Are universities operators or providers of AI systems? What obligations do universities have towards their members in terms of AI skills training? When does an AI model actually become an AI system? And what applies to high-risk AI or open source AI? The new legal opinion from KI:edu.nrw addresses these and many other questions. However, […]
Category Archives: Reports
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Jul
Jul
Good News for Law of the Digital Economy (LDE) Students: Recognition by Georgian Bar Association The Georgian Bar Association will recognize the LDE course as part of its mandatory continuing legal education (CLE) program. This gives professional value to your participation. Course Promotion to Legal Professionals The Bar Association will actively promote the course among […]
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Jul
Jul
On July 4 and 5, 2025, this year’s seminar on intellectual property rights took place on the premises of the ITM. Under the direction of Prof. Dr. Jochen Bühling, lawyer from Düsseldorf and proven expert in the field of intellectual property law, the seminar offered an intensive examination of current issues in intellectual property law. […]
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Jun
Jun
In 2010, a historic milestone was set in international academic cooperation between Brazil and Germany: The CAPES Brazil Chair was established at the renowned University of Münster (University of Münster – UM). The initiative, which from a partnership with the coordination office for the Promotion the University education (CAPES) emerged is, promotes since then scientific […]
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May
May
What a surprise. More than 40 students (well over the limit) came to my first lecture on IT contract law at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Among other things, we will be practicing the drafting of data and AI contracts. That will be exciting!
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May
May
In the video created in my lecture on copyright law at the University of Vienna, Marcel and Umut from the University of Vienna deal with the complex topic of “AI and copyright in Austrian legal practice” in a deliberately satirical way. Through humorous exaggerations, stereotypical depictions of experts and absurd interview situations, it sheds light […]
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May
May
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
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May
May
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 […]
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Apr
Apr
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 […]
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Apr
Apr
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 […]
