Christoph advises start-ups and investors on issues related to IP/IT law in venture capital and M&A transactions. His advice covers contentious and non-contentious matters concerning intellectual property, information technology and data privacy law, as well as general commercial law.
Education and Career
Christoph studied law in Freiburg, Grenoble and Berlin (Humboldt-University). Throughout his PhD studies he worked as a research assistant in the IP practice groups of two international law firms. During his legal clerkship in Berlin, he worked for the Minister of State for Culture and the Media, at the data privacy department of a commercial law firm, and at the legal department of HelloFresh.
Selected Speeches
- The Basics of Technology Transfer
14 November 2024, RWTH / Collective Incubator Academy, Aachen - (Avoiding) Red Flags in AI Start-ups
21 September 2024, SDW Founder and Entrepreneur Forum, Berlin - Microclass: AI Creators, Due Diligence Review of AI Start-Ups
20 July 2024, TUM Venture Labs, Munich - Things to do in the first 100 days of a start-up and when to call a lawyer
4 July 2024, CDTM, Munich - Masterclass: Focus on Intellectual Property
18 June 2024, Deeptech Runway, Berlin - AI and Intellectual Property: Training data, output and licensing
13 June 2024, K&R, Deutscher Fachverlag GmbH, Berlin - Legal 101 for founders of AI start-ups in the energy sector
16 April 2024, SET Hub / Future Energy Lab, Berlin
Qualifications
- Attorney at Law
- Dr. iur. (University of Freiburg)
Languages
- German
- English
- AI and Intellectual Property: Neural Networks, Training Data and Output,
GRUR-Prax 2024, 668 (together with Dr. Benedikt Flöter) [in German] - Generative AI in Companies. Legal Issues regarding the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Companies,
Bitkom 2024 (together with Dr. Benedikt Flöter et.al.), available here [in German] - Universal Succession, Data Privacy and Contract Design,
Media and Information Law Series, volume 54, Nomos 2021 [in German]
Direct message to Dr. Christoph Cordes