper of the traditional Bavarian pub Bräustüberl, announced that "the Bräustüberl has won." Google had acknowledged the innkeeper's injunction claim against waiting times for a table as shown on Google and thereby avoided a legal dispute in Germany. The case is now legally closed.

In its online chart, Google had displayed waiting times of 15 minutes, on weekends even 90 minutes. Hubert argued that the information was wrong and could discourage potential guests. Visitors of the Bräustüberl in the Bavarian tourist hotspot had made the innkeeper aware of the issue as early as 2017. Since then, Hubert tried to have the information removed from the Internet which Google then did in July 2019. The German Hotel and Restaurant Association (Dehoga) was also watching the case. "In the interest of its members, the Dehoga Bundesverband will take care of the matter and question the origin and sources of the information published by Google," Dehoga commented in July after the information was removed.

A Google spokesperson confirmed the cancellation of the court appointment and said "we have already blocked the function waiting times in July for the restaurant at Tegernsee as requested." Despite the dispute, Google stated that the innkeeper was free to have the waiting time information activated again in the future.