Jan Bernd Nordemann

Prof. Dr. jur. Jan Bernd Nordemann is a partner of the German intellectual property law firm NORDEMANN and works at its Berlin and Potsdam office, where he specializes in copyright and other IP matters. Founded as a spin-off in 2020, today ca. 20 partners and associates work for the NORDEMANN firm.

Jan is considered one of the leading German copyright lawyers (German JUVE Manual 2023/2024; German weekly journal WIRTSCHAFTSWOCHE 2024). BEST LAWYERS INTERNATIONAL votes him among the top practitioners in the fields of entertainment, IP and media. In copyright law, Prof. Nordemann advises and represents clients for example in enforcement, rights clearance and licensing. He works in all copyright fields such as film, games, music, publishing, design, and arts.

For 10 years from 2011-2021, Nordemann has served as chair of the Standing Committee “Copyright” of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI). Further, he has acted as chair of the AIPPI Study Committee, which authored the AIPPI Resolution “Copyright in artificially generated works”.

The European Parliament and the European Commission have repeatedly consulted Jan as an expert, for example on the issue of the liability of internet service providers for copyright infringements or on the topic of intellectual property in 3D printing. Recently, he has been selected by the EU AI Office to participate in the drawing-up of the first General-Purpose AI Code of Practice (Working Group Copyright).

Jan is the author of many articles and books in IP law. For example, he is a co-editor and co-author of one of the leading German copyright treatises FROMM/ NORDEMANN (13th edition 2024) and a co-author of one of the leading German trademark treatises INGERL/ ROHNKE/ NORDEMANN (4th edition published 2023).

Since 1999, Jan Bernd Nordemann lectures at the Humboldt University Berlin on copyright, trademark and unfair competition law and was awarded an honorary professorship.