Publications

: Die neue Schiedsordnung der VIAC - Wiener Regeln 2013
Kürzlich hat die Wirtschaftskammer Österreich neue Schiedsregeln für das Internationale Schiedsgericht der Wirtschaftskammer Österreich (zu Neudeutsch „VIAC“: Vienna International Arbitral Center)...
Austria
Dispute Resolution
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'No Patent on Life' – Unitary Patent to circumvent Austrian’s latest amendment to Patent Act?
With the announcement “No patents on life”, the Austrian federal government has presented the latest initiative to amend the Patent Act. It makes clear that in the future no form of conventional breeding...
Austria
Life Sciences & Healthcare
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'Safe Harbour' Regime Questioned
24/09/2015 The Safe Harbour regime that governs the exchange of personal data between the EU and the US has been severely questioned by an Advocate General of the European Court of Justice in an ongoing court case...
Austria
TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
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‘Darunavir’ CJEU referral withdrawn - Article 3(a) of the SPC Regulation
At the end of September, we reported here on the publication of AG Hogan’s Opinion on the joint referrals from the German Bundespatentgericht (case C-650/17) for Merck’s sitagliptin product and from...
Austria
Life Sciences & Healthcare
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‘It’s like milk but made for humans’: General Court overturns EUIPO’s refusal to register Oatly’s trade mark
On 20 January 2021, the General Court (“GC”) handed down its judgment in the appeal brought by Oatly AB (“Oatly”) against the decision of the EU Intellectual Property Office (“EUIPO”) to...
Austria
Consumer Products
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"Recht auf Vergessen" ist kein bloßes Schlagwort mehr
15/05/2014 Der Betreiber einer Internetsuchmaschine ist bei personenbezogenen Daten, die auf von Dritten veröffentlichten Internetseiten erscheinen, für die von ihm vorgenommene Verarbeitung verantwortlich. Der...
Austria
Data Protection Law
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"Safe Harbour" declared invalid by the European Court of Justice - File transfer to the USA an issue!
07/12/2015 The European Court of Justice declared their verdict on 6/10/2015 in the case of Schrems against Facebook. The personal data of European internet users is not, in the European Court of Justice’s view...
Austria
TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
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CJEU Declares ‘Safe Harbour’ Invalid
06/10/2015 On 6 October 2015, the CJEU delivered its judgement on the case ‘Schrems vs Facebook’, ruling that personal data of European internet users are not adequately protected against access by authorities...
Austria
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CJEU declares 'Safe Harbour' invalid
On 6 October 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its judgment on the ‘Schrems vs Facebook’ case, ruling that European internet users’ personal data are not adequately...
Austria
Dispute Resolution
law-now
“Acting in Concert” under Austrian Takeover Law: Avoiding the Pitfalls
14/05/2012 The Austrian Takeover Commission has developed a growing and, at times, confusing body of case law on “acting in concert” in which it aggregated the shareholdings of significant shareholders and extending...
Austria
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