Kerstin Bäcker

Dr. Kerstin Bäcker is a German-certified specialist attorney in copyright and media law and a partner at LAUSEN, a media and copyright boutique. She heads the firm’s Cologne office. She has over two decades of experience advising publishers, broadcasters, and music and technology companies on copyright, collective rights management, and the legal frameworks shaping emerging technologies, including AI regulation and the EU AI Act. Dr. Bäcker closely follows landmark AI copyright litigation, including the GEMA v. OpenAI and GEMA v. Suno proceedings, and advises on licensing structures for AI-generated and AI-trained content.