Alexander Peukert
Law
Frankfurt University
Germany
Biography
Alexander Peukert is professor of civil law and commercial law with a specific focus on international intellectual property law at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”. He studied law and obtained his Dr. iur. (s.c.l.) at the University of Freiburg (1993-1999). After his second state examination (2001), he practiced law in a Berlin law firm specializing in copyright and media law. From 2002 to 2009, he was senior research fellow and head of the U.S. department at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law in Munich. In 2008, he was awarded the qualification of university lecturer (Habilitation) by Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich.
Research Interest
His main research interest is in intellectual property and unfair competition law.
Publications
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The copyright and the change of the scientific communication system , in: Peter Weingart / Niels Taubert (Hrsg.), Scientific publishing. Between digitization, performance measurement, economization and media observation, 2016, 211-241 (together with Marcus Sonnenberg) From trademark to brand property. A polany explanation attempt , in: W
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An EU Related Right for Press Publishers Concerning Digital Uses. A Legal Analysis , Research Paper of the Faculty of Law, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 22/2016, 126 p.
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A Doctrine of the Public Domain , published in: Josef Drexl (ed), The Innovation Society and Intellectual Property, EIPIN Series, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016
