LoginSubscribe Now
International In-house Counsel Journal Logo
International In-house Counsel Journal Logo
  • Home
  • Business Sectors
  • Areas of Law
  • Editorial Board
  • Write a Paper
  • Subscribe
  • Books
  • Reports
  • Back Issues
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Cookie Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • PLS LogoCopyright & permissions
© 2026 International In-house Counsel Journal Ltd. | ISSN 1754-0607 | Picture Credits: Freepix, Unsplash and by permission of the authors

Library search

German Patent Modernisation Act – A Game Changer for Protection of Confidential Information in Patent Litigation?
Intellectual PropertyConsultant
Protection of confidential information disclosed in litigation used to be insufficient in Germany. For a long time, it was only regulated fragmentarily. Despite the implementation of the Trade Secret Directive...Read more
Portrait image of Nikita Alymov
Nikita Alymov
Attorney-at-law, Hoffmann Eite, Germany
Portrait image of Dirk Schüßler-Langeheine
Dirk Schüßler-Langeheine
attorney-at-law, partner, Hoffmann Eitle, Germany
Metaverse and Privacy
Data ProtectionBanking & Finance
From Facebook's recent decision to rename itself "Meta" to Epic Games' billion-dollar investment in metaverse technologies, the metaverse has dominated the news and will likely continue to do so over...Read more
Portrait image of Matthias Artzt
Matthias Artzt
Senior Legal Counsel, Deutsche Bank AG, Germany
How to Obtain a GDPR-Compliant Consent?
Data ProtectionGeneral
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), consent is one of the more well-known legal bases upon which personal data can lawfully be processed. At a first glance, it seems...Read more
Portrait image of Agnès Terreau
Agnès Terreau
Data Protection Officer ManpowerGroup Switzerland, ManpowerGroup, Germany
ESG Colourwashing: Combating Modern-day Corporate Hypocrisy
ComplianceBanking & Finance
Driven partly by the COVID-19 crisis, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria have gained significant relevance, creating a growing market demand for both ESG-based consumer and investor products. This is...Read more
Portrait image of Timo Matthias Spitzer
Timo Matthias Spitzer
Head of Legal Corporate and Investment Banking Germany, Austria, Switzerland & Scandinavia, Banco Santander, SA., Germany
Why Leadership with Integrity is Crucial to Achieving Sustainable Business Practices for Corporations:<br>How the In-House Legal Function May Serve as a Driving Factor in Promoting Sustainable Value
ManagementBanking & Finance
The importance of an environmentally and socially friendly business model has risen to an all-time high. It is a direct result of significant cultural changes, which have altered, potentially forever,...Read more
Portrait image of Timo Matthias Spitzer
Timo Matthias Spitzer
Head of Legal Corporate and Investment Banking Germany, Austria, Switzerland & Scandinavia, Banco Santander, SA., Germany
Stuck in the Middle with You: When U.S. Discovery Orders Hit the GDPR
Data ProtectionBanking & Finance
Civil litigants in the United States have broad rights to information—from each other and from others not involved in the litigation, whether or not they are within ...Read more
Portrait image of Matthias Artzt
Matthias Artzt
Senior Legal Counsel, Deutsche Bank AG, Germany
The recent proposals for a reform of the German patent act: A true ‘modernisation’ of the patent system?
Intellectual PropertyTelecommunications
The ‘modernisation’ of the patent law has dominated the debates around intellectual property in Germany in recent times. The need for changes to the current system has been controversially discussed...Read more
Portrait image of Spyros Makris
Spyros Makris
IPR Policy Manager, Ericsson GmbH, Germany
Compliance Risk Management: A Game-changing Strategy in Mergers & Acquisitions
ComplianceAviation
In a context where companies are facing increasingly complex regulatory requirements, more stringent legal enforcement restrictions and NGO activism (including ethical and environmental), the compliance part of the M&A due...Read more
Portrait image of Isabelle Rust
Isabelle Rust
Head of Third Party Compliance Management, Airbus Defence and Space, Germany
Identifying Controllers and Processors in a Blockchain Environment in the Light of GDPR
Data ProtectionBanking & Finance
Blockchain technologies have emerged as a disruptive way of executing business processes in decentralised environments. It was originally created to facilitate cryptocurrency transactions (such as Bitcoin), which are currently facing...Read more
Portrait image of Matthias Artzt
Matthias Artzt
Senior Legal Counsel, Deutsche Bank AG, Germany
Foreign Court Judgements and International Arbitration Awards Enforcement
ArbitrationConstruction
The economic cooperation and integration among various countries is constantly and inevitably increasing in the era of world globalization. The continued commercial expansion is unavoidably accompanied by civil and commercial...Read more
Portrait image of Natalya Seyalova
Natalya Seyalova
Sr. Legal Counsel AEM, HeidelbergCement AG, Germany
1234