First-class academicians and practitioners

The expertise of the diverse faculty teaching in the Summer Program in Licensing Transactions in Intellectual Property law guarantees a unique learning experience.

Academic Directors

Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Lefstin and Prof. Dr. Dana Beldiman

Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Lefstin

UC Law San Francisco, Academic Director and Lecturer Limitations on License Agreements

Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Lefstin and Prof. Dr. Dana Beldiman

Prof. Dr. Dana Beldiman

Squire Patton Boggs, Academic Director and Lecturer Limitations on License Agreements

Lecturers 2025

Dr. Stefan Dittmer

Dr. Stefan Dittmer

Dentons, Algorithmic Licensing: Technological and Legal Issues

Michael Friedman

Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Negotation Principles

Prof. Dr. Daniel Martin Katz and Dirk Hartung

Prof. Dr. Daniel Katz

Chicago-Kent College of Law, How does generative AI work?

Prof. Dr. Linda Kuschel

Bucerius Law School, Data and Copyright Licensing in an AI Context

Dr. Jacek Lagoni

Google, IT and Cloud Projects - Legal Framework and Negotations

Dr. Philipp Lehmann

Freshfields, Licensing in Biotech

Allison Mages

WIPO, IP Aspects of Technology Transactions

Zoi Michalopoulou

Dentons, IP Transactions Based on Blockchain and Smart Contracts

Tal Niv

Tal Niv

UC Law San Francisco, Open Source Licensing

Kristoff Ritlewski

Prof. Dr. Kristoff Ritlewski

Orth Kluth, Trademark Licensing: Case Law & Practice

Lezel Roddeck

Bucerius Law School, Drafting Principles

Dr. Stefan Papastefanou

White & Case, Licensing of AI and AI Components - Algorithms, Data and Programming Structure“

Christian Stoll

Christian Stoll

Hogan Lovells, Legal Aspects of Licensing

Karsten Thorn

Prof. Dr. Karsten Thorn

Bucerius Law School, Conflict of Laws in International Agreements

Annemarie Westpfahl

Dr. Annemarie Westpfahl

Rose & Partner, Practical Aspects of IP Licensing

Thomas Vinje

Thomas Vinje

Clifford Chance, FRAND Licensing

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