Das Landesjustizministerium NRW hat sich in einer ausführlichen Erklärung an den Landtag zur Schließung des Schwerpunktes ITM in Münster geäußert. In einem Schreiben vom 28. März hat es erklärt: “Die im Internet veröffentlichte Begründung des Instituts für Informations-, Telekommunikations- und Medienrecht an der Westfälischen-Wilhelms Universität Münster (ITM) ist denn wohl auch weniger unmittelbare Folgerung der […]
Author Archives: Thomas Hoeren
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Education in ITM only until summer term 2023
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Feb
Unfortunately, we do not see ourselves in a position to continue teaching the ITM focus area in the long term. Instead, we will close the specialisation area 3/ITM after the transition period has expired. On the one hand, the faculty has decided not to fill Mr Holznagel’s chair again with a successor who is versed […]
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Data protection in Austria
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Mr Lukas Moormann (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration) gave a highly regarded lecture to the ITM on data protection in Austria on Monday, 7 February 2022. In front of the broad audience, he explained the constitutional foundations up to the ECHR. Then he described the legal process in matters of data protection, especially […]
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Fair data spaces in Münster
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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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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 […]
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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 […]
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Nov
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
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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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The ITM is pleased to announce that Lars Rieck, an advocate from Hamburg, has been elected as a new member of the ITM’s scientific advisory board. Mr Rieck has been a lawyer in Hamburg since 2004; he is both a specialist lawyer for industrial property rights and a specialist lawyer for copyright. He is active […]
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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 […]
