Siegler Bird & Bird Ügyvédi Iroda

IP, IT, Data Protection

Partner, co-Head of Country of the Budapest Office

As a partner and co-Head of Country of the Budapest office, Bálint is heading the IP, Data Protection and TMT teams. He advises on intellectual property, information technology and privacy and data protection matters for their national and international clients from various sectors including electronics, pharmaceuticals, retail and IT.

Over the years, he has developed extensive experience in relation to patents, trade marks, designs, copyright, unfair competition and customs measures. He has supported their clients in the protection and enforcement of their IP rights, including infringement litigation, anti-piracy strategies and alternative dispute resolution. His practice focuses on contentious litigation matters, as well as the management of their clients' IP portfolios.

His practice areas also include IT and privacy and data protection law, and in recent years he has also dealt with licence matters in the IT and life sciences sectors, and with issues of online reputation management.

As well as having a degree in Computer Science, he is currently completing his PhD at the Research Centre for Information and Communication Technology Law at the University of Pécs in Hungary. In addition, he has published a number of professional papers on domain names and IT and IP-related issues in the legal press, including publications such as 'Infocommunication and Law'. He has also contributed to the 'Commentary on Hungarian Trademark Law', in which he wrote the chapter on domain names. As well as writing, he also lectures in IT and IP law at university level.

He joined the team at Bird & Bird back in 2008 after having worked for four years at a Hungarian boutique law firm specialising in IP. Today, he is a member of the Budapest Bar, the Hungarian Council of Copyright Experts, the Hungarian Group of AIPPI, the Hungarian Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright, the Hungarian Trademark Association, the Hungarian Copyright Forum Association, Licensing Executives Society International and ITechLaw.

English, German, Hungarian

Bálint is a member of the Budapest Bar, the Hungarian Council of Copyright Experts, the Hungarian Group of AIPPI, the Hungarian Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright, the Hungarian Trademark Association, the Hungarian Copyright Forum Association, Licensing Executives Society International and ITechLaw.

University of Pécs, PhD, Law Eötvös Loránd University, BS, Law Kandó Kálmán University of Electrical Engineering, Computer Programming