Since the recent releases of free applications accessible to everyone that work with artificial intelligence (AI), not a day goes by without reports about this new technology and its possibilities. Experts and the media agree that this is the next big step in technology development, comparable to the general accessibility of the Internet or the… read more
Dr. Ursula Feindor-Schmidt, LL.M. (Lausen Rechtsanwälte) will be participating in the panel on “Artificial Intelligence” at this conference. The panelists will be discussing various aspects of AI, copyright as well as text and data mining under US and EU law. Friday, April 14, 2023 5:20 PM CEST/ 11:20 AM EDT (70 minutes) For more information,… read more
The use of image and text generators in the creative sector has increased sharply with the applications from OpenAi and other providers that are available to everyone. Many companies with creative employees are now asking themselves the question: Can the work results of these AI generators be used without hesitation for their own publications? What… read more
Lausen Rechtsanwälte has been named one of the “TOP Law Firms 2022” for copyright law in the ranking of the leading German business news magazine WirtschaftsWoche. The Handelsblatt Research Institute interviewed more than 1,700 lawyers in 220 law firms. The aim of the survey was to nominate the most renowned colleagues. A total of 16… read more
At the event organized by ALAI Germany with the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sports, Dr. Ursula Feindor-Schmidt, LL.M. (Lausen Rechtsanwälte) will give a presentation on”Online Piracy in the Book Sector”. The event will take place on Thursday, October 13, 2022 5:00 – 7:00 pm CET Hybrid: At the Instituto Cervantes, Alfons-Goppel-Straße 7, 2nd floor,… read more
We are currently witnessing fundamental changes in Europe regarding the liability and the obligations of platforms for copyright infringements resulting from various parallel developments. 1. the European Court of Justice decision on the YouTube/Uploaded cases on 22nd June 2021 (C-682/18 and C-683/18); 2. national (here: German) legislation implementing Article 17 DSM-Directive (DIRECTIVE (EU) 2019/790), which… read more
The 29th Annual Intellectual Property Law & Policy Conference at Emily C. & John E. Hansen Intellectual Property Institutes will be held online April 21-22, 2022. Dr. Ursula Feindor-Schmidt, LL.M. (Lausen Rechtsanwälte) will give a presentation on „EU Copyright Developments: A New Cooperative Approach Between Rightsholders and Platforms”. See the preliminary program on page 9… read more
On June 22 the European Court of Justice announced its highly anticipated decision in the YouTube/Uploaded case. The IPKat, Institutet för Immaterialrätt och Marknadsrätt (IFIM), and British Literary and Artistic Copyright Association (BLACA) have been organizing a panel discussion on the content and the consequences of such decision with speakers involved in this matter for… read more
For the 13th time, the U.S. publisher “Best Lawyers”, in cooperation with Handelsblatt, has identified the most renowned German lawyers in various fields of the law. Lausen Rechtsanwälte is honored to be named among the selected few again this year. You will find us under the tab “Best Lawyers” in the fields of media and… read more
The European Court of Justice (CJEU) published its long-awaited decision on the responsibility of internet platforms on 22 June 2021. The facts Subject matter of the proceedings was the video-sharing platform YouTube and the share-hosting platform Uploaded. The CJEU joined two reference proceedings of the German Federal Court of Justice for a joint decision: In… read more