Thomas Hoeren once again gave his annual presentation at CODAIP, the largest Brazilian conference on intellectual property law and new media, organized by the University of Parana. On November 6, he presented the EU’s latest plans to amend the Product Liability Directive for IT products, with a particular focus on increased liability for AI products […]
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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.
The ITM’s annual doctoral seminar once again took place at the beginning of October in the Johannes a Lasco Library in Emden. Over a Frisian tea ceremony, 25 doctoral students discussed Derrida and the law, value protection clauses, the Data Act or GDPR and UWG with Thomas Hoeren and Daniel Hötte (FH Bielefeld). An exciting […]
After a group of Georgian academics visited the ITM and the Academy of Art in winter, the return visit to Tbilisi has now taken place. Prof. Dr. Thomas Hoeren explained the activities of the Art Law Clinic at TSU and outlined the main features of European data policy in a much-noticed lecture to the professors. […]
I didn’t even know how to spell my name in Chinese. In any case, the Chinese Academy of Fine Arts recently made me an honorary Research Fellow, which makes me very happy and honored.
We were able to discuss questions of medical ethics with 18 medical and law students at the Studienstiftung’s Summer Academy in Vienna. Whether it was about abortion, artificial intelligence or the end of life, controversial debates with experts from Austria were the subject of exciting controversies at the JUFA Hotel in Vienna at the beginning […]
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In summer temperatures of around 30 degrees, the ITM Runners team laced up their running shoes again this year for the 22nd Leonardo Campus Run. The 22 academic staff and student assistants took part in both the 5 km After-Work-Run and the 10 km ZfS-Run and were cheered on in front of the ITM curve […]
The new online certificate course “Law of the Digital Economy”, an English-language, international course led by Professor Dr. Thomas Hoeren (ITM, University of Münster), will start in October 2024. It is aimed at students and practitioners who want to gain an in-depth understanding of the legal framework of the digital economy and includes topics such […]
We had a great summer party together last week! It was a great day to be together with our colleagues in a convivial atmosphere. The summer festival was all about soccer: we were able to really let off steam at bubble soccer and compete against each other in […]










