Yesterday, a large audience attended the event celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Intellectual Property Research Center at the University of Münster. The keynote speaker was former ITM doctoral candidate and former presiding judge at the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court, Professor Dr. Thomas Kühnen, who gave a fascinating presentation on the relationship between antitrust law […]
Category Archives: Announcements
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Feb
Feb
The “Best of ITM” experiment has come to a successful end. In their seminar papers, 10 students had to read, review and check the topicality of old ITM doctoral theses. The enthusiastic reviewers selected from a pool of more than 200 dissertations on blockchain law, consumer and data protection on the internet, copyright law […]
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Jan
Jan
Who would have thought it? Unforeseen success of the new additional Law of the Digital Economy course! We started with formal commitments from five universities: The new additional training course on legal issues in European and international data law slowly took off in 2024. It soon became clear that we had reached the limits of […]
10
Jan
Jan
BGH decides on the copyright permissibility of the use of images of a photo wallpaper. Thomas Hoeren writes in his comment on the ruling of the BGH that the decision is one of the most beautiful rulings of the BGH in matters of copyright contract law. The distinction between contract law on the granting of […]
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Dec
Dec
The Institute for Information, Telecommunications and Media Law (ITM), Department of Civil Law, at the University of Münster is seeking to fill the position of Research assistant (E 13 TV-L) to be filled. We are offering a part-time position (50%) for a limited period of 3 years. The full-time teaching commitment is 4 SWS. […]
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Nov
Nov
Following the successful initiative on the use of Open Access in Internet and AI law, the next step is already underway: a new book by Marie-Therese Wirtz and Thomas Hoeren on art and law has just been published for free download via Open Access – a comprehensive guide for artists on dealing with copyright law, […]
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Nov
Nov
New faces will be moving into the ITM building in the summer semester of 2025. Following the retirement of Professor Dr. Bernd Holznagel, we were able to use our existing good contacts with the Institute for Entrepreneurship at the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics to intensify our cooperation, especially in terms of space. Professor […]
10
Nov
Nov
The chairmen of the university councils of North Rhine-Westphalian universities met on Monday (November 4) to exchange experiences. One of the focal points was the recently published draft bill for the NRW Higher Education Strengthening Act. The draft was discussed in detail with the State Minister for Culture and Science, Ina Brandes. As Chairman of […]
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Oct
Oct
Phew, we’ve done it. Thanks to the active cooperation of all ITM staff, especially Philipp Meyer and the student assistants, the book European Data Law is now finished. It is available for free download at https://www.itm.nrw/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Skriptum-Datenrecht-Stand-November-2024-en.docx The German version will be published by de Gruyter shortly after Christmas. We are always open to critical suggestions.
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Oct
Oct
Hoeren/Pinelli, IT Contract Law, 4th edition newly published I am proud: the 4th edition of our book on IT contract law was published yesterday, after the 3rd edition was completely sold out after two years. The handbook deals comprehensively with all aspects of IT contract law. It contains the regulation of IT contracts as well […]
