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IP boutique Geistwert is highly recommended for IP disputes. The firm often acts for clients in the pharmaceutical industry. The notable lawyers focusing on patents are Constantin Kletzer and Rainer Schultes. Schultes recently assisted a household goods client with a patent revocation action. Geistwert is […] also highly recommended for IP disputes. The team has experienced IP lawyers for copyright and trade mark advice. Notable IP practitioners include Rainer Schultes, Constantin Kletzer and Max Mosing. The firm won Managing IP’s Firm of the Year (2019) award for IP disputes.

Best Lawyers® ranked all GEISTWERT-partners amongst the best Austrian lawyers as follows: Alexander Schnider for IP, IT and Technology; Juliane Messner for IP & Technology; Max Mosing for IP⁢ Constantin Kletzer and Rainer Schultes for IP.

GEISTWERT was mentioned amongst the most remarkable law firm startups within the past 5 years in the Austrian „trend“ Ranking 2019. Furthermore, the following GEISTWERT partners were individually ranked: Max Mosing for Media Law, Rainer Schultes for Unfair Competition Law and Constantin Kletzer for Trademark-, Copyright- and Patent-Law.

Focusing on litigation and transactions, Rainer Schultes, Constantin Kletzer and Alexander Schnider are dynamic operators who get straight down to business. “Efficient, fast and unafraid to try new things,” Schultes and Kletzer manoeuvre deftly in must-win pharmaceutical disputes and – with Schultes moving up this year – both secure IAM Patent 1000 gold tier honours for 2019. Schnider is at his best in the software domain and negotiates software development agreements with poise.

A pragmatic, forward-thinking, commercial, innovative and solutions-focused firm, GEISTWERT boasts one of the most robust IP and technology practices in Austria. Whatever the nature of their patent problems, clients get the support they need thanks to the expertise of each of GEISTWERT’s five talented partners and the collaborative approach with which they run the practice.

Alexander Schnider focuses on software development agreements; Rainer Schultes and Constantin Kletzer are also recommended.

IP and IT boutique GEISTWERT has data protection and IT work at its core and is adept at handling contentious and transactional matters. The team has been particularly active recently in advising clients, including Iqvia, the Austrian National Library (Österreichische Nationalbank) and Parfümerie Douglas, on the implementation of GDPR.

„Extremely experienced patent litigator’ Constantin Kletzer provides ‘effective and to-the-point’ advice, in particular in pharmaceutical patent cases, as does Rainer Schultes, who also advises on design matters in the automotive sector, trade marks and unfair competition.“ Rainer Schultes was also named a „Next Generation Lawyer“ in IP.

GEISTWERT’s ‘partner-only approach’ is valued by clients and considered a key strength and unique selling point, leading to the ‘utmost efficiency and communication transparency’.

Managing Intellectual Property – Firm of the Year 2019 – Austria Contentious