Author Archives: Thomas Hoeren

Fair data spaces in Münster

On Saturday 5 February 2021, the first workshop of the BMBF research network Fair data spaces took place with large participation of researchers from all over Germany. The main focus was on the intellectual property and data protection issues of the use of cross-border cloud platforms in the context of NFDI and GaiaX. The workshop […]

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Doktorandenseminar virtuell

Am 3. und 4. Dezember 2021 fand das alljährliche Doktorandenseminar am ITM statt. Unter der Leitung von Professor Dr. Thomas Hoeren diskutierten rund 20 Doktorandinnen und Doktoranden über ausgewählte Forschungsvorhaben aus dem Bereich ITM, vom gewerblichen Rechtsschutz über das Urheberrecht bis hin zum Werbe- und Datenschutzrecht sowie Legal tech. Erläutert wurden die Grundbegriffe wissenschaftstheoretisch korrekter […]

Art law in China

Yesterday (20 November) in Beijing (China), Professor Dr. Thomas Hoeren gave a highly acclaimed short video lecture on the perspectives of Art law in university education. The event was attended by 142 professors, students and government representatives from all over China. The conference was chaired by Professor Dr. Zhou Lin (Beijing), who has been a […]

Professor Dr. Thomas Hoeren in Brazil: Protection of Trade Secrets in Europe

At the invitation of Professor Dr. Marcos Wachowicz (Professor at the University of Paraná in Brazil), Professor Dr. Thomas Hoeren gave a lecture on the European protection of trade secrets at the 15th CODAIP conference. He showed the different attempts to understand know-how protection as an intellectual property right. In a second presentation, Professor Dr. […]

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Art law clinic in South Africa

The Art Law Clinic in Münster enjoys great popularity, and not only in Münster. Nationwide, requests for an extended cooperation between law students and art students are coming in. Now the concept of the Münster Art Law Clinic has also been successfully established in South Africa. Professor Dr. Thomas Hoeren has agreed with his colleague […]

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Grandseigneur des ITM verstorben: In Erinnerung an Prof. Dr. Hans Kiefner (1929 – 2021)

Am 15. Juni 2021 ist leider der Nestor und Grandseigneur des ITM, Professor Dr. Hans Kiefner, nach schwerer Krankheit gestorben. Professor Kiefner leitete über Jahrzehnte das Institut für Kirchenrecht an der Universität Münster, bei dem ich als Hilfskraft und Assistent tätig war. Meine wissenschaftliche Ausbildung verdanke ich Herrn Kiefner, der mich mit großer Akribie und […]