englischThe work deals with the challenges of image and privacy protection in the age of digitalization. The "Web 2.0", the increasing commercialization of nude and intimate photos or one's own digital handling of the private sphere pose enormous challenges to the current legal protection in place. [...]

englischThe supplementary protection certificate is intended to provide incentives for cost-intensive research into new medicinal products. The work examines whether the conception and design of the intellectual property right meet these requirements by drawing on findings from the economic analysis [...]

englischThe work compares the interpretation of the patentability requirements according to the German PatG [German Patents Act], the EPC and the Indian Patents Act. It analyses the TRIPS compliance of Section 3(d) Patents Act and reveals the reasons for choosing a specific regulatory context in [...]

englischParticipation in trademark and patent rights is of fundamental importance for a company’s economic success. Its contractual design must take into account the interests of the parties involved without losing sight of legal risks. This monograph examines the contractual alternatives when it [...]

englischBack in the early days of the Bundesliga (from 1956 to 1966), the overall annual income from TV broadcasting of Germany’s football league was the equivalent of 333,333 euros, whereas about 1.4 billion euros are currently generated each season through its audio-visual exploitation. Despite [...]

englischSocial networks are an example of technological development, which not only determines the social and customer behaviour of consumers, but also sets new challenges for the law. Every day, millions of copyright-relevant items are being uploaded to social networks, where the platform operators [...]

englischPersonalised medicine promises individual and optimised treatment for each patient. Researchers identify markers correlating with a certain reaction to an active ingredient. However, such research results are easy to copy and research-driven companies are calling for effective IP protection.

englischIn an original theoretical approach, this dissertation, entitled ‘The Protection of Motifs under Trademark Law’ discusses the set of problems relating to intangible property rights in trademark protection of the motifs of brand names. A trademark motif is legally significant as an aspect of [...]

englischCreative industries have a continually high demand for external capital but usually lack tangible assets that could serve as collateral. Instead, such companies might consider securing loans with intellectual property. If copyright is chosen to serve as security, this undertaking conflicts [...]

englischThis work deals with the substantive and procedural requirements for the calculation of damages in cases of infringement of intellectual property rights. Based on calculation methods which have been recognised in German jurisprudence for more than 100 years and are now codified, it analyses [...]