How can start-ups and (young) companies use data strategically to achieve sustainable growth? How important is data for company growth and exits? These and other topics will be discussed at the Venture Summit organised by law firm Seitz under the title "How to leverage data in start-ups?". The event will take place on Thursday, 9 October 2025 from 5:30 pm at InnoDom Cologne, Weyertal 109, 50931 Cologne. Interested parties can register via…
Written by Prof. Dr. David Bartlitz and notary Alexander Gräfe for the 63rd EL, § 39 provides a systematic presentation and analysis of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which has been in force in the EU since May 2023. Together with the Digital Services Act (DSA), the new regulations form the EU's Digital Services Act Package and respond to the specific power structures of digital platform markets. This first edition recognises the DMA as an…
An article by Prof Dr David Bartlitz entitled "Abuse of a dominant market position by favouring own services" was published in issue 30/2025 of the Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ZIP).
In the Google Shopping decision of 10 September 2024, the European Court of Justice ruled for the first time that positive discrimination against Google's own price comparison service compared to competing price comparison services on the market for general…
In issue 28/2025 of the Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ZIP), a comment on the Google Shopping decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) was published by Prof Dr David Bartlitz.
In its general online search, Google had presented the search results of its own price comparison service "Google Shopping" in a more visually appealing way - separated in boxes and enriched by product photos - and prioritised - as the first results displayed at…
The annual research workshop of the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics took place today. This offers young researchers in particular the opportunity to present their current work and to talk to members from all departments of the Faculty.
The speakers included two research assistants from the Chair of German and International Business Law, who presented their latest research findings during the poster sessions.
Photo: (from left) Dr. András Botos (Legal Director, MFB Hungarian Development Bank), Prof. Dr. David Bartlitz (Paderborn University), and Dr. Balázs Bodzási (Notary, Associate Professor, and Head of the Department of Civil Sciences of the Hungarian Bar Association).
At the invitation of the Hungarian Lawyers' Association, Prof Dr Bartlitz gave a lecture in English on the topic of "Electronic Securities" in March 2025. Based on a fundamental analysis of the legal institution of the so-called dematerialised security existing under the Hungarian Civil Code and the Hungarian Capital Market Act, the subject of the lecture is to explore the extent to which the legal institution of the so-called electronic security…
The conference proceedings edited by Prof Dr Bartlitz and others have recently been published: "Rechtstatsachen im Privatrecht".
In addition to a practical introduction to legal facts research written by Prof. Dr. Bartlitz, the conference proceedings contain all contributions to the 33rd annual conference of the Gesellschaft Junge Zivilrechtswissenschaft e.V., which took place in Nuremberg from 13 to 15 September 2023 under this general theme.…
The 18th edition of the textbook founded by Eugen Klunzinger, "Einführung in das Bürgerliche Recht" (Introduction to Civil Law), has recently become available on the book market. For the first time, Prof Dr David Bartlitz from UPB and his academic teaching partner Prof Dr Jochen Hoffmann from FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg are co-authors of the new edition. The new edition takes into account all the latest developments in civil law, such as the new…
At the start of the autumn semester, Prof. Dr. Bartlitz took up a permanent visiting professorship at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences at Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest. He researches and teaches there in the Department of Private Law, which is headed by Prof Dr Zoltán Csehi, a judge at the European Court of Justice. The visiting professorship is funded by the Erasmus programme of the European Union. Special thanks go to A…
The new edition of this anthology is now finally available! It presents the entire law of partnerships in a comprehensive and well-founded manner. Prof Dr David Bartlitz deals with the limits of limited partnerships and dormant partnerships under antitrust law.
Prof Dr David Bartlitz has held the Chair of German and International Business Law at Paderborn University since 1 April 2024. The faculty now officially introduces him.
