Category Archives: Podcasts

Female lawyers tell their stories: Interview with Prof. Dr. Sabine Boos from Heilbronn University now online

The second episode of the new interview podcast “Juristinnen erzählen” is now online and can be streamed on all common platforms. Prof. Dr. Sabine Boos is our guest in this episode. Sabine Boos is a professor of engineering law at Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences. In the interview, she talks about her day-to-day work at […]

Women lawyers tell their stories: the new interview podcast from the Research Center for Intellectual Property Law

The Research Center for Intellectual Property at the ITM has launched a new interview podcast. In order to get more young female lawyers interested in intellectual property law, we will be interviewing female IP lawyers about their careers in this podcast. Unfortunately, women working in this area of law are still underrepresented compared to their […]

Podcast: Mickey Mouse and copyright law

Copyright protection for the cartoon character “Mickey Mouse” expires in the USA at the end of 2023. For this reason, in this episode, research associates Klaus Palenberg and Nicolas John look at the copyright protection periods for German and international works. In addition to the principles of German copyright law, the various international treaties are […]

Podcast: The European Health Data Space (EHDS)

The EU’s data strategy creates a new area of law: data economy law. While data law has so far focused primarily on the protection of personal data and, more recently, the security of the data infrastructure, the new legal acts (Data Act, Data Governance Act and the sector-specific data rooms) are aimed primarily at the […]

Podcast: EU-US Data Privacy Framework

The EU Commission has issued an adequacy decision on the new data protection framework between the EU and the US. In this episode, research assistants Ole-Christian Tech and Klaus Palenberg look at the consequences of the decision and the content of the agreement with the US. In particular, the novelties compared to the previous agreements, […]

Podcast: Datenkontrolle in der Cloud

Digital sovereignty has become a political development goal. Especially in the area of cloud computing, how control over data can be exercised effectively is often in question. In this episode of Weggeforscht, research assistants Johanna Voget and Johannes Müller present the DSK’s position paper on sovereign clouds and discuss the criteria set out in it. […]

Podcast: Hacks for more cybersecurity!

In this episode, research assistants Johanna Voget and Klaus Palenberg discuss the topic of white hat hacking. The legal admissibility of such simulated cyber attacks, which are used to find and eliminate security vulnerabilities in one’s own system, raises several questions and problems. These are examined in depth and discussed in detail. An article on […]

Podcast: More cybersecurity due to the NIS-2 directive?

Regular cyber attacks on IT infrastructures have become part of everyday life in a digitized world. This also increases the need for a legal framework that obliges cybersecurity. In this episode, research assistants Nicolas John and Johannes Müller provide information on EU legislation aimed at establishing a uniform level of IT security. In particular, the […]

Podcast: Zurück zur Stechuhr?

After the decision of the Federal Labour Court in September 2022, the topic of recording working hours is going viral again. Are employers now obliged to record the working hours of their employees and, if so, how is this to be implemented in concrete terms? What will happen to trust-based working time models in the […]

Podcast: How fast do my employees work?

Employee data protection is a constant issue in the day-to-day operations of many companies. In its decision (Case No. 10 A 6199/20), the Administrative Court (VG) of Hanover dealt with the use of technologies by Amazon which allow the company to monitor the working speed of employees in its logistics centre. In doing so, the […]