Cerha Hempel

IP & Unfair Compeition, IT & Privacy

Senior Associate, IP & Unfair Competition, IT & Privacy

Romans' focus lays on IP law, unfair competition and IT law. Prior to joining CERHA HEMPEL he was a researcher at the University of Göttingen (Germany), were he still regularly teaches – among others – courses in European Intellectual Property Law at postgraduate level. Roman regularly advises national and international clients in the fields of copyright, trademark, design and patent law.

He also has a background in communications engineering, which enables him to advise on IP cases involving complicated technical issues, such as the legal protection of software and patent law.

Attorney at Law, Austria (2022)

German, English

Vienna Bar Association Forschungsverein Infolaw (Vice-Chairman)

University of Vienna (Mag. iur. 2001) University of Wolverhampton (M.A. in English Law 2001) University of Vienna (Dr. iur. 2006) Vienna University of Economics and Business (Mag. rer. soc. oec. 2006)