Jens Engelhardt
Lawyer / Partner
Specialist lawyer for IT Law
Specialist lawyer for Copyright & Media Law
Specialist lawyer for IP Law
About him
Jens Engelhardt is a lawyer, specialist lawyer for information technology law (IT law), specialist lawyer for industrial property rights and specialist lawyer for copyright and media law.
Jens has been working in the field of IT/IP law for more than 20 years, first as in-house counsel and then as a lawyer. He develops and negotiates IT-, outsourcing-, technology transfer- and license agreements as well as terms and conditions (Terms of Use, GTC, T&C) and conducts negotiations and litigation when technology and/or IT projects are in a state of distress or when infringements of copyrights as well as business and trade secrets in the IT sector must be defended.
Jens is a leading adviser for companies in the field of data protection, IT security and IT compliance in connection with the development and implementation of data protection and security concepts and accompanies highly sensitive processes in companies in terms of data protection law, such as internal investigations against employees and managing directors or due diligence audits for asset and share deals. When introducing new software and new technologies, he develops data protection-compliant application strategies and implementation solutions for clients. Over the years, he has accompanied the introduction of the most important corporate applications (ERP, CRM, HR, IT security) from most major IT providers as a legal advisor.
As a negotiator and defense attorney, Jens represents companies and Controllers in data protection fine proceedings and criminal proceedings before the supervisory authorities, state prosecutors and the courts.
Jens advises in both German and English.
Career
since 2022
- External data protection officer of CISPA-Stanford Center for Cybersecurity, Saarbrücken
- External data protection officer of vertical cloud solutions GmbH, Darmstadt
since 2021
- External data protection officer of Union Tank Eckstein GmbH & Co. KG, Kleinostheim
- External data protection officer of CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, Saarbrücken
- Deputy external data protection officer of Edenred Deutschland GmbH, Munich
- External data protection officer of Byodo Naturkost GmbH, Mühldorf am Inn
since 2019
- External data protection officer of the Kloster Eberbach Foundation, Rheingau
since 2018
- Managing director of NOTOS Xperts GmbH, Darmstadt
- External data protection officer of DAW SE, Ober-Ramstadt
- External data protection officer of Dr. Jean Bausch GmbH & Co. KG, Köln
- External data protection officer of INNOCEAN Worldwide Europe GmbH, Frankfurt am Main
- External data protection officer at Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt am Main
- External data protection officer at approx. 35 other medium-sized companies
since 2013
- Authorized signatory of alpenschwan GmbH, Darmstadt
since 2011
- Member of the advisory board of the Institute for Information Law at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences
since 2010
- Lecturer for IT Law at the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, Department of Computer Science
since 2008
- Lecturer for data protection law at the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, Department of Computer Science
- NOTOS (Partner)
2003-2007
- Engelhardt + Braune Attorneys at Law (Partner)
2001-2003
- Skill Portal AG | fairpartners (legal counsel)
since 1999
- Publisher ius-IT.de – Portal for Law. Information Technology. New Technologies.
