Institute for Media and Communications Law (IMKR)
The Institute studies media and communications law as a field of law in its own right and brings academia and practice together in talks, conferences, and the International Media Law Forum.
Director
Prof. Dr. Maximilian Becker
Chair of Civil Law, Intellectual Property Law, and Media Law
Director
Prof. Dr. Hannes Rösler, LL.M. (Harvard)
Chair of Civil Law, Private International Law, and Comparative Law
The Institute
The Institute for Media and Communications Law (IMKR) does not see media and communications law as a mere umbrella term for the areas of law that touch on the media, but as a field of law in its own right. Digitalization, the convergence of press and broadcasting, new media formats, user-generated content, a changed understanding of privacy, and the growing number of cross-border cases call for overarching principles.
The Institute therefore examines these questions from the perspective of both private and public law, at the national, European, and international levels. It takes a broad view of the field, which includes not only traditional media law but also information law, data protection law, technology law, and neighboring areas.
Areas of Work
- Media and Communications Law
- Information Law
- Data Protection Law
- Technology Law
Events
In its lecture series, the IMKR has invited guests from academia, practice, and politics to Siegen since 2016, most recently on data regulation, legal tech, legal design, and the EU’s digitalization strategy. Together with the German-American Lawyers’ Association (DAJV), the Institute organizes the International Media Law Forum (IMLF). Several talks in the series Business Law in Corporate Practice (WIR-UP) were held in cooperation with the IMKR.
The Institute has also held conferences, for example with the Ministry of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Collaborative Research Center 1187 “Media of Cooperation.” In addition, it has organized events for regional companies with the Mittelstand 4.0 Competence Center Siegen and field trips for students to media days in Hamburg and Frankfurt am Main.
Certificate of Attendance
Anyone who attends at least four IMKR talks can receive, on request, a certificate listing all talks attended, for example for applications. Please sign the attendance list at the event and then write to imkr@uni-siegen.de.
Past Events
2022
- Digitalisierungsstrategie der EU
Axel Voss, MEP, April 13, 2022 - Die Regulierung von Datenintermediären – Der Entwurf des Data Governance Act
Prof. Dr. Moritz Hennemann, MJur (Oxon.) (University of Passau), January 26, 2022
Read the report - Legal Design – Innovation mit Methode
Astrid Kohlmeier, attorney (Bucerius Center on the Legal Profession, Hamburg), January 18, 2022
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2021
- Hindert die Einwilligung unter der DSGVO die Digitalisierung des Gesundheitsbereichs?
Dr. Anna-Lena Hoffmann, attorney (Evolution Rechtsanwälte, Düsseldorf), December 1, 2021
Read the report - Big Data im Recht: Datenmacht – Datenstrategien – Datenzugang
Prof. Dr. Boris P. Paal, M.Jur. (Oxon.) (Leipzig University), June 30, 2021
Read the report - Daten- und Vermögensschutz von Kindern und Jugendlichen bei der Nutzung von Smartphones
PD Dr. Malte Kramme (University of Siegen), June 9, 2021
Read the report - Legal Tech – Ein Werkstattbericht aus Sicht des Gründers von Smartlaw
Dr. Daniel Biene, LL.M. (New York), attorney, May 19, 2021
Read the report - Die Grenzen der Datenkommerzialisierung – Oder: Darf Facebook das?
Dr. Stefan Korch, LL.M. (Harvard) (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg), February 3, 2021
Read the report - Legal Tech und Europäischer Verbraucherschutz
Prof. Dr. Martin Ebers (University of Tartu), January 20, 2021
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2020
- Colloquium “Digitalisierung des Rechts”
Five talks from Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, November 13, 2020
Read the report - 11th International Media Law Forum: Legal foundations of (digital) surveillance capitalism
Prof. Dr. Katharina Pistor, LL.M. (London) (Columbia Law School, New York), November 9, 2020
Read the report - Der richtige Umgang mit Datenpannen in der Unternehmenspraxis
Prof. Dr. Volker Lüdemann (Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences), online seminar with the Mittelstand 4.0 Competence Center Siegen, August 26, 2020
Read the report - Autonomes Fahren als rechtliche Herausforderung
Prof. Dr. Jutta Stender-Vorwachs, LL.M. (Virginia) (Leibniz University Hannover), January 8, 2020
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2019
- Daten als Gegenleistung und andere Neuerungen für das BGB-Vertragsrecht
Prof. Dr. Axel Metzger, LL.M. (Harvard) (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), December 4, 2019
Read the report - Künstliche Intelligenz und Äußerungsrecht – Zur Haftung für autonome Kommunikationssysteme
PD Dr. Jan Oster, LL.M. (Berkeley) (Leiden University), November 6, 2019
Read the report - Field trip to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Media Day in Frankfurt am Main with the DAJV, October 18, 2019
Read the report - Facebook und das Kartellrecht – Ausbeutungsmissbrauch durch Datenschutzverletzung?
