TalTech Law School

Anastasiia Novikova and Prenavpreet Kaur, two of TalTech Law School´s Master Students in the Erasmus Mundus Programme in Intellectual Property and Data Law (MIPDaL), participated in the prestigious WIPO IP Moot Court Competition 2026 and secured third place.

The competition attracted 215 teams from 50 countries. Following the written submissions and virtual oral rounds, only 48 teams from 30 countries advanced, and ultimately just eight teams from seven countries reached the final rounds which took place in Geneva.

This year’s case challenged participants to address a fascinating and highly relevant intellectual property dispute involving competing drone technology companies. Students had to navigate complex questions concerning patent validity and infringement, trademark protection, trade secrets, and cross-border enforcement, while exploring how IP law shapes innovation in life-saving humanitarian technologies.

Through rigorous legal analysis, persuasive advocacy and outstanding teamwork, Anastasiia Novikova and Prenavpreet Kaur demonstrated the excellence and dedication which defines TalTech students and the wider MIPDaL community.

📣We are hiring - tenured professor position in the field of European Legal Policy and Technology Law

Euroopa õiguspoliitika ja tehnoloogiaõiguse professor TalTech õiguse instituut ootab avaldusi tenuuriprofessori ametikoha täitmiseks Euroopa õiguspoliitika ja tehnoloogiaõiguse valdkonnas.

🌍 Küsimus ei ole enam ainult selles, kas Hormuzi väin on avatud, vaid selles, kes hakkab tulevikus kujundama selle reegleid.

Iraani ja USA sõjajärgne memorandum võib mõjutada enamat kui laevaliikluse taastumist. Selle keskmes on küsimus, millised reeglid hakkavad edaspidi kehtima maailma ühes tähtsaimas laevatees ja mida see tähendab Euroopa energiajulgeolekule, maailmakaubandusele ning rahvusvahelisele merenduskorrale.

TalTechi majandusteaduskonna õiguse instituudi õppejõud ja energiajulgeoleku ekspert Javad Keypour selgitab, miks see areng puudutab ka Euroopat ning miks tasub vaadata kaugemale sõjauudistest.

⬇️Täismahus artikkel on kommentaarides.

📅 Vastuvõtt TalTechi majandusteaduskonna ingliskeelsele magistriõppekavale "Õigus" on avatud kuni 6. juulini.
taltech.ee/sisseastuja/magistrioppe-erialad/oigusteadus

TalTech Law School Trialoog

This week, TalTech Law School visited the Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence - Technical University of Munich (TUM). During the visit, both sides presented their research activities, exchanged experiences, and discussed opportunities for future collaboration in research and teaching. In the picture: Maria Claudia Solarte Vasquez, Senior Lecturer TalTech Law School, Auxane Boch, Associate Research Director of the Institute for Ethics in AI (TUM), and Kristi Joamets, Study Programme Director TalTech.

https://taltech.ee/uudised/taltechi-teadlane-tanu-costi-rahastusele-saab-oigusdisain-joudu-juurde

Expert opinion of Dr. Evhen Tsybulenko was included in the Postimees article: The Kremlin's Lawfare: Why Russia Threatens Estonia with the UN International Court of Justice.

Юридическая война Кремля: зачем Россия угрожает Эстонии Международным судом ООН Россия разворачивает очередной этап юридической войны против стран Балтии и готовится подать иск в Международный суд ООН, обвиняя Эстонию, Латвию и Литву в наруше....

Last week, TalTech Law School lecturer Javad Keypour visited the Faculty of Law of the University of Rijeka (Croatia) under the Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility programme.
During the visit, Javad delivered an interactive session on EU Energy Law and Policy for international students, focusing on the relationship between energy security, competition, sustainability, and climate regulation in the European Union.
The workshop also introduced students to the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), encouraging them to examine how climate policies may interact with international trade rules and WTO law through practical case discussions.
Teaching mobility is an important part of international academic cooperation, creating opportunities for exchanging knowledge, perspectives, and teaching practices across European universities.
Many thanks to our colleagues at the University of Rijeka for their warm welcome and excellent cooperation.

We are happy to share that our junior researcher Şaban Ibrahim Göksal has published his latest web article on Trialoog at TalTech!
In this post, Saban explores how Turkish defence companies are successfully building a pragmatic “local bridge” strategy across Europe — forming joint ventures and making direct investments to strengthen their position in the European defence industry, despite exclusion from the EU’s €150 billion SAFE programme.
The importance of this publication lies in its strong business perspective. Since Saban is currently doing his PhD study in Business Administration, he can analyse the “local bridge” cases through the lens of theories thought in his PhD study .
📖 Read the full publication:
English: https://trialoog.taltech.ee/en/saban-ibrahim-goksal-how-turkish-defence-companies-are-bypassing-safe-exclusion/
Eesti keeles: https://trialoog.taltech.ee/saban-ibrahim-goksal-turgi-tugevdab-positsiooni-euroopa-kaitsetoostuses/
Congratulations Saban! 👏

Saban Ibrahim Göksal: Türgi tugevdab positsiooni Euroopa kaitsetööstuses - Trialoog Türgi kaitsetööstus laieneb Euroopas ühisettevõtete ja tootmisinvesteeringute abil, luues töökohti ja tugevdades ka ELi kaitsevõimet.