Prof. Dr. Thomas Hoeren
Current affiliations
- Civil Law Department
- European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS)
Academic Education | |
| 1994 | Habilitation in Law at University of Münster |
| 1991 | Second state examination |
| 1989 | Doctoral degree (Dr. jur.) at University of Münster |
| 1987 | First state examination |
| 1980 - 1987 | Studies in Theology and Law at the Universities of Münster, Tübingen, and London |
| 1986 | Erwerb des Grades eines kirchlichen Lizentiaten der Theologie |
Work Experience | |
| since 2005 | Lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Münster with teh focus on copyright |
| since 2001 | University Lecturer for Information and IT Law at University of Zurich, Switzerland, and University of Vienna, Austria |
| since 1997 | Professor at the Faculty of Law at University of Münster |
| 1996 - 2011 | Judge at the Higher Regional Court in Düsseldorf |
| 2004 | Research Fellow at Oxford Internet Institut/Balliol College |
| 2000 - 2001 | Guest Lecturer at University of Novi Sad, Serbia, Peking University, China, Niigata University, Japan, and Kyushu University, Japan |
| 1995 - 1997 | Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law at University of Düsseldorf |
Functions and Memberships | |
| Member of the culture board of the region Münsterland | |
| Vertrauensdozent der Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes | |
| Member of the Task Force Group on Intellectual Property of the European Commission | |
| Member of the committee of experts for copyright and publishing law of the German Association for Industrial Remedy and Copy Right | |
| Member of the Swiss interest group on intangible property rights | |
| Chairman of the senate committee for art and culture at University of Münster | |
| since 2000 | WIPO Domain Name Panellist and referee for the placing of .eu-Domains |
| since 1998 | Co-Editor of the Journal "Multimedia und Recht" |
Publications
Hoeren Thomas (2019) In: Schulze Reiner (eds.), Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch : Handkommentar. Baden-Baden: Nomos. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Hoeren Thomas (2018) In: Zeitschrift für internationales Wirtschaftsrecht : IWRZ, 3(3) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Hoeren Thomas (2018) In: Jusletter IT, [nicht ermittelt] Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Hoeren Thomas, Bitter Philip (2018) In: European intellectual property review : EIPR, 40(6) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Hoeren Thomas, Pinelli Stefan (2018) In: MultiMedia und Recht, 21(4) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) |
Projects
Duration: 01/10/2020 - 31/12/2021 Funded by: Uni Münster-internal funding - Topical Programs Type of project: Internally at the University of Münster funded project | |
Duration: 01/03/2015 - 28/02/2019 Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research Type of project: Participation in BMBF-joint project | |
Duration: 01/08/2013 - 31/01/2014 Funded by: Federal Ministry of Culture and Science of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia Type of project: Individual project | |
Consumer sentiment regarding privacy on user generated content services in the digital economy (CONSENT) Duration: 08/04/2010 - 31/03/2013 Funded by: EC FP 7 - Small or medium-scale focused research project Type of project: EU-project hosted outside University of Münster | |
Duration: 22/03/2010 - 31/08/2012 Funded by: European Commission Type of project: EU-project hosted outside University of Münster |
Talks
| Vorratsdatenspeicherung Sydow, Gernot; Hoeren, Thomas (09/06/2015) Kamingespräch Fachschaft Jura, WWU Münster Type of talk: practical talk |
Prizes
| Daidalos-Münze 2018 Awarded by: Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes Award given to: Hoeren, Thomas Date of awarding: 15/07/2018 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Preis für deutsch-niederländische Wissenschaftskooperation, 2017 Awarded by: Regierung der Niederlande Award given to: Hoeren, Thomas Announced at: 15/10/2017 | Date of awarding: 15/10/2017 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Forschungspreis Technische Kommunikation Awarded by: Alcatel-Lucent Stiftung für Kommunikationsforschung Award given to: Hoeren, Thomas Date of awarding: 01/01/2005 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction |
Doctorates
| Die Öffnungsklauseln der Datenschutzgrundverordnung – Ein Beitrag zur Europäischen Handlungsformenlehre Candidate: Müller, Marian | Supervisors: Sydow, Gernot; Hoeren, Thomas Period of time: until 26/06/2018 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Cryptocoin-Schulden – Haftung und Risikoverteilung bei der Verschaffung von Bitcoins und Alt-Coins Candidate: Pesch, Paulina Jo | Supervisors: Hoeren, Thomas Period of time: until 18/10/2016 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| "Die Weiterveräußerung von Eintrittskarten
- Zulässige Unterbindung des Ticket-Zweitmarktes durch den Veranstalter?"
Candidate: Fischer, Julian | Supervisors: Hoeren, Thomas Period of time: until 10/05/2016 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Das deutsche und das europäische Patentverfahren im Spannungsverhältnis von vollziehender Gewalt und Rechtsprechung Candidate: Poggemann, Joachim | Supervisors: Hoeren, Thomas Period of time: until 01/02/2016 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Marktabgrenzung in Zeiten der Medienkonvergenz Candidate: Hinrichsen, Marten | Supervisors: Hoeren, Thomas Period of time: until 01/12/2015 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |