Bálint Halász

Privacy & Data Protection, Intellectual Property

Bálint is a Partner and co-Head of Country for Bird & Bird's Budapest office, he advises on intellectual property, information technology and privacy and data protection matters for national and international clients from various sectors including electronics, pharmaceuticals, retail and IT.

Over the years, he has developed extensive experience in relation to patents, trade marks, designs, copyright, unfair competition and customs measures. He has supported clients in the protection and enforcement of their IP rights, including infringement litigation, anti-piracy strategies and alternative dispute resolution. His practice focuses on contentious litigation matters, as well as the management of clients' IP portfolios.

His practice areas also include IT and privacy and data protection law, and in recent years he has also dealt with licence matters in the IT and life sciences sectors, and with issues of online reputation management.

As well as having a degree in Computer Science, he is currently completing a PhD at the Research Centre for Information and Communication Technology Law at the University of Pécs in Hungary.

He joined the team at Bird & Bird back in 2008 after having worked for four years at a Hungarian boutique law firm specialising in IP.

Bálint is a member of the Budapest Bar, the Hungarian Council of Copyright Experts, the Hungarian Group of AIPPI, the Hungarian Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright, the Hungarian Trademark Association, the Hungarian Copyright Forum Association, Licensing Executives Society International and ITechLaw.

Bálint has published a number of professional papers on domain names and IT and IP-related issues in the legal press, including publications such as 'Infocommunication and Law'. He has also contributed to the 'Commentary on Hungarian Trademark Law', in which he wrote the chapter on domain names.