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Europe Guide 2023
Austria Intellectual Property
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Band 3

1 Ranked Lawyers

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Provided by Wolf Theiss

Wolf Theiss offers legal services for the IP portfolio management and comprehensive protection of IP rights in physical and virtual environments. Our team works on complex cases and high-end matters for multinational corporations and highly specialised companies in Austria and across our other 12 offices in the CEE/SEE region.
We advise on IP strategy to help businesses benefit from their competitive advantages and leverage innovation: from the development of IP assets to prosecution and enforcement. We have extensive experience in IP litigation involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, design rights and unfair competition, as well as in the protection of know-how and trade secrets. We are also dealing with related aspects of M&A transactions and transfer and licensing agreements.
In addition to traditional IP work our team advises on outsourcing, new media, cloud computing, software, e-commerce, domains and licenses. Our data privacy and protection work covers multiple areas, including implementation of and compliance with GDPR and other local data protection laws, data management, cybersecurity and data breaches, data protection litigation and regulatory investigations.

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Intellectual Property - Austria
3
Band 3
What the team is known for

Wolf Theiss is a well-reputed firm with a key IP practice, assisting domestic and international clients, including technology and media companies, as well as medical product manufacturers. The practice advises on patent, copyright, unfair competition and trade mark mandates. Wolf Theiss has further strength in the negotiation of licensing agreements and contentious matters, such as infringement of personality rights. The firm frequently act as local counsel on mandates that have parallel proceedings abroad.

Work Highlights

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  • Successfully defended YouTube against copyright infringement claims brought by Puls4 TV in front of the Austrian Supreme Court.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Georg Kresbach
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Georg Kresbach
Head of Intellectual Property
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Band 2

Georg Kresbach handles a variety of IP mandates from copyright infringement to trade mark applications and patent enforcements. He is a visible player across all national and European court levels and often represents clients from the technology and media sector.

"He is very active, communicative and user friendly and also offers good response times."

"It was a pleasure working with Georg Kresbach as he supported us with good advice."

"Georg Kresbach is reliable."

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Georg Kresbach
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Members

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Adolf Zemann

Elisabeth Zhang

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Georg Kresbach

Head of Department

Maren Jergolla-Wagner

Paulina Pomorski

Phillip Wrabetz

Roland Marko

Clients

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Apple

Austrian Post

B. Braun Melsungen

Cineplexx / Constantin Film

Colgate Palmolive

Crocs

Disney

Eckes-Granini

General Electrics

Google

Hairdreams

KELAG

Lego

Mastercard

Meta Platforms (Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp)

OBI

Samsung

Spotify

YouTube

Zimmer Biomet

Industries

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Cosmetics

E-Commerce

Education

Energy

Fashion

Financial Services

Food & Beverages

Healthcare

Life Sciences

Luxury Brands

Media

Medical Devices

Pharmaceuticals

Retail

Technology

Telecommunications