Ass. jur. Diana Liebenau, LL.M. (Harvard)
Academic staff
Chair of Private Law, Intellectual Property and Competition Law
Office address:
Ludwigstr. 29
Room 202
80539 Munich
Office hours:
by appointment
Biography
Diana Liebenau is a doctoral candidate and research associate at the Chair of Private Law, Intellectual Property and Competition Law at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Germany.
She studied law at the University of Bayreuth (First State Examination in Law) and Harvard Law School (Master of Laws), supported by various scholarships, inter alia, from the Max Weber Program of the State of Bavaria, the German National Academic Foundation (ERP Program) and the German Academic Exchange Service. She completed her legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Munich (Second State Examination in Law) with previous traineeship stations at the international law firms Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Hogan Lovells and Bardehle Pagenberg. As a visiting scholar, she conducted research at Harvard Law School and Tel Aviv University.
Her dissertation deals with antisemitic art as a problem of private law. She publishes broadly at the intersection of intellectual property and private law. In particular, she specializes in American copyright law, which she also teaches in affiliation with CopyrightX, an initiative of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School.
In addition to legal pursuits, Diana studies Hebrew, practices yoga daily and tailors her own clothes. She is also a film, design and art enthusiast.
Teaching
CopyrightX 2023
Mon, 6–8 pm s.t., 23.01.20236–24.04.2023, Ludwigstraße 29, 209, application required
CopyrightX 2024
Tue, 6–8 pm c.t., 23.01.20246–23.04.2024, Ludwigstraße 29, 209, application required
CopyrightX 2025
Mon, 6–8 pm c.t., 20.01.2025–05.05.2025, Ludwigstraße 29, 209, application required
Final Exam Preparation Course in IP and Competition Law
Thu, 1–4 pm c.t., Ludwig 28, Rgb 024, each semester
Exam Workshop in Private Law
Thu, 4–8 pm s.t., Prof.-Huber-Pl. 2, W101 (Lehrturm), each semester
Tutorial in Patent Law for LL.M. Students
Wed, 6–8 pm c.t., Ludwigstraße 29, 209, last taught summer semester 2023
Events
The Private Law Workshop provides a forum for junior faculty to present research. Lectures are held regularly during the semester.
The Munich University Summer Training in German and European Law (MUST) offers a unique summer program for lawyers and law students from abroad. Within the program, Diana Liebenau teaches a unit which will introduce participants to German and European Intellectual Property Law. The unit will combine theory and law. In the first session, the class will start with theoretical justifications of intellectual property and outline common principles thereof. In the later sessions, participants will gain an overview of the relevant black letter law in the three conventional IP subjects (patents, copyright, and trademark).