Category Archives: Reports

Tbilisi is calling – a return visit to TSU

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. […]

Prof. Kretschmann (BR) at the ITM

Professor Dra. Angela Kretschmann (Brazil) gave a highly inspiring lecture on current problems of Brazilian copyright law to more than 40 students and lawyers on July 1, 2024. She also dealt in detail with legal problems caused by AI and fundamental ethical and political issues of intellectual property law. Doctorate in Law from the University […]

Inspiring guest lecture by Prof. Edisher Phutkaradze at the ITM

  On 24.06.2024, the Institute for Information, Telecommunications and Media Law (ITM) at the University of Münster had the honor of welcoming Prof. Edisher Phutkaradze from Georgia for a special guest lecture. Under the title “Current Developments in Computer Criminal Law”, Prof. Phutkaradze provided those present with a profound and far-reaching insight into the complex […]

Music with Custodis

I had a fascinating conversation with the famous musicologist Prof. Dr. Michael Custodis about the relationship between musicology and copyright law at a lecture a few days ago. Mr. Custodis first gave a profound lecture on the false melody-centricity of copyright law, then questioned my lack of knowledge in the field of modern pop music […]

Tbilisi visits the ITM

Professor Dr. Thomas Hoeren welcomed high-ranking guests from the University of Tbilisi to the ITM at the end of April. The Dean of Law at Tbilisi State University (TEU), Professor Dr. Tamar Zarandia, and her colleague Professor Dr. Sergi Jorbenadze spent three days in Münster to explore opportunities for cooperation between the Faculty of Law […]

Prof. Dr. Andreas Roth in conversation

In an interview with Thomas Hoeren, the well-known legal historian Prof. Dr. Andreas Roth from Mainz talked about his studies in Münster on YouTube. Prof. Andreas Roth holds the Chair of German Legal History and Civil Law at the University of Mainz and conducts research in the history of family and criminal law as well […]

Review: Successful ITM International Day

On October 31, the ITM International Day took place with three exciting lectures by international guest scientists from Georgia and China. Sergi Jorbenadze from Georgia kicked off the event with an exciting presentation on blockchain and digitalization in Georgia. Mr. Jorbenadze is an associate professor at Ivane Javakhishvili University (TSU) in Tbilisi and used the […]