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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND MEDIA: Geistwert is a newly established IT/IP boutique comprising five former partners and practice group heads from four leading law firms. IP asset deals, particularly those involving patents and trade marks, constitute a key portion of the workload along with unfair competition and other disputes. Rainer Schultes […] handles a portfolio of litigation and other proceedings concerning patents, trade marks and unfair competition. The firm represents many pharmaceutical companies.

IT AND TELECOMS: Geistwert is a newly established IT/IP boutique comprising five former partners and practice group heads from four leading law firms. Data protection compliance comprises half of the workload and software licensing as well as IT outsourcing are other key themes. The ‘exceptionally strong’ Juliane Messner is recommended along with Alexander Schnider, who has ‘in-depth industry knowledge’.

LEGAL500 MARKET OVERVIEW: […] Generally, the greater cost-sensitivity of clients has led to a rise in instructions for smaller, more flexible law firms on increasingly complex mandates. Reflecting this trend, the Austrian legal market witnessed a number of significant developments. Perhaps the most significant was the establishment of GEISTWERT, an IP and IT boutique founded by former partners of Baker & McKenzie Diwok Hermann Petsche Rechtsanwälte LLP & Co KG, Gassauer-Fleissner and TaylorWessing e|n|w|c Attorneys at Law; the firms from which those lawyers departed now have to rebuild their practice groups. […]

Alexander Schnider erhält CLIENT CHOICE AWARD 2015 im Patentrecht

Constantin Kletzer ist „GEWINNER 2015“ beim CLIENT CHOICE AWARD im Patentrecht

Rainer Schultes is “one of the best litigators: a clever negotiator with a strong courtroom presence and top-of-the-line experience in trademark infringement matters”

Juliane Messner has an unerring facility for bringing licensing and IP-driven transactions to a successful close: “She is very creative in finding contractual solutions that meet clients’ business interests.”

Max Mosing shines particularly brightly in the technology sector. Peers recognise this expertise as “very important right now, with Google, smartphones, domain names and so on all at the forefront. He makes really strong legal arguments and is well integrated with leading clients in that field.” Adversaries also appreciate the challenge he presents in the courtroom.

Ex-Baker & McKenzie Alexander Schnider is another talented litigator. “It was nearly impossible for him to win, but he was very creative in his defence and managed to get a result for his client,” said one opponent. Clients are equally enthusiastic: “His trump card is the combination of his unmatched knowledge of IP case law, his business acumen and unrivalled business and industry understanding.”

The crucial fifth element is “exceptionally innovative” Constantin Kletzer, previously of Fiebinger Polak Leon. Delivering “100% satisfaction, he is truly outstanding – he has very strong commercial awareness and knows the industries of his clients very well”