Predatory startup Uber is not allowed to operate without a license pertaining to the federal Personenbeförderungsgesetz that regulates transportation by bus, car and tram, a Frankfurt court has confirmed on thursday (preliminary injunction). Uber faces a penance of 250,000 Euro per violation. Uber plans to fight the ban, it said, according to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. This likely means that without a license, Uber is done. To qualify for a license, any service needs to meet wide-ranging requirements set forth in the aforementioned law, which "UberPop" seems unlikely to be able to (ever) meet.
http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/idUKKBN0GX0EM20140902
Original report:
http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/wirtschaftspolitik/taxi-konkurrenz-gericht-verbietet-uber-deutschlandweit-13130485.html
Court order:
http://docs.dpaq.de/7814-beschluss-landgericht-ffm_uber-taxi-deutschland_2014-09-01.pdf
License requirements:
http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pbefg/__13.html