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Ellger, LL.M. (Univ. of Pennsylvania) (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg), July 3, 2019
Read the report - Datenschutz und Arbeitsrecht bei Internal Investigations
Dr. Timon Grau, attorney (Linklaters LLP, Düsseldorf), June 5, 2019
Read the report - Das Influencer-Werbechaos auf Instagram aus verbraucherrechtlicher Sicht
Dr. Denise Wiedemann, LL.M. (Lisbon) (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg), May 15, 2019
Read the report - Facebook, Google und Co. – Regulierungsimpulse aus Deutschland und den USA
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Nikolas Guggenberger (University of Münster), April 29, 2019
Read the report - Der urheberrechtliche Schutz literarischer Figuren
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Christian Gomille (University of Siegen), January 9, 2019
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2018
- Gesellschafts- und kartellrechtliche Praxis bei Unternehmenstransaktionen im TV-Bereich
Dr. Caroline Vedder (Mediengruppe RTL, Cologne), December 5, 2018
Read the report - Daten und Recht in der Industrie 4.0
Kickoff of an information series for regional companies with the Mittelstand 4.0 Competence Center Siegen, November 7, 2018
Read the report - Das neue Recht auf Portabilität digitaler Daten
Dr. Björn Steinrötter (Leibniz University Hannover), July 11, 2018
Read the report - 10th International Media Law Forum: The Export of American Values
Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Peter Hay (Emory University, Atlanta), June 13, 2018
Read the report - Field trip to the Media Day in Hamburg
Freedom of information and the right to be forgotten, with the DAJV, April 20, 2018
Read the report - Tracking-Tarife im Versicherungsrecht
PD Dr. Jan Lüttringhaus, LL.M. (Columbia) (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg), April 11, 2018
Read the report - Persönlichkeitsrechte im Internationalen Privatrecht
Prof. Dr. Bettina Heiderhoff (University of Münster), January 16, 2018
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2017
- Adblocker auf Internetseiten – Wettbewerbskonform oder wettbewerbswidrig?
Prof. Dr. Christian Alexander (Friedrich Schiller University Jena), December 13, 2017
Read the report - Recht des Rundfunkbeitrages – Ein praktischer Einblick
Patrick Jede, LL.M. (Siegen) (WDR, Cologne), November 22, 2017
Read the report - 9th International Media Law Forum: Data Protection – A Transatlantic Dialogue
Prof. Felix Wu (Cardozo School of Law, New York) and Julie Wahrendorf, LL.M. (Sydney) (Google Germany, Hamburg), May 18, 2017
Read the report - Conference “Die Referenz als Teil der Kunstform: Zeitenwende im Urheberrecht?”
With the Collaborative Research Center 1187 “Media of Cooperation” at the University of Siegen, May 11–12, 2017
Read the report - Conference “Rechte an Daten – Industrie 4.0 und die IP-Rechte von morgen”
With the Ministry of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf, February 9, 2017
Read the proceedings in ZGE (issue 3/2017) - Haftung von eBay, Facebook, Google & Co. für Urheberrechtsverletzungen im Internet
Dr. Urs Verweyen, LL.M. (NYU), attorney (KVLEGAL, Berlin), February 8, 2017
Read the report - Wikipedia und das Recht – aktuelle Rechtsfragen der freien Online-Enzyklopädie
Dr. Lukas Mezger, attorney (Unverzagt von Have, Hamburg), January 11, 2017
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2016
- Internationale Technologietransferverträge – Rechtswahl- und Gerichtsstandsklauseln in Lizenz- und Schutzrechtsübertragungsverträgen
Prof. Dr. Christian Heinze, LL.M. (Leibniz University Hannover), May 31, 2016
Read the report - Linking, Framing & Co.: Reformperspektive im Internet
Prof. Dr. Matthias Leistner, LL.M. (University of Bonn), kickoff of the lecture series, April 20, 2016
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Contact
Address
Institute for Media and Communications Law (IMKR)
University of Siegen, Faculty III
Kohlbettstraße 15
57072 Siegen
Germany
Email: imkr@uni-siegen.de