Trademark Law
   
  Trademark law has been a main focus of our firm for many years. We enjoy an excellent reputation in this field and provide our clients with a high quality service. Our partner Dr. Reinhard Schanda is the author of a Commentary on the Austrian Trademark Protection Act and frequently publishes treatises and comments on court decisions concerning trademark law. Since 1995 he has been in charge of trademark law as a regular contributor of the Austrian law journal ecolex. Furthermore, he has been a permanent correspondent for the German legal periodical MarkenR since 1995. Since 2001, Dr. Schanda teaches the course “trademark law in the information society” as part of the University of Vienna’s postgraduate program “Universitätslehrgang für Informationsrecht und Rechtsinformation”.

Numerous clients rely on our services in trademark related issues, both during the launching of a product (availability researches and trademark applications) and in trademark infringement conflicts. We particularly focus on guiding our clients through legal proceedings regarding trademark infringements and on expert opinions on trademark related issues. In trademark infringement matters we closely cooperate with the patent attorneys of our clients.

Please find below a selection of our trademark related publications in full length:

  • Schanda, Kritisches zur Aktivlegitimation des Markenlizenznehmers, ÖBl 2001,151
  • Schanda, MSchG-Markenschutzgesetz idF der Markenrechts-Nov, Praxiskommentar, Orac Wien 1999
  • Schanda, Markenrechtsnovelle in Österreich, MarkenR 1999, 25
  • Schanda, "Gorgonzola" gegen "Cambozola", ecolex 1999, 334=MarkenR 1999, 149
  • Schanda, Kurzbeitrag: Klarstellungen zur "bekannten Marke",ecolex 1999, 272
  • Schanda, Replik auf Höhne, Namensfunktion von Internet Domain Names, ecolex 1999, 181
  • Schanda, Die Schlußanträge gegen internationale Erschöpfung des Markenrechts, ecolex 1998, 409
  • Schanda, Character- und Personality-Merchandising in Österreich - Ein Überblick,ÖBl 1998, 323
  • Schanda, Internet Domain Names and Rights in Distinctive Marks: A German and Austrian Perspective, Computer and Telecommunications Law Review (Sweet & Maxwell, London) 1997, 221
  • Schanda, Merchandising - Leistungsschutz statt Markenschutz, ecolex 1997, 264
  • Schanda, Parallelimport und Herkunftsfunktion der Marke, ÖBl 1996, 167
  • Schanda, Markenlizenz und Irreführung, ecolex 1995, 904
  • Schanda, "Die Wirkung der Markenlizenz gegenüber Dritten", GRURInt 1994, 275
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