Lausen Rechtsanwälte focuses on copyright and publishing law and advises newspapers, such as Süddeutsche and Frankfurter Allgemeine, and publishing groups, including Springer Nature and Elsevier. Practice head Martin Schippan is known for his litigaton experience in major copyright and free speech model proceedings. Other key contacts here are the publishing lawyer Ursula Feinor-Schmidt and music lawyer Kerstin Bäcker; both are also well versed in AI matters.
Testimonials
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'Undisputed experts in the areas of press, copyright and media law. Excellent expertise, practical solutions, 100% success rate for all mandates that the law firm has taken on for us. Very strong law firm with exceptional client orientation.'
'Dr. Martin Schippan represents his clients' interests in an exemplary manner at all times, leads every mandate to success and has found a practical and economical solution to every problem our company has to date. Dr. Schippan is an excellent problem solver. Dr. Matthias Lausen is an expert in the platform business; His expertise and foresight help to assert oneself even against large market players.'
Key clients
- Bookwire GmbH
- Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels
Work highlights
- Successful representation of Süddeutsche Zeitung GmbH in model proceedings, which resulted in the ruling that the press cannot be prohibited from reproducing verbatim quotations from documents from court or official proceedings in their reporting.
- Advising the Initiative Zukunft des Verlegens initiative on establishing a successful format for exchange on future topics in the publishing and media industry.