Carsten Gerlach
Partner, certified specialist for information technology law


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Practice areas
- IT contract law, particularly the drafting and negotiation of licensing, project and maintenance agreements
- Open Source licensing and Open Source compliance
- IT procurement law
- Copyright and intellectual property law
- Data protection law
Clients
Advice to companies and government agencies as clients and contractors, including providers of standard software and industry solutions, providers of online services / portals, federal and regional official bodies, NGOs, publishers, mechanical engineering companies, banks
Curriculum vitae
Brief biography of Carsten Gerlach
- Born in 1975
- Humboldt University Berlin Law School
- Part-time work as industrial software developer and system administrator
- Law clerkships in Berlin and Toronto, Canada
- Member of Wendler Tremml Rechtsanwälte Berlin (2003 – 2011)
- Member of TCI Rechtsanwälte Berlin since 2011
Publications and lectures
Lectures and publications (selected)
Personenbezug von IP-Adressen [IP-Address as personal data]
Press: CR – Computer und Recht 2013, 478ff.
Vergaberechtsprobleme bei der Verwendung von Open-Source-Fremdkomponenten [Procurement Problems with Open-Source-Components]
Press: CR – Computer und Recht 2012, 691ff.
Copyright, in: Key Aspects of German Business Law
4. Aufl. 2008
Press: v. Michael Wendler/Bernd Tremml/Bernard Buecker
Teaching Activity
- Regular seminars, e.g. for Führungskräfte-Forum des Behörden-Spiegels, a provider of training conferences for senior civil servants
- Inhouse seminars for the city of Hamburg (ZAF Hamburg) and federal authorities
Memberships
- Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (GRUR)
- BITKOM Bundesverband Informationswirtschaft, Telekommunikation und neue Medien e.V.
- IT-Branchenverband der Hauptstadtregion (SIBB e.V.)