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JUVE Patent rankings 2025

Austrian patent firms deploy varied strategies to gain foothold at UPC

The role of patent attorneys and lawyers from smaller member states at the UPC varies significantly. Austrian patent experts demonstrate different approaches to establishing their presence at the cour ...

29 May 2025 by Christina Schulze

People & Business

JUVE Patent rankings 2025

Austrian market shifts as patent litigation business shrinks

Patent cases in Austria are decreasing and the patent market is changing more rapidly than in neighbouring countries. JUVE Patent's new Austria rankin ...

28 May 2025 by Christina Schulze

People & Business

JUVE Patent rankings 2025

Top filing and litigation firms in Austria 2025

Find out which patent litigation and filing practices are top of the Austrian market in the new JUVE Patent Austria ranking 2025.

28 May 2025 by JUVE

People & Business

JUVE Patent rankings 2025

Top filing firms in Austria 2025

Find out which patent filing practices are top of the Austrian market in the new JUVE Patent Austria ranking 2025.

28 May 2025 by JUVE

People & Business

JUVE Patent rankings 2025

Top litigation firms in Austria 2025

Find out which patent litigation practices are top of the Austrian market in the new JUVE Patent Austria ranking 2025.

28 May 2025 by JUVE

Cases

Dainese, Alpinestars, Milan, jurisdiction, Spain, UPC

Jurisdictional challenge

Milan local division asserts long-arm jurisdiction in Dainese vs Alpinestars

The Milan local division of the UPC has asserted its jurisdiction to rule on infringement actions involving European patents validated in non-UPC cont ...

11 April 2025 by Konstanze Richter

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Gassauer-Fleissner, Michaela Petsche, Vienna

Austria

Gassauer-Fleissner makes headway with generational change

In early January, the well-known Viennese patent lawyer Christian Gassauer-Fleissner transitioned to of counsel status. Now his law firm is strengthen ...

21 January 2025 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

Torggler & Hofmann, Florian Robl, Markus Gangl, UPC, JUVE Patent Award nominee 2025

JUVE Patent Award 2025

Torggler & Hofmann hidden champion for UPC cases

Pure patent attorney firm Torggler & Hofmann is the hidden champion among the five nominees for the JUVE Patent Award UPC Firm of the Year 2025. A ...

9 December 2024 by Christina Schulze

Cases

Ortovox, Mammut, Court of Appeal, UPC, avalanche, local division Düsseldorf

Avalanche rescue devices

Ortovox wins at UPC Court of Appeal in avalanche rescue devices dispute

The UPC Court of Appeal has upheld the sales ban against Mammut's avalanche rescue devices in Austria and Germany. The applicant Ortovox is thus the f ...

26 September 2024 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

Austria

Austrian patent attorney firms join technical and UPC forces

Two of Austria's best-known patent attorney firms are joining forces to focus more closely on the UPC. Sonn Patentanwälte and Haffner & Keschmann ...

6 June 2024 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

One year of UPC

The UPC strategies of the top 5 most active claimant firms

In the first year of the UPC, Bardehle Pagenberg and Kather Augenstein filed the highest number of active lawsuits with the new court, each pursuing v ...

4 June 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Avalanche rescue devices

Düsseldorf local division hears first proceedings over avalanche rescue devices

Following the issue of an ex-parte PI in December, the UPC dispute between Ortovox and Mammut has entered the next stage. On 5 March, the internationa ...

8 March 2024 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

Austria

Austrian Patent Office names new president

The Austrian Patent Office has officially appointed Stefan Harasek as its new president. He has been interim head since July 2023 after taking over fr ...

4 December 2023 by Laura King

Cases

Consumer goods

Alpina and Torggler & Hofmann win first UPC hearing at Vienna local division

The UPC local division in Vienna impressed in its first hearing by issuing a quick decision in preliminary injunction proceedings. Patent holder CUP&a ...

14 September 2023 by Christina Schulze

People & Business

European Patent Office

President of the Austrian Patent Office moves to the EPO

The long-standing head of the Austrian Patent Office, Mariana Karepova, is moving to the European Patent Office. There, she will become Principal Dire ...

6 June 2023 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

JUVE Patent rankings 2023

Video: JUVE Patent’s Austria ranking 2023

The Austrian patent community has mixed feelings about the launch of the UPC. JUVE Patent’s Austria ranking 2023 explains how the country's firms are ...

24 May 2023 by Mathieu Klos

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