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Report on the IMKR Lecture “Legal Tech and European Consumer Protection” by Prof. Ebers
Prof. Dr. Martin Ebers of the University of Tartu spoke at the IMKR about the extent to which European consumer law can ensure protection in the context of legal tech applications.
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Report on the IMKR Lecture “Legal Design – Innovation with Method” by Attorney Kohlmeier
Attorney Astrid Kohlmeier of the Bucerius Center on the Legal Profession in Hamburg spoke at the IMKR about legal design as a method for innovation in the legal field.
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Report on the IMKR Lecture “International Technology Transfer Agreements – Choice of Law and Jurisdiction Clauses in License and Intellectual Property Assignment Agreements” by Prof. Heinze
Prof. Dr. Christian Heinze, LL.M., of Leibniz University Hannover spoke at the IMKR about choice-of-law and jurisdiction clauses in international technology transfer agreements.
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Report on the IMKR Lecture “Ad Blockers on Websites – In Line with Competition Law or Anticompetitive?” by Prof. Alexander
Prof. Dr. Christian Alexander of Friedrich Schiller University Jena spoke at the IMKR about the competition law assessment of ad blockers.
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Report on the IMKR Lecture “Copyright Protection of Literary Characters” by Assistant Professor Gomille
Assistant Professor Dr. Christian Gomille spoke at the IMKR about copyright protection for literary characters.
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Report on the IMKR Lecture “Artificial Intelligence and Speech Law – On Liability for Autonomous Communication Systems” by PD Dr. Oster
PD Dr. Jan Oster, LL.M. (Berkeley), from Leiden University, spoke at the IMKR about liability for autonomous communication systems under speech law.
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Report on the IMKR Lecture “The Chaos of Influencer Advertising on Instagram from a Consumer Law Perspective” by Dr. Wiedemann
Dr. Denise Wiedemann, LL.M. (Lisbon), from the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, spoke at the IMKR about influencer advertising on Instagram from the perspective of consumer law.
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Report on the IMKR Lecture “Does Consent Under the GDPR Hinder the Digitalization of the Healthcare Sector?” by Attorney Dr. Hoffmann
At the IMKR, attorney Dr. Anna-Lena Hoffmann from Düsseldorf explored the question of whether consent under the GDPR hinders the digitalization of the healthcare sector.
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Report on the IMKR Lecture “The Regulation of Data Intermediaries – The Draft Data Governance Act” by Prof. Hennemann
Prof. Dr. Moritz Hennemann, MJur (Oxon.), from the University of Passau, spoke at the IMKR about the regulation of data intermediaries in the draft Data Governance Act.
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Report on the IMKR Lecture “The New Right to Digital Data Portability” by Dr. Steinrötter
Dr. Björn Steinrötter of Leibniz University Hannover spoke at the IMKR about the new right to data portability under Article 20 of the GDPR.
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Report on the IMKR Lecture “Big Data in Law: Data Power – Data Strategies – Data Access” by Prof. Paal
Prof. Dr. Boris P. Paal, M.Jur. (Oxon.), from Leipzig University, spoke at the IMKR about data power, data strategies, and data access.
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Report on the IMKR Lecture “Liability of eBay, Facebook, Google, and Others for Copyright Infringements on the Internet” by Attorney Dr. Verweyen
Attorney Dr. Urs Verweyen of KVLEGAL spoke at the IMKR about the liability of platforms such as eBay, Facebook, and Google for copyright infringements.