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Legal aspects of information society and Intellectual Property Law

Legal aspects of information society and Intellectual Property Law

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About the research area

The area includes IT law, media and Internet law, telecommunications law, data protection law and intellectual property law (copyright, industrial property rights).

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A research area of the Institute for Legal Informatics.

Ongoing third-party funded projects

  • Sustainable Consolidation of the Open Access Commentary Infrastructure (NaVI OAK)
    oa-kommentar.de (OAK) is the first non-profit and free platform for legal Open Access commentaries in Germany. It offers editors and authors of commentary literature the opportunity to publish openly licensed commentaries under the Diamond Open Access model. The project aims to transition to a sustainably funded Diamond Open Access offering by establishing a consortium-based funding model. The platform seeks to establish itself as a central hub for high-quality legal commentary literature in the German legal academia. To achieve this, the project's editorial and quality assurance processes will be improved, and OAK will be promoted within the professional community to increase visibility. Additionally, the technical aspects of OAK will be further developed.
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Nikolas Eisentraut
    Year: 2026
    Funding: 91.154,74 €
    Duration: 1/2026 - 12/2026
  • Research Center for Interdisciplinary Comparison of Federal Higher Education Law (FifHO)
    The research center, located at the DZHW, is testing a research framework for interdisciplinary comparison of federal higher education law. The function of the research center is to systematically compile and analyze the federal structure of higher education law, which significantly shapes the Federal Republic of Germany. For this purpose, the research center aims to produce an annotated synopsis of all 16 state higher education laws for the first time. The synoptic and comparative explanation of state higher education laws will initially be exemplified through three specific thematic contexts.
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Nikolas Eisentraut, Prof. Dr. Bernd Kleimann
    Year: 2025
    Funding: 371.166,00 € by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
    Duration: 1/2025 - 12/2027
  • Networking, Expansion, and Strengthening of the OER Community OpenRewi (VEStOR)
    In the VEStOR project, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the only existing community for open legal educational resources, the "Initiative for an Open Legal Science (OpenRewi e.V.)," aims to promote the breakthrough of open teaching and learning materials in legal education. The project focuses on expanding and strengthening this community, as well as fostering collaboration with other OER communities. The project is a collaborative effort between Leibniz University Hannover (Prof. Dr. Nikolas Eisentraut) and the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (Prof. Dr. Ellen Euler). A key focus of the project work at Leibniz University Hannover is the exploration of legal didactic aspects of legal OER and the significance of artificial intelligence for OER in legal education. Furthermore, the project aims to sustainably strengthen the OpenRewi network through professionalizing the organization, building expertise, and providing support services for the participating Communities of Practice. Measures will also be taken to recruit new OER actors and to network with other OER communities.
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Nikolas Eisentraut (LUH); Prof. Dr. Ellen Euler (FH Potsdam)
    Year: 2024
    Funding: 377.829,42 € (Subproject LUH, Prof. Eisentraut) by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
    Duration: 1/2024 - 12/2026
  • VUKIM – Verantwortungsvoller Umgang mit Künstlicher Intelligenz in der Medizin (Rechtliche Aspekte)
    The aim of the VUKIM project is to investigate the effects of the advancing use of artificial intelligence in medicine in an interdisciplinary consortium comprising the subfields of bioethics, epistemology, law, and sociology, and to draft a socially acceptable framework for its responsible use. The legal subproject examines existing and emerging regulatory concepts for the medical use of artificial intelligence systems, in particular the draft AI Act, for compatibility with constitutional requirements.
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Timo Rademacher, M. Jur. (Oxford)
    Team: Dipl.-Jur. Raphael Schaarschmidt
    Year: 2023
    Funding: €299,842 from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research – funding measure “Research on ethical, legal, and social aspects (ELSA) of digitization, big data, and artificial intelligence in health research and care.”
    Duration: 01/2022 – 12/2024
  • DiDi: DigitalisierungsDiskurse – Disziplin- und projektübergreifende Forschung zu Digitalisierungsthemen zugänglich machen
    The “Digitalization Discourses” (DiDi) project brings together various research institutes to conduct interdisciplinary and cross-project research on socially relevant topics related to artificial intelligence (AI). Five ongoing research projects deal with the algorithmic processing of large amounts of data and the effects on different areas of society. The goal is to develop standards for the best possible use of AI and data, as well as to identify open questions for scientific and social discourse. At the end of the project, a public closing event will be held to advance the discourse and counteract possible concerns and fears about AI.
