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Provided by Michael Horak
Michael Horak is a partner in the Intellectual Property and Information Technology Team and Digital Law Team. He supports businesses and creative entrepreneurs in protecting and defending their trademarks, works and know-how in and out of court. He regularly represents clients in proceedings before the Austrian Patent Office and the EUIPO as well as civil and criminal courts, in particular in landmark proceedings before the Austrian Supreme Court.
He focuses on
-trademarks and domains
-unfair competition
-copyright
-designs
-patents and know-how
He began his career as an assistant at the Institute of Criminal Law at the University of Salzburg, worked as an associate and attorney for renowned commercial law firms in Vienna. Since 2019, Michael has been Counsel at Binder Grösswang. He studied at the Universities of Salzburg, La Rochelle (France) and Münster (Germany) (Dr. iur. 2001, Mag. iur. 1999) and completed postgraduate studies (LL.M.) at the London School of Economics. Horak completed all his studies with distinction.
He is a member of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), the International League of Competition Law (LIDC), the copyright committee of the European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA), the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR), the International Trademark Association (INTA) and the Austrian Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (ÖV).
He regularly publishes on current topics regarding intellectual property, trademark law as well as IT-law and is a sought-after speaker at specialist congresses and conferences.
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Michael Horak is well known for his high level of expertise in trade mark issues, including portfolio management and enforcement proceedings. His further expertise lies in copyright and design law.
Provided by Chambers
"Michael Horak is always very supportive and sensitive to the topics discussed."
"He is a very good lawyer and a great communicator."
"Michael Horak is very good in unfair competition as well as soft IP matters and has a lot of a knowledge. He is also a good litigator in this field."
"Michael Horak is a specialised lawyer for IP and trade mark matters and his commercial awareness in this area is very strong."
"Michael Horak is always very supportive and sensitive to the topics discussed."
"He is a very good lawyer and a great communicator."
"Michael Horak is very good in unfair competition as well as soft IP matters and has a lot of a knowledge. He is also a good litigator in this field."
"Michael Horak is a specialised lawyer for IP and trade mark matters and his commercial awareness in this area is very strong."
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Binder Grösswang advises Biome Diagnostics GmbH on investment round by UNIQA startup SanusX
The Binder Grösswang team led by venture capital specialist Christian Zwick advised Biome Diagnostics on all legal aspects of the investment round. In particular with regard to investment law and regulatory issues.
Binder Grösswang advises Biome Diagnostics GmbH on investment round by UNIQA startup SanusX
The Binder Grösswang team led by venture capital specialist Christian Zwick advised Biome Diagnostics on all legal aspects of the investment round. In particular with regard to investment law and regulatory issues.
