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Art law clinics worldwide

Yesterday saw a historic meeting between representatives of various art law clinics from around the world, including Germany, Georgia, South Africa and Austria. The videocast conversation, hosted by Nikolaus Forgo from the University of Vienna, covers the history, current activities, challenges and future of these clinics. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkdQ5I9S5xg&t=1990s Here are the most important findings from […]

Holger Lyre about AI

Artificial intelligence, law and philosophy Yesterday I had a very exciting interview with my colleague Professor Dr. Holger Lyre (University of Magdeburg) about the possibilities and limits of AI. The famous philosopher of science spoke in detail about the dangers of deep learning and large language models. The interview can be seen on YouTube at

Said Gulyamov on the DMA

On 6.5.25, Professor Dr. Said Gulyamov, Head of the Cyber Law Department at Tashkent State University of Law, delivered a compelling lecture on the legal implications of the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) as part of the LDE (Law of the digital economy) series. The lecture focused on how the DMA aims to regulate powerful […]

Competition Law Doctoral Forum Amsterdam 2025

Am vergangenen Freitag fand das „Competition Law Doctoral Forum“ von Prof. Thibault Schrepel an der VU Amsterdam statt. Neben vielen wertvollen Gesprächen und dem Austausch über die wettbewerbsrechtlichen Promotionsvorhaben von Forschenden in den Niederlanden, hat vor allem der Vortrag von Martijn Snoep, dem Präsidenten der niederländischen Wettbewerbsbehörde, besonders gut gefallen. Herr Snoep hat viele spannende […]

Visit to Manz “AI and copyright”

That was a really exciting visit. Together with my students from the copyright law course, I visited Manz Verlag in Vienna. Managing Director Dr. Pichler and his staff gave us an introduction to the changes in copyright law that await publishers in the age of AI. His employees gave us a detailed and exciting explanation […]

Chatgpt and prosecution file processing

We continue! After developing and expanding the legal mentor at ChatGPT, we are now moving on to trainee lawyer training. We have created a new bot for prosecutor file processing. Many thanks to Ref. Stefanie Peters for her help. Since my experience as a public prosecutor is more than 30 years old, I would be […]

Protecting intellectual property: E-Learning IP Driver’s License

Free e-learning on the protection of intellectual property (IP) provides an introduction to patent, copyright, trademark and design law as well as trade secret law. A quick course for basic knowledge in the field of intellectual property rights – available online and free of charge: With the IP driving license, PROvendis GmbH, in cooperation with […]

Protecting intellectual property: E-Learning IP Driver’s License

Free e-learning on the protection of intellectual property (IP) provides an introduction to patent, copyright, trademark and design law as well as trade secret law. A quick course for basic knowledge in the field of intellectual property rights – available online and free of charge: With the IP driving license, PROvendis GmbH, in cooperation with […]