CALL FOR PAPERS | 2025 4iP Council Research Award

MediaLaws is pleased to announce the call of the 4iP Council for European University students studying at Masters and PhD levels. Research topics should address areas such as patent and competition law, technology policy regulation, investment and funding. Papers should be original and evidence-based. Submission deadline is 31 December 2025. Winner and runner-up announcements will take…

Gema v. OpenAI – Decision of the Munich Regional Court

In recent years, the development of artificial intelligence (AI) has accelerated due to increased data availability and the use of multilayer artificial neural networks. There is a tension with copyright law because large language models, such as GPT-4, are trained with copyrighted texts and can reproduce them.  On November 13, 2024, the German collecting society…

Europe wants the sky full of drones – just not like that

Acknowledgements Work on this piece was partially funded by the Research Council of Norway (Grant Agreement No. 314615) for the project ‘RegulAIR: The integration of drones in the Norwegian and European Airspaces’. During Fall 2025, multiple European states were alarmed by drones around airports and military areas. Joining Denmark and Norway, Belgium recently also reported…