My name is Mohammadtaher Azampour, and I am originally from Iran. I hold two Master’s degrees in law and currently reside in Germany. My main interests lie in AI law, IP & IT law, and international business regulations.
Degrees
LL.M in European and Transnational Intellectual Property and IT Law (09/2022 – 09/2024) – Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany.
LL.M in International Trade Law (08/2014 – 05/2017) – Shahid Beheshti University, Iran.
Bachelor of Arts in Law (08/2009 – 10/2013) – University of Tehran, Iran.
Research history
Master’s Thesis (Göttingen): Navigating GDPR’s Purpose Limitation Principle with the Utilization of Customer Usage Data for Service and Product Enhancement.
Master’s Thesis (Shahid Beheshti): Term Sheet in Venture Capital Investments
Published Paper: Venture capital investment contractual terms (2021-2022).
The Impact of AI on the Law Practice and the Implications of the EU Artificial Intelligence Regulation, published in GWDG Nachrichten (2024).
Internships and work experience
Student Research Assistant (GWDG, Germany) (03/2024 – 09/2024): Focus on AI Act compliance, cybersecurity, and AI documentation solutions.
Secretary of the Legal Committee (Social Security Organization, Iran) (01/2022 – 10/2022): Legal policy development, compliance, and dispute resolution.
Legal Expert (Bank Sepah, Iran) (07/2016 – 05/2021): Bank legal compliance, contract supervision, litigation, and financial law expertise.
Topic of Doctoral Thesis
Open-source and closed-source intellectual property models to support interoperability and information sharing
Research Objectives:
This research has three main objectives:
a. To identify whether the current legal frameworks allowing for open-source and closed-source software elements satisfies the needs of stakeholders enabling interconnectivity and interoperability;
b. To investigate legal models that can meet the needs of the different stakeholders;
c. To investigate ways that data can be shared in a way that satisfies fair competition rules.
The methodology used will be a combination of doctrinal and empirical research.
Planned secondment(s):
Academic: RWTH, Ilka Jahn, 3-6 months, purpose: get insight into engineering aspects of interoperability/ information sharing.
Industrial: CRESYM, Sébastien Lepy, 3-6 months, purpose: use CRESYM industrial network to get insight into how IT/IP aspects are handled in different companies and TSOs.
Motivation to work in Inter-oPEn
I am highly interested in interdisciplinary projects at the intersection of law and digital governance. Working with Inter-oPEn allows me to apply my expertise in IT & IP law while collaborating on innovative solutions that shape future legal and compliance frameworks, particularly in the energy sector.