Intellectual Property
Europe Guide 2024 : Austria
Band 3
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Provided by BINDER GRÖSSWANG Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Binder Grösswang advises clients on all legal aspects and issues of contractual arrangements regarding the marketing and web-related matters, product design and labelling as well as intellectual property. We check advertising campaigns with regard to unfair competition, e-commerce regulations and other advertising laws for their permissibility and represent our clients in proceedings arising from competition infringements or violations of their intellectual property or copyrights. The national and international protection of trademarks, product names and designs by registrations, monitoring and defence, as well as their protection and enforcement, constitute a further focal point of our activity. In addition, we give advice on agency, transfer, co-existence and licence agreements.
FOCUS
-Advertising: Unfair competition and labelling, media, e-commerce, internet and domain law, food and pharmaceuticals law, direct marketing
-Data protection law
-Intellectual property (IP): Trademark, patent and design rights, protection against product piracy, copyright
-IP and IT transactions: IP due diligence, licence, transfer and purchase agreements, software and hardware contracts, co-operation and delimitation agreements
-Litigation and representation before national and international courts and authorities
Chambers Review
BINDER GRÖSSWANG has a noteworthy practice primarily advising on trade marks, including licensing, registration, enforcement, counterfeit issues and protection. The team further assists with unfair competition, trade secrets and copyright infringement. The law firm is home to clients from a wide range of industries, including traditional Austrian clients as well as multinationals and their Austrian subsidiaries from the luxury goods, media, banking and technology sectors.
Work Highlights
- BINDER GRÖSSWANG represented AHT Cooling Systems in a cancellation application for trade marks filed by a third party in China.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"BINDER GRÖSSWANG offers very good responsiveness and work gets done well before deadlines."
"The law firm's performance is impressive and very flexible."
"BINDER GRÖSSWANG's lawyers grasp complex, technical structures swiftly and thoroughly."
"You are not just a number as a client but rather it is really a partnership."
"Most of our cases had international aspects which were handled with full satisfaction by the team."
"BINDER GRÖSSWANG offers very good responsiveness and work gets done well before deadlines."
"The law firm's performance is impressive and very flexible."
"BINDER GRÖSSWANG's lawyers grasp complex, technical structures swiftly and thoroughly."
"You are not just a number as a client but rather it is really a partnership."
"Most of our cases had international aspects which were handled with full satisfaction by the team."
Notable Practitioners
Ivo Rungg advises on an array of contentious and non-contentious mandates, ranging from licensing and distribution agreements to trade mark and copyright infringement, trade secret disputes and enforcement proceedings. His practice also encompasses the management of trade mark portfolios.
"Ivo Rungg thinks strategically and is goal-oriented."
"Ivo Rungg is a brilliant attorney and negotiator. He is very analytical with an excellent sense for the needs of the company."
"One of Ivo Rungg's strengths is that he critically scrutinises potential solutions so that problems appear before implementation. You can then formulate the solutions with these problems in mind. He sees the problems from all sides."
Michael Horak is well known for his high level of expertise in trade mark issues, including portfolio management and enforcement proceedings. His further expertise lies in copyright and design law.
"Michael Horak is always very supportive and sensitive to the topics discussed."
"He is a very good lawyer and a great communicator."
"Michael Horak is very good in unfair competition as well as soft IP matters and has a lot of a knowledge. He is also a good litigator in this field."
"Michael Horak is a specialised lawyer for IP and trade mark matters and his commercial awareness in this area is very strong."
Ranked Lawyers at
BINDER GRÖSSWANG Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Austria
Clients
Provided by BINDER GRÖSSWANG Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
ESIM Chemicals
Hotel Imperial Vienna
Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft
Lionstar Inc
Riedel Group (Riedel Glassware)
THQ Nordic AB
The LVMH Group
Vorarlberger Landes- und Hypothekenbank Aktiengesellschaft
Xerox Austria GmbH
Industries
Provided by BINDER GRÖSSWANG Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Charities / Not for Profit
Consumer Product Manufacturing
Government
Industrial Engineering
Media
Private Clients / Individuals
Real Estate
Software & Computer Services
Sports
Technology, Hardware & Electronics
Telecommunications