Jörg Wimmers, LL.M. (NYU)

Jörg specialises in the Internet, IT, media and telecommunications sectors and advises TMT companies on transactions and projects, product launches and the design of business models.

His clients include search engines, blogging and microblogging services, access providers, various hosting services and large Internet portals, which he advises and represents in particular on questions of liability on the Internet. In this context, which is continuously developing and is characterised by conflict, Jörg has led and continues to lead a large number of often ground-breaking test cases, particularly on questions of copyright, personal rights, press law and data protection law.

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Career

Since 1997	Partner, Taylor Wessing
1994 – 1996	United Nations, New York/Programme Officer

Education

1998	Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law, New York
1997	LL.M., NYU
1996 – 1997	Degree studies in law, New York University, New York

1995	Admitted as a lawyer, Hamburg
1994	Second state examination, Hamburg
1991 – 1994	Legal clerkship, Hamburg
1990	First state examination, Hamburg
1985 – 1990	Degree studies in law, University of Hamburg
1984 – 1985	Degree studies in law and sociology, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main

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Publications

Jörg Wimmers / Dr. Britta Heymann, 2017, Rechtliche Kritik am NetzDG-Entwurf
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, 129-133
EU Consultation on Ancillary Copyright for Publishers, Jörg Wimmers and Dr. Malek Barudi, May 2016
EU-Urheberrechtsreform (gemeinsam mit Malek Barudi, M.Jur. [Oxford]), IPRB 2016, S. 16-21
Schricker/Loewenheim, Urheberrecht, §§ 101-101b UrhG, 4th edition (2010), §§ 97-105, 112-119 UrhG, 5th edition (published 2014)
Wimmers/Mundhenk, Das Haftungsrisiko des Hostingproviders, IPRB 2014, 58ff.
Nolte/Wimmers, Wer stört? Gedanken zur Haftung von Intermediären im Internet, GRUR 2014, 16ff
Wimmers, Leistungsschutzrecht im Leerlauf - Suchmaschinen als Dienste rein technischer, automatischer und passiver Art, CR 2012, 663ff.
Heise Onlinerecht, Band I, Kap. 3, Haftung für fremde Inhalte, [mit Carsten Schulz], Loseblattsammlung, Hannover 2011
Berger/Wündisch, Urhebervertragsrecht, Kap. Software-Lizenzvertrag [mit Christian Frank], Baden-Baden 2008

Memberships & Associations

Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (GRUR) and its Special Committee for Copyright Law and Publishing Law
Vorstand der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Recht und Informatik (DGRI)
International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw)
Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristenvereinigung

Additional languages

English

Expertise

Sectors Technology, media & communications

Experience

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Awards

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2020	Leading individual: Media and copyright law
Who's Who Legal 2020	WWL Rankings: Thought Leader – Germany; Recommended as Global Leader for Data - Data Privacy & Protection, Information Technoloy; Recommend as National Leader - Germany, Data,
JUVE Handbook 2019/2020	Frequently recommended: Media: Contracts and Copyrights, Transactions and Financing
JUVE Handbook 2019/2020	Frequently recommended: IT-law
Who’s Who Legal 2018	Leading individual: Data Privacy and Protection and Information Technology
JUVE Handbook 2016/2017	Frequently recommended: Copyright
JUVE Handbook 2016/2017	“Excellent lawyer with great market knowledge”, client; “Highly competent in international questions”, competitor