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Dr. Malek Barudi, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Dr. Malek Barudi, M.Jur. (Oxford)

Dr. Malek Barudi, M.Jur. (Oxford)

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Malek is a specialist in copyright and media law. He advises and represents companies, in particular, from the media, entertainment, science, telecommunications, and IT industries on all matters relating to copyright law and copyright contract law (including influences at international level or as a result of EU law), right of expression, right of personality, telemedia law, and the legal framework for Internet service providers. A focus of his practice also involves subjects from the field of industrial property, data protection, and e-commerce.

 

Malek has acted for his clients in legal proceedings concerning complex situations that frequently involve copyright disputes and disputes regarding the right to express opinions, often associated with technology-related matters. He also advises his clients on all matters concerning licencing and a legally-compliant use of protected contents. In addition, Malek also advises companies, inter alia, on product launches and new business models. His clients include both globally-leading companies and aspiring start-ups.

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Since 2023 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2019 - 2023 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2016 – 2018 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2015 – 2016 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2014 – 2015 Associate, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Hamburg
2014 Post–doctoral research fellow, Leibniz University of Hannover
2014 Lecturer, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
2008 – 2012 Senior research associate, chair of civil law, Intellectual Property, Information Technology Law and Private International Law, Leibniz University of Hannover
2013 Second legal state examination, Higher Regional Court Celle
2012 Doctoral degree (Dr. iur.) with a thesis on Copyright Law, Leibniz University of Hannover
2011 – 2013 Legal clerkship, Higher Regional Court Celle
2010 – 2011 Magister Juris (M.Jur.), University of Oxford
2008 First legal state examination, Hannover/Celle
2003 – 2008 Legal studies with focal point in Information Technology Law and EU Law, Leibniz University of Hannover

Career

Since 2023 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2019 - 2023 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2016 – 2018 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2015 – 2016 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2014 – 2015 Associate, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Hamburg
2014 Post–doctoral research fellow, Leibniz University of Hannover
2014 Lecturer, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
2008 – 2012 Senior research associate, chair of civil law, Intellectual Property, Information Technology Law and Private International Law, Leibniz University of Hannover

Education

2013 Second legal state examination, Higher Regional Court Celle
2012 Doctoral degree (Dr. iur.) with a thesis on Copyright Law, Leibniz University of Hannover
2011 – 2013 Legal clerkship, Higher Regional Court Celle
2010 – 2011 Magister Juris (M.Jur.), University of Oxford
2008 First legal state examination, Hannover/Celle
2003 – 2008 Legal studies with focal point in Information Technology Law and EU Law, Leibniz University of Hannover

Publications

Art. 11 - Art. 17, Art. 25 Digital Services Act, in: Müller-Terpitz/Köhler (Hrsg.): DSA, Praxiskommentar, München 2023

Chapter 11: Urheber- und Lauterkeitsrecht, Know-How-Schutz, in: Kipker (Hrsg.), Cybersecurity, Rechtshandbuch, 2. Auflage, München 2023

Chapter 22: Plattformspezifische Vorgaben der DSM-RL, in: Steinrötter (Hrsg.): Europäische Plattformregulierung, Baden-Baden 2023 

§ 1 Urheberrechts-Diensteanbieter-Gesetz, in: Barudi (Hrsg.), Das neue Urheberrecht: UrhG | UrhDaG | VGG, Baden-Baden 2021

(Hrsg.) Das neue Urheberrecht: UrhG | UrhDaG | VGG, Baden-Baden 2021

Urheber- und Lauterkeitsrecht, Know-How-Schutz, in: Kipker, Cybersecurity Rechtshandbuch, 2020

„Value Gap“? – Zur Debatte um das Haftungsregime für Hosting-Dienste in Bezug auf Urheberrechtsverletzungen, in: Hennemann/Sattler: Immaterialgüter und Digitalisierung, Baden-Baden 2017

Der Mythos vom Value Gap, in: GRUR 2017, 327-338, together with Jörg Wimmers

The CJEU’s Communication to the Public: Better Check Before Placing a Hyperlink? in: CRi 2016, 129-133, together with Jörg Wimmers and Adam Rendle

Kommentierung zu §§ 8, 9, 12, 12a SortG sowie Art. 11, 28, 29, 98, 100 GSortV, in: Metzger/Zech: Sortenschutzgesetz, Kommentar, 2016

EU-Urheberrechtsreform, in: IPRB 2016, S. 16-21, gemeinsam mit Jörg Wimmers

Rezension zu A. Hügel: Haftung von Inhabern privater Internetanschlüsse für fremde Urheberrechtsverletzungen, in: UFITA 2015/I, S. 281-283

Europäischer Werkbegriff und besondere Gestaltungshöhe – eine Betrachtung des BGH-Urteils Geburtstagszug, in: UFITA 2014/I, S. 49-68

Designschutz aufgewertet – zur Abkehr des Bundesgerichtshofs von der besonderen Gestaltungshöhe für angewandte Kunst im Urheberrecht, in: KUR 2014, S. 11-15

Autor und Werk – eine prägende Beziehung?, in: Mohr Siebeck, Schriftenreihe Geistiges Eigentum und Wettbewerbsrecht (GEuWR), Band 75, Tübingen 2013

Ein Jahr (Dritt-)Auskunftsanspruch, in: CR 2010, S. R020-021

Memberships & Associations

Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI)

German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)

Law Society Hannover

Additional languages

English

Awards

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2025

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Copyright & media law

CJEU: Art. 17 of the Copyright Directive is effective

29 April 2022

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Interface - Copyright update

Transposing the DSM Copyright Directive in Germany, the Czech Republic and Slovakia

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27 May 2021
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Interface - Der Digital Single Market ein Update Teil I

Update Copyright in the Digital Single Market: On the implementation of the DSM Copyright Directive in Germany

9 June 2020

by Dr. Gregor Schmid, LL.M. (Cambridge) and Dr. Malek Barudi, M.Jur. (Oxford)

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