Dr. Gregor Schmid, LL.M. (Cambridge)

Gregor is a lawyer for technology and media with a focus on data protection, copyright, media, IT law and e-commerce. He regularly advises on negotiations and transactions, financing and joint ventures as well as on regulatory aspects of the digital business. His clients include technology start-ups, ISPs, games, film and television companies as well as financial institutions and investors.

Gregor is also an experienced litigator in complex business disputes. The distinguished legal expert is an award-winning and recommended lawyer in the fields of technology and data protection.

Gregor and Sebastian Buder are the local managing directors of Taylor Wessing's Berlin office.

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Career

Since 2021	Lecturer at University of Alicante on the Law of Digital Transformation
2011 - 2020	Lecturer Media Law, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Since 2006	Partner, Taylor Wessing

2012	Lecturer, MHMK Macromedia Hochschule für Medien und Kommunikation, München
2003	Lecturer, Max-Planck-Institut für Patent-, Urheber- und Wettbewerbsrecht (today: Innovation und Wettbewerb)
1999 – 2006	Managing Associate, Linklaters LLP, in the area of IP/IT/Media & Entertainment
1997 – 1999	Research assistant, Max-Planck-Institut für Patent-, Urheber- und Wettbewerbsrecht (today: Innovation und Wettbewerb)

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Education

2003	Admitted as a lawyer, Berlin
1999	Doctoral degree (Prof. Gerhard Schricker), Dissertation on a theme of competition and European law, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
1997	Admitted as a lawyer, Munich

1996	Second state examination, Munich
1994	LL.M., University of Cambridge, England
1993	First state examination, Munich
1988 – 1993	Degree studies in law, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich

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Publications

Generative AI in gaming: immense potential... with some unanswered legal questions in: Interface, July 2023

The European Media Freedom Act: a pan European media law? in: Interface, June 2023

Digital Services Act – Zahl der „aktiven Nutzer“, „Dark Patterns“ und weitere aktuelle Fragestellungen nach Inkrafttreten des DSA, MMR-Aktuell 2023, 455779, beck-online

Urheberrecht für Games, in: Games und Recht, 2022

„Sein Auto, sein Entwurf“ – Wem gehört der Porsche 911? Anmerkung zu BGH, Urteil vom 7.4.2022, Gregor Schmid / Timm Düwel, ZUM 2022, 561

„Käfer-Lächeln“ und „Ei-Form“: Der VW-Käfer und das Urheberrecht., Anmerkung zu OLG Braunschweig, Urteil vom 10.3.2022, Timm Düwel / Gregor Schmid, ZUM-RD 2022, 377

Lizenzen/Nutzungsrechte, in: Digital Escrow - Rechtsschutz durch Hinterlegung digitaler Wirtschaftsgüter, 2022

Insolvenzfestigkeit von Nutzungsrechten, in: Digital Escrow - Rechtsschutz durch Hinterlegung digitaler Wirtschaftsgüter, 2022

Datenschutz , in: Digital Escrow - Rechtsschutz durch Hinterlegung digitaler Wirtschaftsgüter, 2022

Digital Services Act: Neues „Grundgesetz für Onlinedienste“? Auswirkungen des Kommissionsentwurfs für die Digitalwirtschaft, Gregor Schmid / Max Grewe, MMR 2021, S. 279

Reale Gebäude und Gegenstände in Computerspielen. Reichstag, Humvees und Fußballtrikots – Nutzung ohne Lizenzen möglich? Gregor Schmid / Tim Düwel, MMR 2020, S. 155

Einordnung eines Livestreams als Rundfunk – Anmerkung zum Urteil des VG Berlin vom 26.9.2019, MMR 2020, 271

Digital Services Act und Digital Markets Act: (Nicht nur) die e-Commerce-Richtlinie auf dem Prüfstand

Update Urheberrecht im Digitalen Binnenmarkt: Zur Implementierung der DSM-Urheberrechts-Richtlinie in Deutschland

Game Subsidies in Germany – Recent Developments, Interface, Ausgabe #24, August 2019

Neue Vertriebsstrukturen mit digitalem Content am Beispiel von E-Books, in: DGRI Jahrbuch 2014, S. 173 - 192

Additional languages

English

Expertise

Sectors Technology, media & communications Fintech Gaming

Experience

Acquisition of Kolibri Games by Ubisoft	One of the premier developers of mobile free-to-play games and one of the leaders of the “idle” games genre, on its 75% acquisition by Ubisoft.
Wooga sale to Playtika	Wooga, the Berlin-based casual games developer, on its sale to Israeli mobile games company, Playtika Ltd.

Awards

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2023	Leading individual: Gaming Law
The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2023	Leading individual: Entertainment Law
The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2023	Leading individual: Media Law
The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2023	Leading individual: Intellectual Property Law
The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2023	Leading individual: Information Technology Law
Chambers and Partners 2023	Ranked with Chambers and Partners for TMT: Media

Legal 500 Germany 2021 - 2023	Leading individual: media: entertainment
JUVE Handbook 2019 - 2023	Often recommended for trademark and competition law
JUVE Handbook 2022/2023	"very much appreciated", competitor
Leaders League 2022	Excellent lawyer: Media, Sports & Entertainment
The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2020- 2022	Leading individual: Media and copyright law
The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2021/ 2022	Leading inddividual: Media and Entertainment
The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2019- 2022	Leading individual: Gambling law
The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2019- 2022	Leading individual: Information technology law
The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2019- 2022	Leading individual: Intellectual Property Law
Legal 500 Germany 2021/2022	Leading individual: media: entertainment
JUVE Handbook 2021/2022	"experienced colleague, pleasant cooperation", competitor, "can also think out of the box- that is what makes him an outstanding IP lawyer", client
JUVE Handbook 2021/2022	"bright minded, he can also delevop new ideas and solutions", client
JUVE Handbook 2021/2022	"experienced, pleasant cooperation", competitor
Chambers Europe 2021	"Gregor Schmid offers advice on a broad range of media issues, with a specialisation on gaming mandates as well as copyright, e-commerce and licensing issues. One client says:"Gregor has very detailed knowledge. We use him for very specific questions which have not yet been solved by the legislature," explaining: "He knows whether a longer text or a quick answer is necessary for a given topic."