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Education and Career
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2000 Sworn Certified Court Expert |
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since 1982 Expert Lay Judge at the Commercial Court Vienna |
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1979 European Patent Attorney |
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since 1975 Judge at the International Arbitration Court of
the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber |
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1971 Partner, Patentanwälte Sonn & Pawloy |
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1971 Austrian Patentanwalt |
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1966 – 1971 Patent Attorney Trainee with Patent Attorney Dr. Alexander Sonn |
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1966 DI, University of Technology, Vienna, theoretical physics |
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Practice Area
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Trademark and design law |
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Court proceedings, especially patent litigation |
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Interaction of different areas of laws with IP law |
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Licence agreements |
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Compensation agreements with inventors, especially for
employees' inventions, including court proceedings |
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Documentation and evaluation of IP portfolios |
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Deprivation and restitutio in integrum proceedings |
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Representation before the Customs Authorities in cases of
seized piracy goods (product piracy) |
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Memberships and Functions
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Austrian Patentanwaltskammer (vice president 1973-1982,
board member 1985-2003, president of the legal committee since 2003) |
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Austrian Intellectual Property Law Association
(Österreichische Vereinigung für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht;
president since 1995) |
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FICPI (Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle,
International Association of IP Attorneys; vice president 1988-1991,
president 1991-1994, president of honour as well as councillor since 1994) |
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AIPPI (Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle,
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property;
president of honour since 1997; president of AIPPI Austria since 1995) |
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epi (Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office) |
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ECTA (Austrian council member since 1994) |
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LES (Licensing Executives Society) Austria (Österreichische Gesellschaft für
Lizenzwesen und Technologietransfer; founding member, president 1986-1987
as well as 1990-1997, vice president 1997-2008) |
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INTA (International Trademark Association) |
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ABA (American Bar Association) |
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CIPA (Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys; foreign member 1974-2008) |
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Languages
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German, English, French, Spanish |