Publishing
From academic publishers to educational and trade publishers, the legal requirements for creating, publishing and exploiting content are diverse. Digitisation, platform economies, new licensing models as well as AI-supported text and data production are profoundly changing the traditional publishing business.
We advise leading German and international publishing houses, aggregators, data companies and collecting societies on the legally compliant design, licensing and marketing of their content – in print, digital and cross-media, nationally and internationally. Our many years of experience in copyright, media and data protection law enable us to provide solutions that combine economic goals with legal certainty.
Our services
- Acquisition and clearance of rights, rights management
- Author, publisher, translator, illustrator and agency contracts
- Licensing and marketing of content in print and digital formats
- Exploitation in secondary markets such as audio, film, merchandising or live entertainment
- Cooperation with aggregators, platforms and data providers
- Open access, e-publishing and self-publishing models
- Dealing with text and data mining
- AI-supported content creation
- AI-based product development
- Trademark, title and personality rights
- Data protection and data licensing models for scientific and educational content
- Compliance and media regulation (UrhG, GDPR, Data Act, AI Regulation, MStV)
- Enforcement and defense of publishing rights
- Strategic safeguarding of the publisher’s rights position
Your contacts
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Dr. Martin Schippan
Lawyer, Partner
Specialised Lawyer for Copyright and Media Law -
Dr. Kerstin Bäcker
Lawyer, Partner
Specialised Lawyer for Copyright and Media Law -
Dr. Ursula Feindor-Schmidt, LL.M.
Lawyer, Partner
Specialised Lawyer for Copyright and Media Law -
Dr. Richard Hahn
Lawyer, Partner
Specialised Lawyer for Copyright and Media Law -
Helena Jochem, LL.M.
Lawyer -
Frank Michael Höfinger
Lawyer