Prof. Dr. Jan Bernd Nordemann, LL.M.

Partner | Attorney at Law (Germany) • Certified Copyright and Media Lawyer • Certified Industrial Property Rights Lawyer

With over 25 years’ experience, Jan Bernd Nordemann is known as one of the leading copyright lawyers in Germany. He also has an excellent reputation in trade mark law and competition law.

He was responsible for many landmark court cases for his clients and is currently leading a number of major out-of-court consultation projects. He also employs his expertise when drafting contractual agreements and verifying chains of title. Jan Bernd Nordemann’s clients include national and international companies and associations, in particular from the areas of film, literature, journalism, consumer goods and construction (architecture). Many of his clients have been placing their trust in him for many years.

As a practitioner with high academic standards, Jan Bernd Nordemann is a popular speaker at conferences and seminars. He is the editor and author of many works in the areas of copyright law, trade mark law and competition law. These include, for example, Fromm/Nordemann, one of the leading copyright law commentaries in Germany. He was Chair of the international Copyright Committee of the AIPPI for 10 years from 2011 to 2021. The European Parliament and the European Commission has repeatedly consulted Jan as an expert. Recently, he has been selected by the EU AI Office to participate in the drawing-up of the first General-Purpose AI Code of Practice (Working Group Copyright).

Humboldt University Berlin appointed him an honorary professor 15 years ago. He gives classes at Humboldt University primarily on copyright law.

He speaks German and English.

 

You can find a detailed CV here.

 

  • Publications

    (Selection)

    • Co-editor and co-author of “Fromm/Nordemann“, Copyright Law [“Fromm/Nordemann”, Urheberrecht]
    • Co-author of trade mark law commentary [Markenrechtskommentars „Ingerl/Rohnke/Nordemann”]
    • Co-author of the antitrust law commentary “Loewenheim/Meessen/Riesenkampff/Kersting/Meyer-Lindemann
    • Co-author of the standard work Nordemann: Competition Law – Trademark Law” [“NordemannWettbewerbsrecht – Markenrecht]
    • Author of numerous chapters in the standard work Loewenheim: Manual of Copyright” [“LoewenheimHandbuch des Urheberrechts]
    • Co-author in the field of copyright contract law in “Munich Contract Handbook” [Münchner Vertragshandbuch]
    • Co-author in “Bröcker/Czychowski/Schäfer: Handbook Intellectual Property on the Internet” [Bröcker/Czychowski/Schäfer: Handbuch Geistiges Eigentum im Internet”]
    • Author of “The Routledge Handbook of EU copyright law” Chapter 18 – Website blocking under EU copyright law
    • Jan Bernd Nordemann/Julian Waiblinger: Aktuelle Rechtsprechung im Urheberrecht NJW 2025, 712 ff.
    • Jan Bernd Nordemann/Julian Waiblinger: Aktuelle Rechtsprechung im Urheberrecht im Jahr 2023, NJW 2024, 726
