Dan Wielsch

After studies in philosophy and law Dan Wielsch graduated from the Frankfurt University lawschool in 1996. Afterwards he worked as a reserach fellow at the Max Planck Institute for European Legal Studies. His doctoral thesis, completed in 1999, was awarded with the Otto-Hahn Prize of the Max Planck Society. During his practical legal training he clerked inter alia at the German Federal Constitutional Court. Outside academia he worked as a lawyer for the lawfirm of Hogan & Hartson Raue LLP and as a legal advisor for the Federal Ministry of the Interior in Berlin. In 2003 he obtained the LL.M. degree from the University of California at Berkeley. Since 2004 he is writing his post-doctoral thesis in the field of information law at the University of Frankfurt.
Amongst others he is member of the German-American and the German-Israeli Lawyers’ Association and also of the German Council on Foreign Relations.

If this were true ...

By Dan Wielsch on April 24, 2005 at 2:32 pm

... and Microsoft is really willing to add Linux support to Virtual Server 2005, as this news states, it would mark a surprising shift in the business strategy of the monopolist who always denied any requests for interoperability. Is the tide changing? Does the giant kowtow to the raging success of OS? Read more about If this were true ...

Ninety Days

By Dan Wielsch on October 23, 2004 at 2:41 am

... from the day Russia deposits its ratification with the UN and the Kyoto Protocol (KP) will enter into force (see Art. 25(1) KP). The Russian Parliament, the Duma, just has ratified the treaty which was concluded in 1997. After the U.S. had disappointed the rest of the world with a clear No, everybody courted Russia’s favor. Finally, they've got it (better not ask what the Russians were promised behind closed doors!). Read more about Ninety Days

Another Chapter in the Expansion of IPRs

By Dan Wielsch on August 30, 2004 at 1:10 pm

As one of the main competitors in the international race to protect every sort of investment in intangibles, the EU had adopted the Database Directive in 1996. Yet, the scope of the newly created property right in a database is still "under construction". But the European Court of Justice will soon have to decide a bunch of cases (C-444/02, C-203/02, C-338/02, C-46/02) raising some fundamental questions concerning the extension of a database owner's rights.
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Mapping the Information Environment

By Dan Wielsch on May 26, 2004 at 3:27 am

At the end every question concerning the information habitats may indeed boil down to a decision between freedom v. control. The legitimate function of this harsh and simplistic alternative is to remind us that there are always normative implications luring behind the surface of technology. The way we shape technology shapes the way it shapes us. But what are the main structures underlying present information technology that shapes the flow of information in society? Read more about Mapping the Information Environment

IP Enforcement Directive

By Dan Wielsch on May 12, 2004 at 4:18 am

Late April the European Council of Ministers has finally approved a Directive on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights that will harmonize the remedies and procedures available to right holders throughout the EU. The Council's approval was the last step in the legislative process which was surrounded by fierce debates about the directive's impingement on consumers' and citizens' rights. The Member States will now have two years to implement the IPED.
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