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Johannes Weigl

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johannes.weigl@hengeler.com

Johannes advises and represents national and international clients from the communication, technology and media sectors. He particularly advises them on aspects of intellectual property law, IT law, antitrust and competition law as well as media law.

His main focus is on complex litigation in civil and administrative courts as well as in the courts of the European Union. Besides, Johannes represents clients in arbitration and alternative dispute resolution as well as in administrative proceedings.

Johannes speaks German, English, French and Spanish.

Career

  • Admitted to bar 2024
  • University of Potsdam (Lecturer)
  • HU Berlin (Associated Researcher)
  • LMU Munich (Doctoral Studies)
  • Université Toulouse I Capitole (Licence en droit)
  • Monash University Malaysia
  • University of Passau

Recent Work

Hengeler Mueller represents Victor's Group before the European Court of Justice in a landmark copyright case against GEMA

Hengeler Mueller represents Google in landmark AI/copyright case before CJEU

Hengeler Mueller represents The Ascott Limited/Citadines in landmark copyright case before the CJEU and Munich Higher Regional Court

Practice Areas

Publications

Recent Publications (titles translated into English):

  • Blind Spots in Civil Law Scholarship (Nomos, 2026) [co-edited, with H. Hamann et al.]
  • Where Borderlessness Ends – Sketching a Conflict-of-Laws Framework for the Digital Space, in A. Engel et al. (eds.), Digitalisation and Conflict of Laws (Mohr Siebeck, 2026)
  • Innovation through Regulation? Perspectives on European Data, Intellectual Property, Media, and Competition Law, JZ 2026, 41
  • Cross-Border Enforcement of Copyright Disclosure Claims against Third Parties, GRUR 2025, 1884
  • Obligations of Host Providers regarding Deepfake Videos – Note on OLG FFM 6 W 10/25, MMR 2025, 898
  • Private Enforcement of the DSA and International Jurisdiction, ZUM-RD 2025, 444
  • Generative AI at the Intersection of Copyright Law and the AI Act, KIR 5/2024, VII
  • Digital Law Litigation – Judicial Enforcement of European Digital Regulation, BRZ 2024, 106 [with L. Wittershagen]
  • Margrethe, the 80, and Who? – Private Enforcement of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), in: Buchheim et al. (eds.), Platforms (Nomos, 2024)