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 […]
Category Archives: Reports
01
Mar
Mar
We’re done !!! I have now dedicated myself to the further development of the new AI project. After extensive brainstorming and numerous considerations (also by the tireless ITM employee Merlin Rombach – thank you, thank you, thank you), I can now present the first iteration of the RechtsMentor – ITM GPT (link below). In my […]
22
Feb
Feb
Yesterday, a large audience attended the event celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Intellectual Property Research Center at the University of Münster. The keynote speaker was former ITM doctoral candidate and former presiding judge at the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court, Professor Dr. Thomas Kühnen, who gave a fascinating presentation on the relationship between antitrust law […]
06
Feb
Feb
On Monday, attorney Lars Rieck (Hamburg) successfully defended his dissertation on the subject of “Tattooing and copyright law”. The examination took place at Chemnitz University of Technology under the chairmanship of Professor Dr. Dagmar Gesmann-Nuissl and Prof. Dr. Thomas Hoeren and consisted of a disputation and two short presentations in which he convincingly presented his […]
10
Jan
Jan
BGH decides on the copyright permissibility of the use of images of a photo wallpaper. Thomas Hoeren writes in his comment on the ruling of the BGH that the decision is one of the most beautiful rulings of the BGH in matters of copyright contract law. The distinction between contract law on the granting of […]
27
Nov
Nov
New faces will be moving into the ITM building in the summer semester of 2025. Following the retirement of Professor Dr. Bernd Holznagel, we were able to use our existing good contacts with the Institute for Entrepreneurship at the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics to intensify our cooperation, especially in terms of space. Professor […]
10
Nov
Nov
The chairmen of the university councils of North Rhine-Westphalian universities met on Monday (November 4) to exchange experiences. One of the focal points was the recently published draft bill for the NRW Higher Education Strengthening Act. The draft was discussed in detail with the State Minister for Culture and Science, Ina Brandes. As Chairman of […]
07
Nov
Nov
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 […]
31
Oct
Oct
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.
04
Oct
Oct
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 […]