    • Jan Bernd Nordemann/Arman Rasouli: Die Regelungen der KI-Verordnung mit Urheberrechtsbezug – Möglichkeit der privaten Rechtsdurchsetzung? ZUM 2024, 780
    • Jan Bernd Nordemann: Internet(angebots)-Sperren: Neue Anspruchsgrundlage § 8 DDG – Ansonsten nichts Neues? GRUR Prax 2024, 317 ff.
    • Jan Bernd Nordemann/Julian Waiblinger: Die Entwicklung der unter- und obergerichtlichen Rechtsprechung im Jahr 2023, GRUR-RR 2024, 181 ff.
    • Jan Bernd Nordemann: Generative künstliche Intelligenz: Urheberrechtsverletzungen und Haftung, GRUR 2024, 1 ff.
    • Jan Bernd Nordemann/Julian Waiblinger: Gesetzgebund und Rechtsprechung im Urheberrecht, NJW 2023, 737 ff.
    • Jan Bernd Nordemann neu: Täterschaftliche Haftung von Hostprovidern im Urheberrecht bei (Verkehrs-)Verletzungen im Internet, ZUM 2022, 806 ff.
    • Jan Bernd Nordemann/Julian Waiblinger: Die Entwicklung der unter- und obergerichtlichen Rechtsprechung zum Urheberrecht im Jahr 2022, GRUR-RR 2023, 189 ff.
    • Jan Bernd Nordemann/Henrike Strobl: Der Begriff des Verlegers für gesetzliche Vergütungsansprüche: § 63a Abs. 2 UrhG und Art. 16 DSM-Richtlinie
    • Jan Bernd Nordemann/Julian Waiblinger on developments in lower and higher court jurisdiction in copyright law in 2021, GRUR-RR 5/2022, 201
    • Jan Bernd Nordemann/Christian Czychowski: Scope of protection and unauthorized modification in computer programs, GRUR 2022, 457
    • Jan Bernd Nordemann/Julian Waiblinger: Legislation and case law of the highest courts in copyright law [“Gesetzgebung und Rechtsprechung im Urheberrecht“], NJW 2022, 744
    • Jan Bernd Nordemann/ Christian Czychowski: Current Legislation and Jurisprudence of the Highest Courts in Copyright Law [“aktuelle Gesetzgebung und höchstrichterliche Rechtsprechung im Urheberrecht], NJW 2019, 725 
    • Jan Bernd Nordemann/Christian Czychowski: Die Entwicklung der unter- und obergerichtlichen Rechtsprechung zum Urheberrecht im Jahr 2018, GRUR-RR 2019, 193
    • Die Haftung allgemeiner Zugangsprovider auf Website-Sperren, GRUR 2018, 1016
    • EuGH-Urteile GS Media, Filmspeler und ThePirateBay: ein neues europäisches Haftungskonzept im Urheberrecht für die öffentliche Wiedergabe, GRUR Int. 2018, 526  
    • Jan Bernd Nordemann/Julian Waiblinger: Gesetzgebung und höchstrichterliche Rechtsprechung im Urheberrecht 2017, NJW 2018, 756  
    • Jan Bernd Nordemann/Julian Waiblinger: Die Entwicklung der unter- und obergerichtlichen Rechtsprechung zum Urheberrecht im Jahr 2017, GRUR-RR 2018, 177  
    • Stanislaus Jaworski/Jan Bernd Nordemann: Gehilfenhaftung von Intermediären bei Rechtsverletzungen im Internet, GRUR 2017, 567  
    • Jan Bernd Nordemann: Bildung und Wissenschaft ohne Marktwirtschaft, NJW 2017, 1586  
    • Jan Bernd Nordemann/Julian Waiblinger: Werbung auf Websites mit urheberrechtswidrigen Internetangeboten, MMR 2017, 211

