Prof. Dr. Herbert Zech

About

Herbert Zech holds the Chair of Civil Law, Technology Law and IT Law at Humboldt University, Berlin, and is a Director at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society. After his habilitation in Bayreuth, he worked at the University of Basel from 2012, initially as an associate professor for private law with a focus on life sciences law, and from 2015 as a full professor for life sciences law and intellectual property law. In April 2019 he moved to Berlin. Herbert Zech also studied biology after his bar exam. He is particularly interested in the connection between natural sciences and law. His focus is on technology law, intellectual property and digitalization.

Memberships, committees and functions

• Membership Zivilrechtslehrervereinigung e. V. (ZLV)
• Member Inter-university graduate college “Recht der Informationsgesellschaft” (Law of the Information Society).
• Membership Swiss Society for Liability and Insurance Law (SGHVR)
• Membership International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP)
• Member Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Geistiges Eigentum e. V. (IZG). University of Mannheim
• Membership Swiss Association for Intellectual Property Law (INGRES)
• Membership Gesellschaft für Rechtsvergleichung e.V
• Membership European Law Institute (ELI)
• Membership European Intellectual Property Teachers' Network (EIPTN)
• Membership Deutscher Juristentag e. V.
• Membership German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
• Chair Expert Committee for Data Law. German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
• Membership German-Italian Lawyers’ Association (DIJV)
• Executive board. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Recht und Informatik e. V. (DGRI)
• Member. Center for Intellectual Property Law Information & Technology (CIPLITEC)