obviously are in German. We have prepared (unofficial and therefore not binding) translations thereof, we would like to share with you.
They all are contained in the Act of 27 May 1896 on Execution and Security Proceedings (Execution Code – EO), as amended by Federal Law Gazette I No. 61/2022
Execution […]
In case T2-21, the European Court of First Instance (CFI) refused to register “EMMENTALER” for “cheese with the protected designation of origin Emmentaler” as an EU trade mark.
By its judgment, the General Court found the mark descriptive. The Court considers that the relevant German public understands the sign EMMENTALER […]
On 17 February, Germany ratified the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court. This means that the Unified Patent Court will actually start on June 1, 2023.
On June 1, 2023. By then, all the difficulties with electronic access should be solved. These difficulties maide Germany wait longer before ratifying the Unified Patent Court Agreement. Germany has taken on the “gatekeeper” function and will not ratify the Unified Patent Court Agreement until everything is really ready […]
Rainer Schultes, Alexander Schnider and Constantin Kletzer have contributed to the International Comparative Legal Guide – Patents 2023 first published by ICLG – Patents – Global Legal Group .
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We are proud about having received two Managing IP EMEA Awards 2022!
One for Trademark contentious
And Rainer Schultes received the award for the “Practitioner of the year”!
Tired, we are heading home
New post of Rainer Schultes and Alexander Schnider on the provider priviledge published on Kluwer Copyright Blog (Link)
If a party is unable to enter a particular court for mental reasons, this is not a ground for transferring a case to another court.
The respondent stated that she was unable to enter the court entrusted with the conduct of the case for mental reasons. Several proceedings conducted before […]
A British plaintiff resident in the UK asserted claims against an Austrian company arising from a commercial transaction before an Austrian court; the parties had agreed in writing that this court should have exclusive jurisdiction. The transaction giving rise to the claim, the agreement on jurisdiction and the action […]
Austrian economic magazine TREND researched among Austrian lawyers to find the best law firms in Austria:
GEISTWERT is
1st in Trademark, copyright and patent law
2nd in Competition law
3rd in Krypto-law
5th in Data Protection
8th in Media law.
Thank’s to all our colleagues, who gave us their votes.