Prof. Dr. Axel Metzger, LL.M. (Harvard)

Associated Principal Investigator, Founding Director

About

Axel Metzger, LL.M. (Harvard) (HU Berlin) is founding director of the Weizenbaum Institute and associated PI. Since 2014, he has been Professor of Civil Law and Intellectual Property Law, with an emphasis on commercial legal protection, on the Faculty of Law at the HU Berlin.

From 2008 to 2014, he held a professorship at Leibniz University Hannover and was a visiting professor in Basel, Shanghai and at the Bucerius Law School. He is the author of numerous contributions on intellectual property law and has repeatedly served as an expert in hearings of the German Bundestag, at various ministries and at EU institutions regarding proposed reforms in copyright and patent law. His research focuses on European and international intellectual property law as well as information technology law.

Positions

  • Associated Principal Investigator (PI)
  • Founding Director Weizenbaum Institute (until 31 March 2019)

Contact

Organisation
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU)
Phone
+49 30 2093-3383

Fields of Research

Axel Metzger conducts research:

  • European and international intellectual property law
  • Information Technology Law

More Projects

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  • 2009-heute: Aufbau des Open-Access-Journals JIPITEC: Journal of Intellectual Property, IT- and E-Commerce Law (DFG)
  • 2004-2011: Intellectual Property in the Conflict of Laws: Erarbeitung eines Softlaw-Instruments (Förderung durch den Max-Planck-Innovationsfonds)
  • Einwerbung einer GRUR-Stiftungsprofessur für das Institut für Rechtsinformatik der Universität Hannover
  • Schlichtungsstelle der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Recht und Informatik

Committees and functions

  • Professor at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Memberships, committees and functions

  • Member Expert Committee for Data Law. German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
  • Chair Scientific Committee. German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
  • Head Arbitration Board. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Recht und Informatik e.V.
  • Co-Rapporteur Commission “Intellectual Property and Private International Law”. International Law Association
  • Founding member. Institut für Rechtsfragen der Freien und Open Source Software (IfrOSS)
  • Member Expert Committee for Copyright and Publishing Law. German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
  • Membership Deutsche Gesellschaft für Recht und Informatik e.V.
  • Membership European Copyright Society
  • Membership European Law Institute
  • Arbitrator. Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit e. V.

Selected Publications

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