Dr. Malte Baumann

Attorney at Law (Germany)

Malte Baumann’s practice includes primarily copyright, information technology, software and competition law. He provides comprehensive advice on issues of liability, licensing and remuneration. A particular focus of his work is on technology-related areas of copyright law – such as artificial intelligence, IT contracts and online enforcement matters. In this context, he regularly deals with questions of ISP and intermediary liability and develops holistic concepts against Internet piracy. He regularly advises international and national companies and associations in the film, sports, music and software sectors, as well as publishers.

In addition, Malte Baumann is a lecturer at the renowned Hasso-Plattner-Institute, where he teaches a course on IT law, and he regularly publishes on current issues of copyright and technology law. In 2025, he was recognized by Managing IP as Rising Star of the Year for his work in intellectual property law. Malte Baumann is a member of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property and Copyright (GRUR) and a founding member of the International Law Association for Artificial Intelligence (ILAAI), where he also serves as an expert representing Germany.

  • Publications
    • Commentary on the UrhDaG (German Copyright Act) in the new edition of Leupold/Wiebe/Glossner/Kreutz, IT Law
    • Co-author of “Fromm/Nordemann”, one of the leading German copyright commentaries, 13th edition 2024
    • Liability for copyright infringements in the output of generative AI systems, GRUR 2025, 955 – together with Prof. Dr. Jan Bernd Nordemann and Jonathan Pukas
    • Concerns about traffic loss due to AI: resistance is mounting, article on beck-aktuell, 6 May 2025
    • Comment on BGH decision of 11 June 2024 – X ZB 5/22 No designation of used AI as co-inventor – DABUS, NJW 2024, 2992
    • AI in the audiovisual sector: a compass for the current legal landscape, European Audiovisual Observatory (Council of Europe), Strasbourg, 2024, together with Jan Bernd Nordemann Chapter on authorship, liability and transparency in AI-generated content
    • Intellectual property law: The key to protecting AI-generated products?, AfP 2024, 193
    • Generative AI and copyright – authors and users in the field of tension, NJW 2023, 3673
    • Contribution to the BITKOM practical guide Generative AI in companies, 2024, available at: https://www.bitkom.org
    • Liability of domain registrars, ZGE 2022, 66
    • Liability of domain registrars: Responsibility of a neutral service provider for copyright infringing content of third parties, Dissertation, Mohr Siebeck 2021
    • The registrar’s liability for interference as a last resort – comment on BGH, judgement of 15 October 2020 – I ZR 13/19, ZUM 2021, 154
    • The guardians of culture, available at: https://irights.info
  • Lectures
    • Lecturer on IT law at the Hasso Plattner Institute
  • Awards
    • Managing IP EMEA Rising Star of the Year Germany 2025
  • Memberships
    • Member of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
    • Representative for Germany in the International Law Association for Artificial Intelligence (ILAAI)
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