As announced by the European Patent Office, Austria has completed its ratification process for the Protocol on Provisional Application of the Unified Patent Court Agreement.

In the first to the point: technology & digitalisation newsletter in fall 2019 we reported about referrals to the CJEU

Nach dem russischen Angriff auf die Ukraine verhängten viele Länder Sanktionen. Diese sollen dem Kreml die Finanzierung des Krieges erschweren und den Staat aber auch russische Unternehmen zunehmend in Bedrängnis bringen.

On 28 December 2022, the Polish Patent Office announced in line with the case law of the Polish Administrative Supreme Court that the following rules must be applied to all letters sent...

Digital technologies have fundamentally transformed the way creative content is produced, distributed and accessed

Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving at an ever-faster pace.

As far as member states allow reproductions of copyrighted works for private use and for ends that are neither directly nor indirectly commercial, the rights holders must receive fair compensation.

Heute, am 26. April ist der World IP Day, also der Welttag des geistigen Eigentums. Im Jahr 2000 wurde dieser von der Weltorganisation für geistiges Eigentum (WIPO)

The EU Trade Secret Directive 2016/943 ("TSD") had to be transposed into national laws by 8 June 2018 with the aim of harmonising the protection of trade secrets throughout the EU.

In a recent decision the Austrian Court of Appeal in Vienna rejected an application to have the term "Black Friday" registered as trademark

The Amendment to the Austrian Copyright Act fundamentally revised copyright contract law.

A lot has happened since our last Newsticker in December 2016.

The European Union Intellectual Property Office has launched the first ever European Blockchain platform to better serve intellectual property offices and their users.

"Stoppt die Zensur", "Wir sind keine Bots" oder "Filter? Nur für Kaffee". Derartige Aufschriften waren 2019 bei österreichischen Demonstrationen gegen die geplante EU-Urheberrechtsreform zu lesen...

There has been a lot of movement and prognosticating lately in the world of IP to gear up for the future of an oft-forgotten