      Kluwer Copyright Blog
    • The AI Act provisions relating to copyright – Possibility of private enforcement? Germany as an example – Part 2, available on the Kluwer Copyright Blog at: https://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
    • The AI Act provisions relating to copyright – Possibility of private enforcement? Germany as an example – Part 1, available on the Kluwer Copyright Blog at: https://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
    • German news on the EU liability concept for indirect infringers of copyright: A push forward by the BGH for communication to the public – and a step back for reproduction, available on the Kluwer Copyright Blog at: https://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
    • German Regional Court (Landgericht) of Hamburg paves the way to treat the reproduction of works as AI training data under the EU text and data mining exceptions, available on the Kluwer Copyright Blog at: https://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
    • The case law of the German Federal Court of Justice and other German courts in 2022 – Part II, available on the Kluwer Copyright Blog at: https://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
    • The case law of the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) and selected other German courts in 2022 – Part I, available on the Kluwer Copyright Blog at: https://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
    • EU law: Generative AI, copyright infringements and liability – My guess for a hot topic in 2024, available on the Kluwer Copyright Blog at: https://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
    • German Federal Court of Justice: Copyright Case Law of 2021 – Part II, available on the Kluwer Copyright Blog at: https://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
    • German Federal Court of Justice: Copyright Case Law of 2021 – Part I, available on the Kluwer Copyright Blog at: https://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
    • Germany: Liability of hosting providers under copyright law if they have breached a duty of care – The German BGH ends mere ‘Stoererhaftung’, available on the Kluwer Copyright Blog at: https://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
    • The EU DSM Copyright Directive: Implementation in Germany 2021 – Part II, available on the Kluwer Copyright Blog at: https://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
    • The EU DSM Copyright Directive: Implementation in Germany 2021 – Part I, available on the Kluwer Copyright Blog at: https://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
    • The concept of “publisher” and Article 16 DSM Directive– using the example of stock image agencies, available on the Kluwer Copyright Blog at:: https://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
    • Jan Bernd Nordemann über YouTube’s Copyright Transparency Report, available on the Kluwer Copyright Blog at:  http://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
    • Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcementavailable on the Kluwer Copyright Blog at: https://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
    • Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 3 of 4: Related rights and exceptions and limitationsavailable on the Kluwer Copyright Blog at: https://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
    • Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 2 of 4: Exploitation rightsavailable on the Kluwer Copyright Blog at: https://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
    • Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 1 of 4: Definition of a work, authorship and moral rightsavailable on the Kluwer Copyright Blog at: https://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
    • Jan Bernd Nordemann über YouTube’s Copyright Transparency Report, available on the Kluwer Copyright Blog at:  http://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
    • Duties of DNS resolvers and CDN providers – the CoA Cologne (Germany) finds Cloudflare accountable, available on the Kluwer Copyright Blog at:  http://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
    • Art. 17 DSM Directive: International Application in EU cross-border scenarios – Or: Why the EU needs a faithful implementation into national law, available on the Kluwer Copyright Blog at: http://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
    • Rogue Websites: Domain registrars have a duty to disconnect, says German BGH, available on the Kluwer Copyright Blog at: http://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
    • Art. 17 DSMCD: a class of its own? How to implement Art. 17 into the existing national copyright acts, including a comment on the recent German Discussion Draft – Part 1, available on the Kluwer Copyright Blog at:http://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
    • AIPPI: No copyright protection for AI works without human input, but related rights remain, available on the Kluwer Copyright Blog at:http://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
    • Jan Bernd Nordemann/Stefanie Jehle: VG Media/Google: German press publishers’ right declared unenforceable by the CJEU for formal reasons – but it will soon be re-born, available on the Kluwer Copyright Blog at:http://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
  • Lectures
    • Humboldt Universität zu Berlin: „Urheberrechtsverletzungen: Internet und Haftung“ (Sommersemester 2025)
    • Humboldt Universität zu Berlin: „Introduction to Copyright Law“ (Wintersemester 2024/2025)
    • Humboldt Universität zu Berlin: „Urheberrechtsverletzungen: Internet und Haftung“ (Sommersemester 2024)
    • Humboldt Universität zu Berlin: „Urheberrecht“ (Wintersemester 2023/2024)
    • Humboldt Universität zu Berlin: „Urheberrechtsverletzungen: Internet und Haftung“ (Sommersemester 2023)
    • Humboldt Universität zu Berlin: „Introduction to Copyright Law“ (Wintersemester 2022/2023)
    • Humboldt Universität zu Berlin: „Urheberrechtsverletzungen: Internet und Haftung“ (Sommersemester 2022)
    • Humboldt Universität zu Berlin: „Introduction to Copyright Law“ (Wintersemester 2021/2022)
  • Awards
    • IP Stars 2024 führt Jan Bernd Nordemann als Copyright Star 2024. https://www.ipstars.com
    • Das Magazin WirtschaftsWoche (2024) zählt ihn zu den renommiertesten Anwälten für Urheberrecht. https://www.wiwo.de
    • Das Handelsblatt führt Jan Bernd Nordemann in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers® 2024 als empfohlenen Anwalt in den Bereichen Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz, Medien und Entertainment sowie Medien und Urheberrecht an. https://www.handelsblatt.com
    • The Legal 500 – Deutschland (2024) Jan Nordemann unter den „Führenden Namen“ in Medien/Entertainment. https://www.legal500.de
    • Das JUVE Handbuch 2023/2024 zählt ihn in der Kategorie Marken- und Designrecht sowie Wettbewerbsrecht zu den empfohlenen Anwälten. („herausragend kompetent im IT/IP“, Wettbewerber)
    • Laut der World Trademark Review 1000 (WTR1000) 2023 ist er einer der herausragendsten Markenanwälte in Deutschland. https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com
    • Auszeichnung zum Lawyer of the Year in der Kategorie „Entertainment“ (Berlin) im Jahr 2014-15, 2017 und 2023.
    • Das Magazin WirtschaftsWoche (2022) ernennt ihn zum Legal All-Star 2021 im Urheberrecht.
  • Memberships
    • Legal Director of the Erich Pommer Institute for Media Law, Media Economics and Media Research in Potsdam (EPI)
    • Chairman of the Standing Committee ‘Copyright’ of the International Association for Intellectual Property (AIPPI) from 2011 to 2021
    • Member of the GRUR Committee for Copyright and Publishing Law
    • Member of the GRUR Antitrust Law Committee (more than 10 years as Deputy Chairman)
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