Author Archives: Thomas Hoeren

Women lawyers talk: new episode with Dr. Christiane Schmaltz from the BGH (First Civil Senate)

The third episode of the interview podcast “Juristinnen erzählen” is now online. Dr. Christiane Schmaltz is our guest in this episode. Ms. Schmaltz has been a judge at the Federal Court of Justice since 2018, where she is assigned to the I. Civil Senate primarily responsible for intellectual property law. In this interview, she talks […]

Generative AI – History, Legal and Business Impact – Lecture by Prof. Dr. Alexander Zeier

On 15.1.2024, the ITM welcomed Prof. Alexander Zeier and Pauline Zeier for a lecture on generative AI, ChatGPT and law in a cooperation event of the public law and civil law departments. Alexander Zeier is Chief Technology Office (CTO) of the SAP Business Group and teaches as an honorary professor at the Faculty of Computer […]

Presentation by Dr. Anjuli von Hülst on the absolute protection of blockchain tokens

On 8.1. ITM welcomed Dr. Anjuli von Hülst for an exciting lecture entitled “Blockchain and Law”. The doctor of law presented the theses of her recently published dissertation “Absoluter Schutz von Blockchain-Token: Normativer Sachbegriff im deutsch-italienischen Rechtsvergleich” (Mohr Siebeck). Dr. von Hülst’s presentation dealt with the property law classification of tokens, which represent the value […]

Exhibition Hoeren on outsider art

I am exhibiting my photos on the art of mentally handicapped people in Itoshima (Japan) in Münster as part of the 2×2 Forum Haus Kannen, The 2×2 Forum for Outsider Art 2023 is an international platform for studios and artists in Münster and will take place from 05 to 08 October 2023. The four-day art […]

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Excellent usbek information law professor new member of the ITM advisory board

Prof. Said Gulyamov is a renowned legal scholar and educator with extensive experience in the fields of corporate law and cyber law. Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Prof. Gulyamov holds a dual degree in economics and law from Tashkent State Economic University and Edinburgh Napier University. He also earned a Master’s degree in law from the […]

Thanks from Abhazia

The University of Abkhazia has recently published on the internet its thanks for the generous donation of books made by ITM to the law faculty based in Soutumi and Tbilisi. As part of the donation, numerous up-to-date commentaries and textbook literature, especially on German criminal law, were given to the university. Further donations will also […]

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Internes Doktorandenseminar

Am 28.06.2023 bot sich den internen Doktorandinnen und Doktoranden des ITM wieder die Möglichkeit, ganztags die Zwischenstände ihrer Dissertationen unter der Aufsicht von Institutsleiter Professor Thomas Hoeren vor versammelter Mannschaft zu erörtern. Nachdem das jeweilige Thema, die bereits gefundenen Ergebnisse und die noch herauszuarbeitenden Schwerpunkte vorgestellt wurden, konnten durch zahlreiche Rückfragen und Hinweise durch Professor […]

Proud: PD Dr. Dr. Joachim Hübner gives inaugural lecture in Lübeck

  Privatdozent Dr. Dr. Joachim Hübner will give his inaugural lecture at the University of Lübeck on Thursday, 25 May 2023. Mr Hübner worked as a research assistant at the Institute here from 2000 to 2003. He wrote his doctoral thesis here in 2003 on Inventions by Employees at Universities – A Contribution to the […]

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Expertise ChatGPT and universities published

A comprehensive legal assessment of the fundamental legal issues surrounding the use of artificial intelligence (AI)-based writing tools at universities has been presented by the KI:edu.nrw project team of the Ruhr University Bochum led by Dr. Peter Salden in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Thomas Hoeren of the Westphalian Wilhelms University Münster (WWU). Among other things, […]

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