Dr. Sebastian Rengshausen
LAWYER AND PARTNER
E-Mail rengshausen@unverzagt.law
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Telephone +49.40.414000-0 Fax +49.40.414000-42
Dr. Rengshausen advises on all matters relating to the protection and exploitation of creative works and represents rights holders and companies in court, particularly in the field of
copyright law
- Licence and usage agreements
- Clarification and transfer of rights
- Enforcement and defence of injunctive relief and claims for damages
- Platform and provider liability
- Admissibility of AI training (text and data mining)
- Rights to AI-generated content
- Liability for AI output
- Contract drafting for the use of generative AI
- AI Regulation / AI Act compliance with media and IP relevance
Personal rights
- Unlawful reporting
- Online reviews and social media
- Image and name rights
- Injunction, counterstatement, damages
- Deepfakes and AI-generated infringements
Competition and advertising law
- Warnings and preliminary injunctions
- Misleading advertising
- Influencer and social media marketing
- Greenwashing and sustainability advertising
- Platform compliance
- Transparency and labelling of AI-generated content
- Competition law risks of automated advertising systems
Trademark, labelling and design law
- Trademark and design applications (national, EU, international)
- Opposition and infringement proceedings
- Licence agreements
- Portfolio strategy
- Protectability of AI-generated signs
- Trademark infringements through AI-generated content
Labour law relating to IP and media
- Rights to employee works
- Non-competition clauses
- Managing director and board member contracts
- Termination, protection against dismissal and separation
- Introduction of AI systems in the company
- Co-determination and compliance
- Liability for AI-supported decisions
Foreign languages
- English
CV
- 1991-1995 studies at the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg im Breisgau, including a year abroad
- 1993-1994 year abroad at the Universtà Degli Studi di Padova (Erasmus scholarship)
- 1995-1997 studies at the Christian Albrechts University of Kiel; First State Law Examination
- 1996-1997 study project in "New Media" – the "Tagesspiegel" at the Institute for Communication History and Applied Cultural Studies, Free University of Berlin
- 1998 visiting student undertaking postgraduate research at the School of Law, New York University
- 2000-2002 producer und developer at Filmvergnügen Produktions GmbH, Ludwigsburg und Berlin
- 2003-2005 practical legal training in Baden-Württemberg und Brussels, Second State Examination in Law
- 2005-2008 Attorney in der IP law firm MILLER Rechtsanwälte, Freiburg
- 2009 Certified Specialist Intellectual Property Lawyer
Publications
- "Markenschutz von Gerüchen - Untersuchung des deutschen, französischen und europäischen Rechts mit Ausblicken ins Patent- und Urheberrecht", (Trademark Protection for Smells – an Investigation of German, French, and European rights, in light of Patent and Copyright Law) V&R-Verlag 2004 (Thesis.)
- Various talks and presentations e.g. to the Federal Association of Medium-sized Enterprises) (BVMW) und regular publications in the specialist press
Memberships
- HAV, the Hamburg Association of Lawyers
- GRUR, (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht), the German Society for Intellectual Property and Copyright
- ECTA, the European Communities Trade Mark Association)
- PTMG, the Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group
- DAV-AGEM, the German Bar Association and member of the working group on intellectual property and media
- NVFGR, (Norddeutscher Verband der Fachanwälte für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz e.V.), the North German Association of Specialist Intellectual Property Lawyers
- German-Italian Jurists’ Association
- DGPh, the German Photography Society