Thomas Hoeren (born on August 22, 1961 in Dinslaken) is a German law professor and judge with focus on Information and Media Law.
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Thomas Hoeren studied Theology and Law at the Universities of Tübingen, Münster and London Guildhall University from 1980 to 1987.[1] In 1986 he graduated from Theology in Münster. From October 1986 to May 1988 he wrote his doctorate's thesis in IT Law at the University of Münster (title of the dissertation: “Softwareüberlassung als Sachkauf” (“Software Licensing as a Product Purchase”)). In May 1994, Thomas Hoeren qualified as a professor of Civil Law (degree: Dr. habil.) at the Faculty of Law of the University of Münster (title: "Selbstregulierung im Banken- und Versicherungsrecht" ("Problems in competition law with regard to self-regulation in the banking and insurance sector")).[2]
Hoeren taught at the Faculty of Law of the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf from April 1994 to June 1997.[2] He was appointed a professor of Information, Media and Business Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Münster and Head of the Institute for Information, Telecommunication and Media Law in June 1997. This Institute deals with Civil Law, Public Law and Criminal Law on the Information Law sector and conducts research on Industrial Property Rights and E-Learning.[3] In 2004 Hoeren was appointed a Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute of the Balliol College (Oxford).[4] Since 2004 Hoeren is also a lecturer at the Academy of Art of Münster for Copyright Law and Art Law. Additionally, he is a lecturer for Information and IT law at the University of Zurich and the University of Vienna.
In June 1996 Hoeren became a Judge at the Court of Appeals in Düsseldorf (senate of Competition Law).[2] Hoeren is one of the legal advisors of the European Commission (DG XIII) at the “Legal Advisory Board on Information Technology” and a member of the Task Force Group on Intellectual Property of the European Commission. Furthermore, he serves as academic counsel to the DENIC and is a board member of the Research Center for Information Law of the University of St. Gallen.[3] [6] Since June 2000 he is working as a 'domain name panelist' and 'panelist for “.eu” domain disputes' for the WIPO.[7] In 2005 he became a member of the expert committee for Copyright and Publishing Law at the German Union for Intellectual Property Protection.