IP law is one of the main practice areas of Gassauer-Fleissner Rechtsanwälte GmbH (“GFR”). We act as counsel to Austrian and international corporations and institutions. Our clients include high-tech companies and manufacturers of branded goods as well as professionals and institutions active in art, sports and science. International rankings such as Legal500, Legal Experts, Global Counsel 3000 and Managing Intellectual Property regularly list GFR among Austria’s leading IP law firms. The members of our IP team are lawyers of excellent renown, who are also active as lecturers at seminars and conferences and are the authors of numerous relevant specialist publications.
Our IP practice covers all matters related to industrial property rights, including patents, utility models, trademarks, product piracy, domains, designs, know-how, copyright law and unfair competition. A major focus of our work is the litigious enforcement of intellectual property rights before the courts, as well as strategic protection against product piracy. We also advise our clients in connection with IP related contractual agreements, such as e.g. confidentiality agreements, cooperation agreements, licensing and other exploitation agreements, and in connection with the registration of trademarks, designs and domains, and represent our clients’ interests before the relevant national and international authorities. Last but not least our services also cover all aspects of unfair competition law, including the planning and implementation of advertising and PR activities.