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Margrit Seckelmann
    Team: Dipl.-Jur. Marlene Delventhal, Dipl.-Jur. Jan Horstmann
    Year: 2023
    Funding: EUR 120,000 from the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture
    Duration: 07/2023 - 09/2024
  • ELMUMY: Elucidation of risk factors and health determinations associated with progression of Monoclonal Gammopathies to Multiple Myeloma
    Elucidation of risk factors and health determinants associated with progression of Monoclonal Gammopathies to Multiple Myeloma, is a HORIZON.2.1 Health research project funded under the programme: HORIZON-MISS-2021-CANCER-02-03 - Better understanding of the impact of risk factors and health determinants on the development and progression of cancer.
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Margrit Seckelmann
    Team: Iryna Lishchuk, LL.M.
    Year: 2023
    Funding: EUR 339,777.50 from the European Union (HORIZON.2.1 - Health)
    Duration: 01/2023 - 12/2026
  • FODAHEMM – Forschungsfreiheit vs. Datenschutz: wie können Hemmnisse beseitigt werden?
    The right to informational self-determination on the one hand and freedom of research on the other can be in conflict with each other in many ways . The interdisciplinary research project FODAHEMM, in cooperation with the Institute of Sociology at Leibniz University Hannover (ISH), examines this tension from a legal and sociological perspective in order to provide scientists, research institutions, and legislators with recommendations for removing any data protection barriers in connection with research projects.
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Margrit Seckelmann; Prof. Dr. Stefanie Büchner
    Team: Dr. Friederike Knoke; Tim Albrecht, M.A.
    Year: 2023
    Funding: €387,020 from the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture
    Duration: 1/2023 - 12/2025
  • Open Access to the Basic Law (OZUG)
    In the OZUG project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the body of knowledge regarding the Basic Law, the most significant set of norms in the Federal Republic of Germany, is being transitioned to Open Access. Under the leadership of Prof. Eisentraut, a commentary on the Basic Law is being planned, written, and published, with its contents made freely available and openly licensed for access via the Internet. Building on the realization of the commentary, a social science research project led by Prof. Bernd Kleimann (also from DZHW) accompanies the main project. This research examines, from both a sociology of professions and a governance theory perspective, the factors within legal academia that have (so far) opposed the idea of open access, as well as the conditions that are deemed suitable for participation in the commentary project.
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Nikolas Eisentraut, Prof. Dr. Bernd Kleimann
    Year: 2023
    Funding: 291.800,80 € by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
    Duration: 9/2023 - 8/2026
  • FORTESIE
    The overall vision of FORTESIE is to design, demonstrate, validate and replicate innovative renovation packages in the building industry with Smart Performance-Based guarantees and financing, aiming at Efficient, Sustainable and Inclusive Energy (ESIE) use to accelerate the Renovation Wave in Europe. The renovation packages will combine state-of-the-art construction materials and technologies components (prefabricated facades, BIPV, heat pumps, etc.), innovative digital technologies for measurement and verification, and attractive financing (e.g. contractual frameworks for smart performance guarantees, financing mechanisms, engagement techniques, green-euros, etc.), to raise the overall EPC value proposition. The renovation packages will be tailored to specific target groups needs and optimised to improve the ESIE performance considering energy, CO2 and comfort. Each package will be demonstrated and validated in real life use cases and customised for replication in all other partner countries for immediate market take-up.
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Margrit Seckelmann
    Team: Dipl.-Jur. Ricarda Puschky
    Year: 2022
    Funding: Horizon Europe Project
    Duration: 10/2022 - 09/2025
  • TENACITy
    The TENACITy project aims to develop a Travel Intelligence Governance Framework (TIGF) that develops AI-based solutions that are compatible with the legal framework of passenger name record law, data protection law, and AI regulations. To this end, ethical guidelines and training programs are also being developed to improve AI competence in counterterrorism.
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Margrit Seckelmann
    Team: Dr. Iheyani Nkwanko
    Year: 2022
    Funding: EUR 356,095.00 from the European Union (Horizon Europe)
    Duration: 09/2022 - 08/2025
  • ReNEW – Rekursive Normenbildung in der Energiewende
    The interdisciplinary research project “Recursive Norm Formation in the Energy Transition - On the Transformation of Energy Supply” examines the normative order of energy supply from a legal and sociological perspective.
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Margrit Seckelmann
    Team: Dr. Dorothea Steffen; Ass. iur. Timo Sebastian Hoffmann
    Year: 2022
    Funding: 181.572,12 EUR
    Duration: 01/2022 - 11/2023
  • SDIKA – Sichere Digitale Identitäten Karlsruhe
