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

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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Career

Since 2019	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

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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

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Publications

Urheber- und Lauterkeitsrecht, Know-How-Schutz, in: Kipker, Cybersecurity Rechtshandbuch, München 2020
„Value Gap“? – Zur Debatte um das Haftungsregime für Hosting-Dienste in Bezug auf Urheberrechtsverletzungen, in Hennemann/Sattler: Immaterialgüter und Digitalisierung, Baden-Baden 2017
Ein Jahr (Dritt-)Auskunftsanspruch, CR 2010, p. R020-021
Der Mythos vom Value Gap, GRUR 2017, 327-338 (gemeinsam mit Jörg Wimmers, LL.M. [NYU])
The CJEU’s Communication to the Public: Better Check Before Placing a Hyperlink? (gemeinsam mit Jörg Wimmers, LL.M. [NYU] und Adam Rendle, LL.M. [Cambridge]), CRi 2016, p. 129-133
Kommentierung zu §§ 8, 9, 12, 12a SortG sowie Art. 11, 28, 29, 98, 100 GSortV, in Metzger/Zech: Sortenschutzgesetz, Kommentar, München 2016
EU-Urheberrechtsreform (gemeinsam mit Jörg Wimmers, LL.M. [NYU]), IPRB 2016, p. 16-21
Rezension zu A. Hügel, „Haftung von Inhabern privater Internetanschlüsse für fremde Urheberrechtsverletzungen“, UFITA 2015/I, p. 281-283
Europäischer Werkbegriff und besondere Gestaltungshöhe – eine Betrachtung des BGH-Urteils Geburtstagszug, UFITA 2014/I, p. 49-68
Designschutz aufgewertet – zur Abkehr des Bundesgerichtshofs von der besonderen Gestaltungshöhe für angewandte Kunst im Urheberrecht, KUR 2014, p. 11-15
Autor und Werk – eine prägende Beziehung?, Mohr Siebeck, Schriftenreihe Geistiges Eigentum und Wettbewerbsrecht (GEuWR), Band 75, Tübingen 2013