Chair of Civil Law, Intellectual Property Law and Technology Law

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11DEC 2024
General
Book Launch „Digital Services Act“
The commentary edited by Franz Hofmann and Benjamin Raue has now also been published in an English translation. The book was presented at a seminar at the University of Ferrara on December 9. The event was organized by Professor Alberto De Franceschi. A recording of the seminar is available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/live/IeAcLYiuD5Y
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15OCT 2024
General
Lunchtime Lecture in Winter Semester 2024/25
In a relaxed atmosphere, the members of the department (professors and staff) present selected topics and questions from their current research during the lunch break. The series is intended to provide a forum for internal departmental exchange, where new research findings and suggestions can be shared. A cold buffet is provided for the participants of […]
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02OCT 2024
General
Doctoral seminar of the GKRI in Erlangen
From 30.09.-02.10.2024, the inter-university doctoral school “Law of the Information Society” (GKRI) held its annual doctoral seminar in Erlangen. Eight professors discussed the theses of their research projects with almost twenty doctoral students.
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21AUG 2024
Conferences
Symposium “Law and Information Technology”
The symposium on 10.07.2024 was dedicated to the following questions: Wherever you look: Modern lawyers are confronted with IT issues on a massive scale. The current debates surrounding artificial intelligence are at best the tip of the iceberg. So how should law deal with the interface with IT? In light of the new Erlangen degree […]
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26FEB 2024
Conferences
Generative AI in the mirror of copyright law
Artificial intelligence is on everyone’s lips. Although the autonomous image and text generators currently available on the market have obvious weaknesses, the disruptive power of generative AI is beyond question. Appropriate regulations are currently being debated both nationally and internationally. This interdisciplinary event will discuss systems such as ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion and Midjourney from the […]Artificial intelligence is on everyone’s lips. Although the autonomous image and text generators currently available on the market have obvious weaknesses, the disruptive power of generative AI is beyond question. Appropriate regulations are currently being debated both nationally and internationally. This interdisciplinary event will discuss systems such as ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion and Midjourney from the […]
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24JAN 2024
Lecture recordings
Will barriers save business models for generative AI systems?
Lecture by Prof. Hofmann as part of the symposium “Generative AI and copyright law – a complicated relationship Organizer: Institute for Copyright and Media Law, Munich Date: 10.11.2023
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