Successful doctoral examination: Lars Rieck defends his dissertation on tattoos and copyright with top marks
On Monday, attorney Lars Rieck (Hamburg) successfully defended his dissertation on the subject of “Tattooing [...]
Feb
News at the halfway point of LDE
Who would have thought it? Unexpected success of the new Law of the Digital Economy [...]
Jan
Women lawyers tell their stories: new episode with Danielle Hertneck is online
Danielle Hertneck is our guest in the 12th episode of Juristinnen erzählen . Danielle is [...]
Jan
BGH: Photo wallpaper – new comment by Thomas Hoeren
BGH decides on the copyright permissibility of the use of images of a photo wallpaper. [...]
Jan
Seminar Best of ITM – Summer semester 2025
In the coming semester, Prof. Dr. Thomas Hoeren will hold a seminar on the “Best [...]
Dec
Publications
The following publication list contains the publications of Professor Dr. Thomas Hoeren.
Courses
In addition to the lectures in the compulsory subject area of the intermediate examination, the ITM also offers its own specialization area and two additional courses.
Employees
A number of employees work at the ITM. Some of the staff work at the chair itself and are primarily concerned with issues relating to course planning.
ITM stands for Information, Telecommunications and Media Law. The legal field has a long tradition in Münster, starting in 1997 with the ITM Institute of the University of Münster. The institute was based in the Faculty of Law until it moved to the new premises on the Leonardo Campus. In civil law, Professor Dr. Thomas Hoeren has built up a broad network in computer science, art studies and economics in close cooperation with the private sector and other foreign research institutions. Since then, more than 150 researchers have been awarded doctorates; “ITMers” are now working in a variety of jobs in administration, business, the legal profession and even as university lecturers.

Prof. Dr. Thomas Hoeren