    The SDIKA – Secure Digital Identities Karlsruhe project aims to implement wide-ranging, cross-application identities in open ecosystems. Technical, semantic, and economic interoperability are intended to promote the use of solutions that guarantee a high level of functionality, security, and sovereignty. The SDIKA project follows a three-pronged approach consisting of the development of the location-independent “SDI-X system,” demonstration and evaluation in the Karlsruhe showcase, and the establishment of a supraregional ecosystem.
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Margrit Seckelmann
    Team: Dr. Marc Stauch
    Year: 2022
    Funding: €113,000 from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection
    Duration: 01/2022 - 08/2024
  • IIP-Ecosphere - Next Level Ecosphere for Intelligent Industrial Production
    The use of AI at all levels of production and beyond company boundaries is intended to increase performance in manufacturing companies. In addition, a cross-company virtual platform is to be created that is universally compatible and enables data sharing in compliance with the legal framework.
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Margrit Seckelmann
    Team: Dipl.-Jur. Marlene Delventhal, Felix Montpellier, M.A., Dipl.-Jur. Jonathan Stoklas, Dipl.-Jur. Nelli Schlee, Felix Montpellier, M.A., Ricarda Puschky, Dipl.-Jur., Dipl.-Verw. (FH) Kai Korte
    Year: 2020
    Funding: € 187,266.89 (IRI share) from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy/DLR Project Management Agency – Society, Innovation, Technology Division
    Duration: 01/2020 - 12/2022
  • SoBigData++
    SoBigData++ aims to create a distributed, pan-European, multidisciplinary research platform for analyzing large amounts of data from social networks, which will serve the interdisciplinary European research community. With the help of social mining and big data, the project aims to improve our understanding of the complexity of today's global and networked society.
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Margrit Seckelmann
    Team: Iryna Lischhuk, LL.M. (IRI/L3S); Avishek Anand; Jurek Leonhardt (L3S)
    Year: 2020
    Funding: EUR 175,000 from the European Union: H2020 Research Framework Program
    Duration: 01/2020 - 12/2024
  • NoBias – Artificial Intelligence without Bias
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Christian Heinze, LL.M. (Cambridge)
    Year: 2020
    Funding: €216,071.64 (IRI share) by the European Commission
    Duration: 01/2020 - 12/2024
  • Verantwortungsvolle Künstliche Intelligenz in der Digitalen Gesellschaft (Promotionsprogramm)
    The doctoral program “Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Digital Society” addresses the interdisciplinary research challenge within the framework of 14 transdisciplinary doctoral theses.
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Margrit Seckelmann
    Team: Dipl.-Jur. Nelli Schlee
    Year: 2020
    Funding: €54,000 from the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture
    Duration: 10/2019 - 09/2023
  • Zukunftslabor Gesellschaft und Arbeit
    In the Future Lab Society and Work, L3S conducts research into intelligent, reliable, and responsible approaches to artificial intelligence that support people in their daily work and shape the working world of the future.
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Christian Heinze, LL.M. (Cambridge)
    Year: 2019
    Funding: €345,865 (IRI share) from the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture
    Duration: 10/2019 - 09/2024
  • BIAS – Bias and Discrimination in Big Data and Algorithmic Processing. Philosophical Assessments, Legal Dimensions, and Technical Solutions
    Interdisciplinary research into bias and discrimination in big data and algorithmic data processing.
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Christian Heinze, LL.M. (Cambridge), Prof. Dr. Margrit Seckelmann
    Team: Ass. Jur. Caroline Gentgen, Dipl.-Jur. Jan Horstmann, RAin Cara Janine Warmuth
    Year: 2019
    Funding: €291,800 from the Volkswagen Foundation
    Duration: 09/2019 - 09/2023
  • CampaNeo - Plattform für Echtzeit Fahrzeugdaten Kampagnen
    The CampaNeo project is developing a platform on which data from smart car users is stored. This data can then be used by a wide variety of campaign operators, such as insurance companies, local authorities, car manufacturers, and research institutes.
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Margrit Seckelmann
    Team: Dipl.-Jur. Kai Wendt, Dipl.-Verw. (FH); RAin Zahar Qasim
    Year: 2019
    Funding: EUR 121,974.19 from the Federal Ministry of Economics/German Aerospace Center (DLR), DLR Project Management Agency
    Duration: 07/2019 – 06/2022
  • SDN-microSENSE
    Development of a system for early detection and defense against attacks on smart energy ecosystems.
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Margrit Seckelmann
    Year: 2019
    Funding: EUR 225,307.50 from the European Union: H2020 Research Framework Program
    Duration: 05/2019 - 04/2022
  • LAST-JD-RIoE - Law, Science and Technology Joint Doctorate: Rights of the Internet of Everything
    Creation of an international joint doctoral program in law, science, and technology.
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Christian Heinze, LL.M. (Cambridge), Prof. Dr. Margrit Seckelmann
    Team: Mag. iur. Stephan Varga, B.Sc.
    Year: 2019
    Funding: 252.788,40 € durch Europäischen Union: Forschungsrahmenprogramm H2020
    Duration: 04/2019 - 03/2023
  • Third-party funded project: Soldan Moot Court
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Christian Wolf
    Team: Christian Denz
    Year: 2012
    Funding: approximately €85,000 euros annually
    Duration: seit 2012

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