Otto Weidenkeller: lawyer for social media and e-commerce
Otto Weidenkeller · Lawyer
Your lawyer for social media, copyright, IT and family law
+49 211 737547-70 (advice throughout Germany)
"It makes sense to think about economic and strategic considerations regarding copyright and industrial property rights before a technology product is produced or published. On the one hand to protect your own product adequately, and on the other to avoid costs from possible infringements of other people's rights." – Lawyer Otto Weidenkeller
Practice areas
At ITMR Rechtsanwälte I Fachanwälte – law firm for IT law and media law, lawyer Otto Weidenkeller focuses on IT law such as e-commerce and social media law, as well as family law and inheritance law.
Case examples
Lawyer Otto Weidenkeller acts for you in particular in the following matters:
IT law - Software development contracts
- Drafting and reviewing terms and conditions
- Domain law
- E-commerce
- Digital conflicts and IT disputes
- Digital evidence in family law
- Crypto assets in the equalisation of accrued gains
- GDPR breaches between spouses
Social media and media law - Expression and press law
- Account issues such as suspensions and account recovery
- Advice and representation of agencies and influencers
Copyright and title protection - Protection and defence of works within the meaning of copyright law
- Filesharing
- Streaming
- Copyright contract law
- Title protection notices
Qualifications
- Specialist lawyer course in family law
- Specialist lawyer course in information technology law
Memberships
Awards
„TOP Anwalt 2026 (commercial lawyers)“ – Copyright and media law (opens in a new tab)
What does the award mean? ▾
Source: F.A.Z. Institut / QuantiQuest, TOP Anwalt 2026 in copyright and media law, listing page 7, methodology page 2. Selected on the basis of recommendations from peers and assessments by in-house lawyers. Read our blog post on this as well (in German).
Articles
Datenschutzrecht
All blog posts by Otto Weidenkeller (in German)
Mr Otto Weidenkeller regularly publishes blog posts (in German) on current events and decisions.
- GDPR: right to free copies of exam papers (02.01.2023)
- Pflicht zur Werbekennzeichnung auf Instagram auch nach dem Medienstaatsvertrag (05.12.2022)
- Urheberrechtlicher Schutz von „Lost Places“ (14.09.2022)
- Wikimedia wehrt sich wegen „verbotener“ Informationen zum Ukraine-Krieg (21.06.2022)
- Kein Zweitverkauf von Reservierungen auf der Wiesn 2022(02.05.2022)
- Update zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung – oder was von ihr noch übrig bleibt (09.12.2021)
CV
Lawyer Mr Weidenkeller studied law and political science at Philipps University Marburg and the University of Münster. He completed his legal specialisation in Münster at the Institute for Information, Telecommunications and Media Law (ITM) and wrote his seminar paper in film law on “Protecting the personality rights of real persons in screenwriting and film production”.
After graduating, Mr Weidenkeller completed his legal traineeship between 2021 and 2023 in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, assigned to the Regional Court of Düsseldorf. During this time he was already working as a research assistant and legal trainee at ITMR Rechtsanwälte I Fachanwälte – law firm for IT law and media law, where he was able to contribute and deepen his knowledge of copyright law, intellectual property and IT law. As part of his traineeship he also worked in the legal department of a public broadcaster. He successfully passed the second state law examination before the State Judicial Examination Office of NRW in Düsseldorf, qualifying him to hold judicial office.
In 2024 he successfully completed the specialist lawyer course in family law.
In 2025 lawyer Weidenkeller also successfully completed the specialist lawyer course in information technology law (IT law).
Mr Weidenkeller has been working with us as a lawyer since 2023.
Contact Otto Weidenkeller
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