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18.06.2018

Constantin is a member of the Internet Committee of ECTA, the European Community Trademark Association. In this capacity he joined

13.06.2018

The data protection authority may act both against the administrator and against Facebook subsidiary The German Wirtschaftsakademie Schleswig-Holstein offers educational

12.06.2018

Louboutin shoes for women are known for their outer sole being always red. Louboutin registered that trade mark for ‘footwear’

27.04.2018

We are proud and honored to be included in this year’s TREND Ranking as follows: “GEISTWERT, the young Vienna law

27.04.2018

Thus, the start of the Unitary Patent Court System depends on the outcome of the complaint pending  at the German

09.04.2018

We are delighted and proud of the following awards plus market-feedback that GEISTWERT recently received – our entire awards are

24.03.2018

Design protection is not only qualified to protect single part products but also complex products, like a car, which consists

13.03.2018

Juliane Messner and Max Mosing were speaking on March 15 at the  Security Summit ’18 in Milan in front of

22.01.2018

Juliane Messner, one of GEISTWERT’s partners in charge for data protection was interviewed on the GDPR and ist effects on

19.12.2017

GEISTWERT wishes a fascinating Holiday Season and a successful Happy New Year 2018! click on each movie-poster for beaming it

07.12.2017

The selective distribution law is a thicket of jurisprudence, Regulations and Guidelines. Especially when it comes to Internet distribution of

27.11.2017

GEISTWERT’s post on Kluwer Copyright Blog: The Austrian Supreme Court has recently shed some light on the requirements for the

28.10.2017

GEISTWERT’s Max Mosing was President of the IT IP Law Group Europe (www.itiplg.eu) for the last two years. Now –

27.10.2017

On 26 October, 2017 Juliane Messner presented the “legal aspects of GDPR“ in Bolzano. The event was organized by the

15.10.2017

In 2016, the US signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act and the EU passed the Trade Secrets Directive.

13.10.2017

The Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars Handbook Patents 2017 Ranking is in (in hardcopy): “Geistwert is a firm of IP/IT

04.10.2017

A warm welcome to our new office-manager and trademark-officer Geraldine Gagyi. Ms Gagyi has many years of experience as a

21.09.2017

GEISTWERT blogged for the  Kluwer Trademark Blog Can the use of “KHG” infringe the name rights of “Karl-Heinz Grasser”? Former

12.09.2017

The European Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems (“NIS Directive”) is the EU’s first move to bring the

23.08.2017

The Federal Constitutional Court ordered a stop of the ratification process for the following reasons: It is claimed that there

07.08.2017

Cheaper Fees From September 1, 2017 onwards, the official fees for a trademark application including the initial term of protection

28.06.2017

GEISTWERT also blogs on the investinaustria-Blog: The startup scene is booming. It is not only “in” to found one’s own

23.06.2017

Judges from Germany, France, the UK, the U.S. and Austria discussed the exact requirements that need to be met for

16.06.2017

Even if the works in question are placed online by the users of the online sharing platform, the operators of

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