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Constantin Kletzer was named a Patent star 2022 & Trade mark star 2022.

The boutique law firm GEISTWERT covers a broad range of data privacy and data protection issues, ‘pairing legal expertise with a hands-on approach.’ Juliane Messner, Max Mosing, Alexander Schnider, Rainer Schultes and Constantin Kletzer are the practice heads. The team supports clients with GDPR implementation or represents them in proceedings before the data protection authority and in court. The firm employs various legal tech innovations, such as a web-based data-protection-research and management-tool. Messner stands out as ‘an excellent data privacy and data protection lawyer’ together with Mosing a CIS – Certified Data Privacy Officer. Testimonials: “The team is uniquely good professionally. The partners are very sociable and work hand in hand. You always get feedback quickly and the requirements of the business are also taken into account.” “Geistwerts team is pairing legal expertise with a hands-on approach, leaving unnecessary formalities aside and immediately focusing on the relevant parts.” “Juliane Messner and Max Mosing both convinced us with their expertise and their focus on relevant matters.”

TMT boutique GEISTWERT excels in advising clients on matters in a host of IT-related projects. Constantin Kletzer, Juliane Messner, Max Mosing, Alexander Schnider and Rainer Schultes are well versed in topics ranging from interactive gaming and data protection to start-ups and outsourcing. Another distinctive feature of the boutique is its dedicated Italy-desk headed by Messner, who is admitted in both Austria and Italy. Testimonials: “The team is uniquely good professionally. The partners are very sociable and work hand in hand. You always get feedback quickly and the requirements of the business are also taken into account.” “Juliane is an excellent lawyer. She is excellent in handling complex IT-projects, not only regarding the content, but also in respect of dealing with deadlines and pushing other project members to keep the timeline. As a client she tells you exactly what to do, when to do it, how to do it and why to do it: crystal clear and to the point. You can feel in every project that she loves her work and she understands your specific business needs.”

The boutique law firm GEISTWERT has a strong team of ‘very skilled and experienced, very focused’ experts – the firm’s founding partners Juliane Messner, Max Mosing, Alexander Schnider, Rainer Schultes and Constantin Kletzer – who work together on IP matters. The practice is diverse, ranging from representing clients in trademark infringement and copyright infringement proceedings to trademark and design portfolio management, or IP due diligence for investments. The legal tech tools developed by the firm play a key supporting role. The team acts for clients from a wide range of sectors that include household name brands and companies, not only within Austria and Europe but also internationally. Testimonials: “The GEISTWERT team is really a pleasure working with! Top client service, excellent work and also great personalities! It is fun working with such friends!” “An extremely engaged team of former “large firm” lawyers who give you first class service at competitive rates and with experienced partners as the primary contacts.” “Constantin Kletzer has an excellent knowledge of IP, he is practical and creative but at the same time very attentive to detail and accuracy in work.”

Two of its stars are Rainer Schultes and Constantin Kletzer, both of whom “are incredibly knowledgeable and easy to work with. They anticipate the needs of clients before they even ask”. “Schultes has a perfect understanding of his field and an excellent approach to IP matters”; while Kletzer is a “fabulous lawyer who easily comprehends the reality of international business”.

Its “five innovative founding partners and their diverse personalities” have shaped GEISTWERT into “a ground-breaking Austrian law firm that is virtually unrivalled on the market”. A prime pick for any and all branding matters, the team “has revolutionised the local landscape and acts on innovative cases that have yet to break ground in the courts”. As is evident from the amount of spontaneous feedback it attracts, the 2014-established outfit has worked hard to position itself as a premier destination and its efforts have not gone unnoticed. “It is not easy to impress new clients and convince them to work with you,” comments one foreign associate, “but the GEISTWERT team not only does that – it also carries on performing at an exceptional level day in, day out. Their interest in legal, business and technological developments guarantees innovative solutions to complex problems.”

Constantin Kletzer was named an IP Star 2021 for Patents and Trademarks

Oft empfohlen: Constantin Kletzer („im Urheberrecht fachlich erste Wahl“, Wettbewerber); im Patentrecht haben sich die Partner Constantin Kletzer und […] für ihre Prozessvertretung einen hervorragenden Ruf erarbeitet.

Bewertung: Geistwert etwa hat es in den sieben Jahren seit ihrer Gründung nicht nur geschafft, ihren Phantasienamen als Bestandteil des Kanzleinamens ins Firmenbuch aufzunehmen, sondern hat sich zu einer der marktführenden Kanzleien im Marken- und Wettbewerbsrecht etabliert. […]

Die fünf Partner der Wiener Boutique haben sich zu starken Herausforderern der Marktführer entwickelt. Wettbewerber heben die große Präsenz des Teams in IP-Prozessen hervor. Ein Highlight war zuletzt die Vertretung von Red Bull gegen Bullsone, die zu einer substantiellen Ausweitung der Markenrechte und einem unionsweiten Unterlassungstitel geführt hat. Ein weiteres Beispiel ist die Vertretung des russischen Optikproduzenten Krasnogorsky Zavod gegen die Lomografische AG zur Vollstreckung eines erwirkten Schiedsspruches und einer lauterkeitsrechtlichen Gegenklage. Partnerin Messner war zuletzt als Vorsitzende des Schiedsgerichts in Mailand in einem internationalen Markenverletzungsfall einer Luxusmodemarke international präsent.

Einen Erfolg in eigener Sache verbuchte die Kanzlei mit einer Grundsatzentscheidung vor dem OGH, durch die sie ihren Phantasienamen Geistwert als Rechtsanwaltsfirma ins Firmenbuch eintragen konnte. […] Insbesondere bei Pharmaklagen spielt die Kanzlei in der ersten Liga mit und vertritt beispielsweise Genentech und Hoffmann La Roche gegen Sandoz im internationalen Streit um das Krebsmedikament Rituximab. Daneben begleitet das Team auch mehrere SPC-Verfahren. In große internationale Verfahren wurde es zuletzt auch durch seine guten Kontakte zu führenden Patentteams in Deutschland und UK eingebunden.

Seit ihrer Gründung sind der partnerzentrierte Ansatz und die enge Zusammenarbeit der Partner untereinander Markenzeichen der Kanzlei. Ob sich dieses Konzept langfristig trägt oder die bisher dynamische Entwicklung bremst, muss sich noch zeigen. Die Zeit, die andere Kanzleien in Nachwuchsförderung investieren, nutzt Geistwert bisher für die Entwicklung von IT-Lösungen für ihre Mandanten.

Stärken: Konsequente Ausrichtung auf IP-Themen mit partnerzentriertem Ansatz; Verletzungsprozesse um Pharmapatente.

Schwerpunkte: Umfangreiche Beratung im Marken-, Muster- und Wettbewerbsrecht. Schwerpunkt bei Patentverletzungsprozessen in der Pharma- und Maschinenbaubranche. Daneben Beratung der Branchen Tourismus und Automotive. Auch Markenverwaltung (knapp 900 Marken).

Contentious firepower is provided in abundance by […] Constantin Kletzer. Kletzer is also highly recommended: “Quick, sharp and efficient, he is a top choice.”