Education
1991-1998
General Studies and Law Studies at Johan Wolfgang Goethe-University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Publications / Lectures (selection)
- RDi Heft 7/2022 commentary on BGH, 22.02.2022 – VI ZR 14/21: Anspruch auf Benennung des Hinweisgebers im Rahmen der Erfüllung des Auskunftsanspruchs nach Art. 15 DS-GVO (Jens Engelhardt)
- Commentary on §§ 20,21, 26, 27, 29 BDSG and Art. 88 GDPR in “Datenschutzrecht – Ein Kommentar für Studium und Praxis”, ed. Annika Selzer, Fraunhofer Verlag, 2022
- Impacts of Data Protection by Design and by Default Pursuant to Art. 25 GDPR on Asian (Software) Companies, HONGKONG LAWYER 08/2020, 27 ff.****
- AI and data protection: two sides of the same coin (KI und Datenschutz: Zwei Seiten einer Medaille), LR 2020, 9 ff.****
- Over 18 months of GDPR – a review of milestones and effects since applicability, HONG KONG LAWYER****
- Lecture at the Working Group of Insolvency Administrators Rhine-Main “The GDPR for Insolvency Administrators” on 12.12.2018
- Lecture at the Real Estate Industry Day 2018 “General Data Protection Regulation: Status and First Experiences on 16.08.2018
- Lecture at the Chamber of Crafts Rheinmain in Frankfurt “The GDPR is coming! – To-dos for crafts enterprises” on 25.04.2018
- Lecture 10. September.2015 „Rechtliche Aspekte der Software-Lizenzierung“ (“Legal aspects of software licensing”) as part of the Business Workshop Licenses of Telekom Deutschland GmbH
- Lecture* 13. October 2015 „Arbeitnehmerwechsel und Know-how-Schutz“ (“Employee change and trade secret protection”) at IHK Darmstadt
*together with RA Björn Riedinger - Lecture 11. September 2014 „Cloud Computing – Vertragsbeziehungen und Gestaltungsoptionen“ (“Cloud Computing – Contract Relations and Design Options”)- at IHK Darmstadt CIO Conference (in cooperation with IT FOR WORK), available: Vortrag…pdf
- Lecture 24. April 2013 „Wie schütze ich meine Software? – Vom Ideenschutz über den Marken- und Titelschutz zum Urheberrechtsschutz und den technischen Schutzrechten“ (How do I protect my software? – From the protection of ideas to trademark and title protection to copyright and technical rights) – Joint Lecture with Patent Attorney Dr. Thomas Bürvenich, Tergau und Walkenhorst Patentanwälte at the IT & Media Fair, Darmstadt
- Lecture 19. November 2013 „IT-Risikobewertung in Lage- und Geschäftsberichten aus Sicht des haftenden Geschäftsführers / Vorstands“ („IT risk assessment in management and business reports from the perspective of the liable managing director / executive board“) – at the meeting of the Committee on Industry, Research and Innovation of the IHK Darmstadt Rhein Main Neckar
bei der Continental Automotive GmbH - Lecture 27. February 2013 „Vertragliche Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten und rechtliche Besonderheiten beim eProcurement“ (Contractual design options and legal requirements for e-procurement) at the 3rd Forum of the Federal Association for Materials and Purchasing (BME)
- Lecture 24. August 2011 “Immaterialgüterrechte in der Insolvenz“ – Arbeitskreis InsO Rhein-Main e.V.
- Lecture contest 29. September 2010 at an event held by the BVMW (German Association of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses): “Know-how-Schutz statt Patentschutz” against patent lawyer Dr. Andreas Walkenhorst with “Patentschutz statt Know-How-Schutz”
- Article: Legal Aspects of Watermarking Search Services (VIRTUAL GOODS 2010)**
- Lecture 08. September 2010 “Know-how-Schutz in der IT” Schwetzinger IT-Rechtstage 2010
- Article: Abschaffung des betrieblichen Datenschutzes und des Datenschutzbeauftragten bei kleinen Unternehmen?
- Article: Juristisches Projekt Supervising*
- Article: Markenverletzung durch Meta Tag?
- Article: Kündigung und Blogging
- Article: Anwendung von Kaufrecht auf Softwareerstellungsverträge
- Article: Abmahnungen wegen Verstößen im Internet
- Article: Die Verantwortlichkeit für Links und Framing
Teil I: Die zivilrechtliche Verantwortlichkeit*
Teil II: Die urheber-, wettbewerbs- und markenrechtliche Verantwortlichkeit* - Article: Die Einführung des Fernabsatzgesetzes – Auswirkungen auf den e-commerce
- Article: Datenschutzrechtliche Anforderungen an Internetdienste- und Mediendiensteanbieter
- Article: Neuer Entwurf einer Telekommunikations-Überwachungsverordnung
*together with Dr. Olaf Stefan Göhrs
**together with Dr. Martin Steinebach, Patrick Wolf, Jee-Un Kim
Memberships
Member of the iTechLaw.org – International Technology Law Association
Member of The International Association of Privacy Professionals
Member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Recht und Informatik e.V. (DGRI) (German Association of Law and Informatics)
Member of the Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (GRUR) (German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property)