Publications

Claudia Csáky recently acted as verifier for Jan Weiser’s (UNIT4 IP Attorneys at Law) analysis of the decision of the General Court of the European Union of May 8, 2019, T-795/17– Carlos Moreira v. European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) – NEYMAR. .. more

Claudia Csáky recently analysed the decision of the General Court of the European Union of May 8, 2019, T-37/18 – BRAVO v. Brave Paper in INTA Bulletin. .. more

Jakob Widner recently discussed a new law that grants fathers a legal entitlement to one month off work following the birth of their child. .. more

Otto Waechter recently analysed the current status of virtual currency regulations in the European Union and Austrian legislation. .. more

Nikolaus Pitkowitz recently analysed the Supreme Court’s evaluation of a hybrid arbitration agreement. .. more

On the occasion of Gunter Nitsche’s 75th birthday Graf & Pitkowitz celebrated the presentation of the Festschrift: “Corporations and Corporate Law in academia and practice. Festschrift for Gunther Nitsche’s 75th birthday”. .. more

Since December 2018, an amendment to the Vienna Building Regulations prohibits the short-term letting of rooms in residential zones. This means that it is no longer possible to rent apartments on platforms such as Airbnb in large parts of Vienna. Real estate specialist Martin Foerster examines the associated effects in his latest article. .. more

Jakob Widner recently discussed the Supreme Court’s decision on gender-based differences in hairstyles at employer’s request (OGH 9 ObA 4/19g), which the Court held to be discriminatory. .. more

Claudia Csáky and Isabella Wiener recently analysed a decision of the Supreme Court (OGH 4Ob213/18d), whether the infringer of a registered Community design has to hand over the entire net profit or just a share of profit earned due to its use of an infringed design. .. more

In the recent ILO newsletter Alexander Isola and Fran Gebauer analysed the impact of restructuring plans on non-participating creditors. .. more