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Since 1996, Christian has been advising companies on the acquisition, use and exploitation of new technologies and content, primarily on issues of intellectual property, data protection and regulatory requirements.
He successfully applies his "extensive industry know-how" (Client Choice Media Entertainment Award 2018) and his international expertise in disputes before courts as well as arbitration tribunals; several of the proceedings he has conducted have led to landmark judgments by the highest courts. Christian is also an active author and lecturer on topics related to his work and is a leading member of corresponding associations. For 20 years he has been recommended in his area of expertise by the relevant national and international legal handbooks.
Implications of the EU Data Act for the engineering and plant construction industry
Software- Lizenzvertrag, Frank/Schulz, in: Berger/Wündisch, Urhebervertragsrecht, 3. Aufl. 2022
Verlagsrabatte und § 6 Abs. 3 BuchPrG?, Frank/Petersen, in: ZVertriebsR 2022, 168
Zur Bemessung der Schadensersatzhöhe in IT-Projekten, Frank/Petersen/Bernzen, in: CR 2020, 769
Urheberrecht, Co-Autor in Schricker/Loewenheim, 6. Auflage 2020
Anforderungen des EuGH an die Rechtfertigung nationaler Einfuhrbeschränkungen, in: GRUR 2016, 1246
Anmerkung zu EuGH, Urteil vom 14.06.2017, C-610/15 K&R 2017, 476-481
Gespeicherte Privatautonomie und private Speicherungen, in: GRUR 2015, 623
Die neue Gruppenfreistellungsverordnung für Technologietransfer-Vereinbarungen und ihre Relevanz für Verträge der Informationstechnologie, in: CR 2014, 349
Bewegliche Vertragsgestaltung für agiles Programmieren - Ein Vorschlag zur rechtlichen Abschichtung zwischen Planung und Realisierung, in: CR 2011, 138
Der Besichtigungsanspruch im Urheberrecht de lege ferenda, Frank/Wiegand, in: CR 2007, 481
Responsible AI: A Global Policy Framework, in: ITechLaw, 2019
IoT & Licensing – Ten thoughts on handling the new frontiers of reduced human exertion, PlugIn – Wir denken das Recht der digitalen Zukunft, Ausgabe #14, Oktober 2018
Neue Urheberabgabe für das Internet?, in CR, 2014
Die neue Gruppenfreistellungsverordnung für Technologietransfer-Vereinbarungen und ihre Relevanz für Verträge der Informationstechnologie, in: CR 2014, 349ff
Privatkopien & Urhebervergütung: Fallböen und Wechselwinde, in: CR, 2013
Gesetz gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb, Co Autor in Harte-Bavendamm/Henning-Bodewig, 5. Aufl. 2021
Design von Tablet Computern - Klonkriege oder die dunkle Seite der Macht?, Frank/Wehner, CR 2012, 209
Urheberabgaben nach Padawan, in: CR, 2011
Besonderheiten der Verfahrens- und Prozessführung, Frank/Wiegand in Lehmann/Meents, Handbuch Fachanwalt Informationstechnologierecht, 2. Aufl. 2011
Der Durchgriff im Schiedsvertrag, Berlin, 2000
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Highlighted as a “Thought Leader” for Data in Germany
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by Dr. Julia Freifrau von Imhoff and Dr. Christian Frank, Licencié en droit (Paris II / Panthéon-Assas)
EU AI Act - obligations on importers and distributors
Christian Frank and Debbie Heywood summarise the obligations on importers and distributors under the EU AI Act.
by Dr. Christian Frank, Licencié en droit (Paris II / Panthéon-Assas) and Debbie Heywood
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AI state of play for media businesses
Xuyang Zhu, Christian Frank and Giles Crown consider the impact of AI on media businesses.
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by Jason Rawkins and Simon Jupp
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by Debbie Heywood and Daniel Hirschfield
by Dr. Jakob Horn, LL.M. (Harvard) and Alexander Schmalenberger, LL.B.
by Dr. Benedikt Kohn, CIPP/E and Alexander Schmalenberger, LL.B.