Dr. Zohar Efroni, LL.M. (Cardozo)
About
Dr. Zohar Efroni, LL.M. (Cardozo) completed his legal studies in Israel (LL.B., 1999), USA (LL.M. IP, 2002), and Germany (Dr. iur., 2009). During his doctorate, he was a scholarship holder at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Munich. His book on the challenges of digitalisation for the copyright system was published in 2011 by Oxford University Press.
In 2012, he co-founded the Humboldt Law Clinic – Internet Law (HLCI) and was a Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Internet and Society, Stanford Law School (USA). He has published several papers on the interaction of technology and the law. He conducts research in the areas of data markets, information technology law, and intellectual property.
Positions
Former Research Group Lead:
Research Group "Frameworks for Data Markets"
Selected Publications
Recent Publications
- Efroni, Z. (2020): Location Data as Contractual Counter-Performance: A Consumer Perspective on Recent EU Legislation, in: Finck, M.; Lamping, M.; Moscon, V.; Richter, H. (Hrsg.), Smart Urban Mobility – Law, Regulation, and Policy, 257-283, Part of the MPI Studies on Intellectual Property and Competition Law book series (MSIP, volume 29) (Springer 2020).
- Efroni, Z. (2020): Gaps and Opportunities: The Rudimentary Protection to ‘Data-Paying Consumers’ under New EU Consumer Protection Law, Common Market Law Review, 57(3), pp. 799-830.
- Efroni, Z. (2020): Parodies and Infringement of Trade Mark and Copyright Law, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht – International, 3, pp. 223-338.
- Efroni, Z., Metzger, J., Mischau L. et al. (2020): Position Paper – A European Strategy for Data, Weizenbaum Institute.
- Efroni, Z., Metzger, J., Mischau L. et al. (2020): Stellungnahme des Weizenbaum-Instituts zur öffentlichen Konsultation zur Datenstrategie der Bundesregierung, Weizenbaum Institute.
- Efroni, Z., Metzger, J., Mischau, L., & Schirmbeck, M. (2019): Privacy Icons: A Risk-Based Approach to Visualisation of Data Processing, European Data Protection Law Review, 5(3), pp. 352-366.
- Efroni, Z., Metzger, J., Mischau, L., & Schirmbeck, M. (2019): The Concept of “Risk“ in the GDPR – an Overview, Weizenbaum Institute.
- Efroni, Z., Metzger, J., Mischau, L., & Schirmbeck, M. (2019): Privacy Icons Project (PIP) – Expert Workshop at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, Weizenbaum Institute.
- Efroni, Z. (2019): Urteilsbesprechung „Bösgläubige Eintragung einer bekannten Marke – Habitat", Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht – International, 68(7), pp. 683-687
- Metzger, A., Efroni, Z., Mischau, L., & Metzger, J. (2018): Statement on the Proposed Digital Content Directive, Weizenbaum Institute.
- Metzger, A., Efroni, Z., Mischau, L., & Metzger, J. (2018): Data-Related Aspects of the Digital Content Directive, Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and E-Commerce Law, 9(1), pp. 80-109.
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