Materials

Legal materials

• GDPR
• Directive on copyright in the digital single market

Materials on Internet law

The book Internet Law is in 4th ed.
published by de Gruyter (Berlin); New edition to be published in 2025/26.

Script Internet Law English September 2024

• Lecture notes on internet law (as of March 2023)

-Old versions of the script-

• Status January 2021(pdf)
• Status July 2020(pdf)
• Status October 2019(pdf)
• Status October 2019 – EN(pdf)
• Status April 2019(pdf)
• Status November 2018(pdf)
• Status March 2018(pdf)
• Status April 2017(pdf)

Materials on IT contract law

The book IT Contract Law (co-authored with Stefan Pinelli) will be published by de Gruyter Berlin in the 4th edition at the beginning of 2025.

Script IT Contract law english_2024

-Old versions of the script-

• Script IT-Contract-Law EN (as of October 2019)
• Lecture notes on IT contract law (as of January 2019)
• Lecture notes on IT contract law (as at: October 2018)
• Lecture notes on IT contract law (as of April 2017)

Materials on data law

The book European data law (co-authored with Stefan Pinelli) will be published in German and English by de Gruyter (Berlin) in spring 2025.

Documents on copyright and European data protection law

• Copyright Act (UrhG) new version
• Art Copyright Act (From Transpatent. Status: 2021)
• Art and law. A booklet for young artists (2021)

• Digital Services Act: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/PDF/?uri=CONSIL:PE_30_2022_REV_1&qid=1666697244569&from=DE

  Digital Markets Act: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32022R1925&qid=1666697244569&from=DE

  Proposal for a directive on AI liability (note: only a proposal from the EU Commission, adoption by the Council/Parliament pending!): https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files/1_2_197605_prop_dir_ai_de.pdf

  Proposal for a LAW ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (Attention: Only a proposal of the EU Commission, adoption by the Council/Parliament pending!):https://eur-lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:e0649735-a372-11eb-9585-01aa75ed71a1.0019.02/DOC_1&format=PDF

  General Data Protection Regulation (updated version as of 2021):https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02016R0679-20160504&qid=1666701194882&from=DE

  Data governance legal act: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32022R0868&qid=1666698484397&from=DE

  Directive on digital content and digital services: Directive (EU) 2019/770 of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 20, 2019 on certain aspects of contracts for the supply of digital content and digital services Text with EEA relevance. (europa.eu)

  Directive on copyright and related rights in the digital single market: DIRECTIVE (EU) 2019/ 790 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL – of April 17, 2019 – on copyright and related rights in the digital single market and amending Directives 96/ 9/ EC and 2001/ 29/ EC (europa.eu)

  Directive on audiovisual media services (updated version as of 2018): https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02010L0013-20181218&from=DE

  Ordinance on the implementation of enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection(updated version as of 2014): https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02012R1257-20130120&qid=1666704159466&from=DE

  Directive to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (updated version as of 2016): https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02015L2436-20151223&qid=1666703921998&from=DE

  DIRECTIVE on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information(trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/943 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of June 8, 2016 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure (europa.eu)

Sample data protection declaration

• Sample data protection declaration according to EU-DSGVO NEW! January 2025
• Sample text Office 365

International agreements

A list of international agreements can be found here.