For the first time, this year LEGAL 500 (www.legal500.com) ranked GEISTWERT in Tier 1 in the category “Intellectual Property” and highly ranked it in “Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT).
The evaluation text speaks for itself:
IP
“GEISTWERT’s ‘partner-only approach’ is valued by clients and considered a key strength and unique selling point, […]
GEISTWERT’s most recent post on Kluwer Copyright Blog: […]
In its most recent decision the Austrian Supreme Court (4Ob14/19s dated February 26, 2019) denied copyright protection to the word “Biosativa”.
Although, in exceptional circumstances, it is possible that a single word enjoys copyright protection, “Biosativa”, which is a combination of “bio” and “sativa” (meaning plant) is not sufficiently […]
The
disonest infringer of a design does not have to surrender all its profits
gained with the fakes.
In a recent
ruling, the Austrian Supreme Court held that the plaintiff, a leading
manufacturer of LED-torches and holder of a European design model can claim
only that surrender of the infringer’s proftis with is owed to […]
The renowned publication World Trademark Review 1000 has again published its ranking of “The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals” of 2019.
GEISTWERT is listed in the top GOLD tier among only three other law firms.
WTR 1000 states:
“Compact yet first-class boutique GEISTWERT “stands out from the Austrian legal crowd”. It […]
The British government has prepared guidelines for a no deal scenario.
Only a few
areas of UK patent law come from EU legislation. One important area relates to supplementary
protection certificates for pharmaceutical products and agrochemicals.
The UK
government wants to keep EU’s legislation on supplementary protection
certificates in UK law. This law, along with […]
In a total of 16 years of patent litigation surrounding the signature process used in online banking, the software company TeleTan has now prevailed against Raiffeisenlandesbank Öberösterreich before the Vienna Commercial Court; TeleTan was represented by Constantin Kletzer, partner at the IP / IT law firm GEISTWERT, and patent […]
‘Heksenkaas’ is a spreadable dip with cream cheese and fresh herbs, which was created in 2007 by a Dutch retailer of vegetables and fresh produce. The intellectual property rights in that product were transferred by the retailer to the current rightholder, Levola, a company governed by Dutch law.
Since January […]
Good news for the IP community: Gordian Hasselblatt’s (Editor) two commentaries will be published by Beck – Hart – Nomos in its 2nd edition next week!
GEISTWERT’s Max Mosing is author of chapters in both Article-by-Article commentaries in the English language to the
European Union Trade Mark Regulation; and
Community Design Regulation (EC) […]
At the „XBorder 18“ event organized by GEISTWERT with a view to „Cross-Border Mail-Order Business in Practice and Law”, the associations from Germany, Switzerland and Austria present the scene’s current trends. Furthermore, shopping.at’s management present their platform and the legal experts from MLL – Meyerlustenberger Lachenal (Switzerland), SSW Schneider Schiffer […]