News from the Chair on teaching, research, study, exchange and vacancies.
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Invitation to the IMKR Lecture “The New Right to Digital Data Portability” by Dr. Steinrötter
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Invitation to the IMKR Lecture on Private International Law and Personality Rights by Prof. Heiderhoff
At the invitation of the IMKR, Prof. Dr. Bettina Heiderhoff (Münster) will speak on January 16, 2018, on the topic of “Private International Law and the Right of Personality.”
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Invitation to the IMKR Lecture on Ad Blockers by Prof. Alexander
At the invitation of the IMKR, Prof. Dr. Christian Alexander (Jena) will speak on December 13, 2017, about ad blockers on websites.
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Invitation to the IMKR Lecture “Tracking Rates in Insurance Law” by PD Lüttringhaus
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Invitation to the IMKR Lecture on eBay, Facebook, Google, and Others
At the invitation of the IMKR, Dr. Urs Verweyen will speak on February 8, 2017, about the liability of eBay, Facebook, Google, and others for copyright infringements on the internet.
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Launch of the IMKR Lecture Series
The IMKR is launching a lecture series with three renowned legal scholars in the summer semester 2016.
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Invitation to the IMKR Lecture on Wikipedia
At the invitation of the IMKR, Dr. Lukas Mezger will speak on January 11, 2017, on “Wikipedia and the Law – Current Legal Issues Surrounding the Free Online Encyclopedia.”
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Presentation by Dr. Denise Wiedemann on “The Chaos of Influencer Advertising on Instagram from a Consumer Law Perspective”
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Report on the IMKR Lecture “Facebook, Google, and Others – Regulatory Initiatives from Germany and the U.S.” by Assistant Professor Guggenberger
Assistant Professor Dr. Nikolas Guggenberger from the University of Münster spoke at the IMKR about regulatory initiatives from Germany and the U.S. targeting platforms such as Facebook and Google.
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Report on the IMKR Lecture “Linking, Framing & Co.: Perspectives on Internet Reform” by Prof. Leistner
Prof. Dr. Matthias Leistner, LL.M., of the University of Bonn opened the IMKR lecture series with a presentation on prospects for reform in linking and framing.
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Report on the IMKR Lecture “The Limits of Data Commercialization – Or: Is Facebook Allowed to Do That?” by Dr. Korch
Dr. Stefan Korch, LL.M. (Harvard), from the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, spoke at the IMKR about the limits of data commercialization.
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Report on the IMKR Lecture “Wikipedia and the Law – Current Legal Issues Surrounding the Free Online Encyclopedia” by Attorney Dr. Mezger
Attorney Dr. Lukas Mezger, a member of the Supervisory Board of Wikimedia Deutschland, spoke at the IMKR about current legal issues surrounding Wikipedia.