Austria - Jurisdiction Review

ABP Anwälte Burger & Partner

Firm overview

From the first idea to the worldwide assertion of rights including the personal assistance on the ground: ABP Attorneys Burger and Partner offers comprehensive support in the field of IP.

Companies all over the world benefit from the concentration of our know-how in the special field of IP, regardless of whether matters in the USA, Europe, Russia or the Asian region such as China or Japan are included.

ABP has a large, synchronized and experienced team of attorneys at law, searchers and technical engineers as well as a professional network of lawyers in all countries of the world.

We are a motivated team communicating by means of state-of-the-art media.

ABP protects success.

Network Memberships
AIPPI, ECTA, INTA, MARQUES

Last updated 28th June 2017

Patentanwälte Pinter & Weiss

Firm overview

Patentanwälte Pinter & Weiss focuses on providing IP services to midsize and big companies. We handle all IP matters for our clients not only in Austria and before the European Patent Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization but also overseas via our network of local law firms. Our clients appreciate our efficiency and flexibility in adapting to their needs.

The partners of the firm have great expertise in all areas of IP law including IP prosecution and litigation, licensing, employee inventions, patent and trademark searches. This includes also experience as expert judge of the patent benches of the Commercial Court of Vienna and the Austrian Supreme Court.

Last updated 11th February 2018

SONN

Firm overview

Sonn & Partner Patentanwälte has been listed as a tier 1 firm in MIP’s ranking for a number of consecutive years. According to MIP’s IP STARS HANDBOOK “leading IP firm Sonn & Partner is recognized as an Austrian leader in patent prosecution and appears in tier 1 of the patent prosecution tables. Expertise at the firm spans several areas of IP law including prosecution and litigation. Peter Pawloy is named by peers as a leader in patent prosecution and litigation, with specialized knowledge in chemistry and pharmaceuticals. Daniel Alge and Johannes Strobl are also identified as specialists in patent law, with an emphasis on the biotechnology and physics industries.” “Rainer Beetz is a key contact and partner at Sonn & Partner. He specializes in trade mark counselling and design with a focus on litigation. The team at Sonn & Partner is valued for its ability to provide efficient legal advice on a one-to-one basis, with close attention to the needs of clients.”

Network memberships: FICPI, AIPPI, MARQUES, GRUR, CNIPA, EPLIT, ECTA, EPI, LES

Last Updated June 2017

Schwarz & Partner

Firm overview

Schwarz & Partner Patentanwälte was founded in 1992 and has been steadily growing over since. In addition to the firm’s experience in patent prosecution covering all technical fields, all the firm’s partners are heavily involved in patent litigation matters both as counsel, retained court expert, or, in the case of Messrs. Margotti and Nemec, also as lay judges of the patent benches of the Commercial Court of Vienna and the Higher Regional Court of Vienna, as well as the Supreme Court.

Network Memberships
AIPPI, FICPI, LES

Last updated 20th August 2020

IP STARS Reviews

ABP Anwälte Burger & Partner

Austrian IP boutique ABP Anwälte Burger & Partner is recommended for contentious patent and trade mark work. The firm is also experienced in handling trade mark filing and prosecution work. Hannes Burger is the managing partner. Burger is supported by lawyers Katarina Casals Ide and Clemens Ofner. Ide specialises in commercial IP work.

Puchberger & Partner

Puchberger & Partner specialises in IP protection and portfolio management. The firm’s patent attorneys cover technical fields such as mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, software, chemistry and telecommunications. They are also experienced in patent litigation support work.

Chemistry patent specialist Peter Puchberger heads the practice. Other notable patent attorneys are Andreas Gehring, who specialises in electrical engineering and telecoms, and Georg Puchberger, who has a background in mechanical engineering.

Schoenherr

Schoenherr is one of the respected law firms in Austria for IP work. Michael Woller is the key contact in the firm’s IP department. He is supported by senior lawyers such as Christian Schumacher and Dominik Hofmarcher and a team of associates.

Schwarz & Partner

Schwarz & Partner is an IP firm that is highly recommended in the market for patent protection work. The firm has European patent attorneys to advise on inventions in technical fields such as biotechnology, chemistry, and electrical engineering.

Schwarz Schönherr

Schwarz Schönherr is recommended for IP disputes. The key IP lawyers in the firm are Georg Schönherr and Markus Grötschl.

SONN

SONN is a leading IP firm in this jurisdiction for patent protection work. The firm has patent attorneys with expertise in technical fields such as biotechnology, chemistry, and engineering. It is also recommended for patent litigation support work thanks to the expertise of some of its patent attorneys who also serve as expert judges in the Austrian courts. The experienced European patent attorneys in the firm include Johannes Strobl, Peter Pawloy, Daniel Alge, Philipp Weinzinger and Rainer Beetz. Strobl and Beetz are notable attorneys who can also take on trade mark and design protection instructions. The partners are supported by junior patent attorneys as well as the veteran soft IP practitioner Helmut Sonn, who now serves as a consultant.

Taylor Wessing

Taylor Wessing is recommended for IP disputes and trade mark prosecution work in Austria. Its Austrian IP team works closely with the IP teams in other European jurisdictions. The three partners leading the IP practice are Martin Prohaska-Marchried, Dieter Natlacen and Andreas Schütz.