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Nimble, aggressive and energetic, GEISTWERT brings the heat in Austrian patent litigation and cuts a dash at the deal negotiating table too. The partners in this outstandingly collaborative group link up well and play off each other’s strengths to carry the day in critical disputes. A team formed by Constantin Kletzer, Rainer Schultes and Alexander Schnider, for example, recently prevailed for TeleTan in a widely reported infringement claim against one of Austria’s largest banks, which had used TeleTan’s online banking authentication process on its own platform. Kletzer “works fast, thoroughly and effectively, with an intense focus on solutions. With him, you’re in the best of hands.” Schultes is hailed as an “extremely smart lawyer with excellent technical knowledge”; while Schnider is an authority on software and internet law. While these assured litigators all know how to cut a deal, the firm’s top transactional specialists are Max Mosing and Juliane Messner. Coming in for particular praise, Messner has a “deep understanding of business issues” and “only sees solutions, not problems”.

Constantin Kletzer was named an IP Star 2020 for Patents and Trademarks

Drei GEISTWERT Partner wurden im österreichischen „trend“ Ranking (2020) erneut ausgezeichnet: Max Mosing für Medienrecht, Rainer Schultes für (unlauteres) Wettbewerbsrecht und Constantin Kletzer für Marken-, Urheber- und Patentrecht.

The TMT team at GEISTWERT is very well known on the Austrian IT and IP legal market‘. The team has a strong focus on IP, IT and data protection. Juliane Messner and Max Mosing ‚have a clear understanding of the interfaces between law, business, especially project work, and technology‘. The ‚very hands-on and practical‘ Constantin Kletzer and the ‚go-to‘ Alexander Schnider are also noted alongside the experienced Rainer Schultes. Testimonials on the firm: “Geistwert has an outstanding reputation within my environment, namely the Austrian tech start-up scene. Geistwert is here often named as the firm to go to.” “The team’s unique strengths and key capabilities are: very efficient, very pragmatic, very solution-driven and they love technology which is key to understanding our business.” “Geistwert is a great firm – it is a very down to earth and very un-Austrian a legal market that can be very conservative. In that sense Geistwert is the exception as it has a super international outlook.” “Fast, hands-on advice in complex situations.”

“Constantin Kletzer is an outstanding lawyer with amazing experience in soft IP.” “Constantin Kletzer is the best patent litigator I know in Austria. He gets to the heart of things quickly and knows how to steer the court into the right direction.” “We love Constantin Kletzer – he really is very hands-on and practical, bringing the solutions we need.”

GEISTWERT is unique for being the only Austrian IP boutique with a dedicated Italian desk. The firm covers the full range of IP matters and has developed its own applications to offer added value, including a plugin for MS word to detect and link to relevant trade mark registries and a web-based data protection, research and management tool. The team is co-led by the firm’s five partners, each offering specialisation in different areas of IP law: the „hands-on“ Constantin Kletzer; „legal rockstars“ Max Mosing and Juliane Messner; „expert in the legal area of digital games“ Alexander Schnider; and Rainer Schultes, who „brings a technical background to the table and is a great listener“. – Testimonials on the firm: „Geistwert is likely the hottest IP Firm in Austria. The team covers all fields of Intellectual Property Law. They work hands on, they are quick and are all super nice.“ „One of the most impressive feats that still surprises us every time is Geistwert’s immediate availability: I do not recall a single time when it took them longer than one or two hours to reply to a spontaneous enquiry via email.“ „Geistwert is a great firm. It is very down to earth in a legal market that can be very conservative.“ „The law firm Geistwert is an IP and IT-niche boutique, which is highly dedicated to IP and IT law. A far as I can assess they have been shaking up the Austrian market in that area since their formation only some years ago.“

Max Mosing and Constantin Kletzer often work together for trademark and domain name disputes and are go-to counsel for gambling giant Novomatic. “Mosing has a profound knowledge of trademark law and is fast, pragmatic and solution-driven,” while “Kletzer is modern, down-to earth, practical and knows what clients need before they even have to ask”.

Since its opening in 2014, IP, IT and technology specialists at GEISTWERT Rechtsanwälte have gone from strength to strength. The hands-on nature of its partners gives the firm a cutting edge and clients benefit from its direct approach, short lines of communication and strong expertise. “Rockstars of the IP scene, this outfit comprises the next generation of lawyers who are young, dynamic and focused and have rightfully reached their place at the very top of Austria’s IP and IT lawyers.”

IT Law Firm of the Year in Austria 2020

Global IP Awards – IP Firm of the Year 2020 – Austria