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In its preliminary injunction issued in favor of GEISTWERT’s client ASFINAG against German website-operators, the Austrian Supreme Court (OGH 19
The protection of the name ‘Aceto Balsamico di Modena’ does not extend to the use of the non-geographical terms of
On October 24, GEISTWERT partner Juliane Messner and Rainer Schultes held a seminar on Business and Trade Secrets in Life
Black Friday is generally known as the name for a sales-day in the pre-Christmas business in the US on Friday
Invitation with further details will follow … be prepared!
Neither the form nor the design of the icecream MAGNUM DOUBLE enjoys protection under the Austrian Law against Unfair competition.
22 participants discussed the interaction between Trade Secrets, Data Protection, Patents and Copyright at the first GEISTWERT-Secret breakfast on June
The Intellectual Property Agreement Guide IPAG is a project of Universities Austria (Österreichische Universitätenkonferenz, UNIKO) and is sponsored by the
GEISTWERT partners Rainer Schultes, Max Mosing and Constantin Kletzer ranked in Top 10 in the Lawyers’ Ranking of Austrian economics
The use of figurative signs evoking the geographical area with which a protected designation of origin (PDO) is associated may
For the first time, this year LEGAL 500 (www.legal500.com) ranked GEISTWERT in Tier 1 in the category “Intellectual Property” and
GEISTWERT’s most recent post on Kluwer Copyright Blog: On Valentine’s Day, the Higher Regional Court of Vienna (docket no 4
In its most recent decision the Austrian Supreme Court (4Ob14/19s dated February 26, 2019) denied copyright protection to the word
The disonest infringer of a design does not have to surrender all its profits gained with the fakes. In a
The renowned publication World Trademark Review 1000 has again published its ranking of “The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals” of 2019.
The British government has prepared guidelines for a no deal scenario. Only a few areas of UK patent law come
In a total of 16 years of patent litigation surrounding the signature process used in online banking, the software company
‘Heksenkaas’ is a spreadable dip with cream cheese and fresh herbs, which was created in 2007 by a Dutch retailer
Good news for the IP community: Gordian Hasselblatt‘s (Editor) two commentaries will be published by Beck – Hart – Nomos in its
At the „XBorder 18“ event organized by GEISTWERT with a view to „Cross-Border Mail-Order Business in Practice and Law”, the
Patent litigations rarely attract the interest of the media, but it happens. Renowned Bloomberg News report: Glock battles Sig Sauer
When Swiss, Germans and Austrians discuss legal aspects of cross-border online sales, the specialists from MLL – Meyerlustenberger Lachenal (Switzerland), SSW
GEISTWERT provided the Austrian input for GDPR-EXPERT.COM (Link), a unique and mighty tool to analyze the new EU General Data