IP Law Firm of the Year in Austria / Trademark Law Firm of the Year in Austria schmid-ip Dr. Katharina Schmid Owner / Attorney at Law Tel: +43 1 521 75 - 0 office@schmid-ip.at www.schmid-ip.at
When schmid-ip was established in 2007, the idea was to create a boutique law firm with a clear trademarks and IP focus – rendering services at a ‘big law firm’ level but with a personal approach, and tailored individually for the clients’ needs. Dr. Katharina Schmid, schmid-ip owner and attorney at law, noted: “At schmid-ip, we believe that quality matters more than size. However, through a qualified network of local cooperation partners, we can also work in larger teams whenever required. “Our slogan, ‘schmid-ip - trademarks and more IP, advertising, competition and internet law’ reflects our focus and has become ever truer over the past years.” In the field of trade marks, schmid-ip provides the full service range from prosecution to litigation. The firm’s services include: registration, prosecution, enforcement and renewals of trademarks before the Austrian Patent Office, OHIM and the WIPO; oppositions, invalidation and revocation actions against Austrian and Community trade marks; and litigation and anti-counterfeiting lawsuits. Although schmid-ip is predominantly a trade mark law firm, it is also very strong in more fields of IP, such as design and copyright law as well as unfair competition law and related internet law. In the area of IP, the firm’s specialities also comprise industrial designs, copyright and software protection, as well as domain names and conflicts. Fur-
SCHMID-IP | TRADEMARKS & MORE IP
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thermore, Dr. Katharina Schmid is the co-author of a legal commentary on Austrian Unfair Competition law (appeared as 2nd edition last year) and regularly advises in the field of unfair competition law. schmid-ip is member of INTA, LES and GRUR and regularly attends meetings and conferences. In years of practice in Austria and abroad, and through its intensive cooperation with and contacts to personalities at law firms and clients abroad, schmid-ip has built up a considerable international network. Mostly through international referrals, the firm receives a lot of high profile work in Austria for international companies and multinationals. However, it also has a strong local market presence in Austria, serving both SMEs and large companies. In the recent past, the firm’s biggest successes were an amicable settlement of a multi-jurisdictional conflict between an Austrian boutique hotel chain and the owners of a luxury hotel brand, the conclusion of a license agreement ending a conflict between two Austrian television companies, and the negotiation of an IT and software outsourcing contract on behalf of a telecommunications service provider. Dr. Schmid commented: “For the remainder of 2013, we are looking at a couple of very interesting IP litigation cases, and there is a lot more in the pipeline. We are very happy and proud to have received the awards from Corporate INTL, as they clearly prove our business model right and emphasise that our IP boutique firm in Austria is noticed also at an international level. “We trust that the awards will help us gain further confidence of our existing clients but we obviously also hope to attract new clients. Finally, we would really like to say thank you to all those who made this success possible.”
Mid-Market - Capital Markets Law Firm of the Year in Austria monlaw Thomas Mondl / Robert Leuthner Partners Tel: +43-1-535 57 44 office@monlaw.at www.monlaw.at
Remarkable international expertise and local market insights, strategic scope and fast, on-point, legal advice creates a formula of success for monlaw Attorneys at Law, a Vienna-based legal advisors office offering highly personalised legal advice.
• Public procurement • Corporate law
• Banking & finance and capital markets law • M&A • Real estate • IT/IP
Monlaw – We don’t follow, we are leading the way.
Understanding their clients’ need as entrepreneurs, monlaw keeps pace with moving markets in order to ensure adaptability when faced with changing challenges. In recent years, monlaw has been especially remunerated for its team Monlaw – We don’t follow, we are leading the way. of attorneys who are keen to keep a flexible mindset, and are able to develop Merging out of two Vienna-based law firms, monlaw Rechtsanwälte (monlaw innovative solutions to the key issues that are most prevalent for their clients. Attorneys at Law) came onto the scene almost three years ago. Combining long Having been called on national and multinational transactions as adviterm specialised experience in diverse fields of expertise with a boutique law sors, for both companies and financial institutions, the legal advisors at firm flexibility, the firm’s clients have, in turn, responded positively. monlaw are acting efficiently and securely in both fields. Each instruction Besides being elected Capital Markets Law Firm of the Year (2010 Finance is dealt with personally by the partner specialised in the relevant sphere of Monthly Magazine Global Award) and Small Law Firm of the Year (2010 ACQ law. Other partners are naturally involved in working and advising on the Magazine), as well as being named a Recommended M&A Law Firm by the case – if the matter also relates to neighbouring areas of the law, for which Legal 500 ranking, a wide range of projects led by Dr. Thomas Mondl and Robert the firm has specialists (for referrals). Leuthner, LLM (Columbia) has led to the firm’s continued success. monlaw pursues a policy preferring strict quality standards, highly personFields of business that the firm’s clients are coming from remain diverse. alised client-lawyer relations, and arm’s length working processes over rapid Currently, it includes international real estate corporations, IT companies, banks growth. This fosters an innovative and creative approach combined with comand financial service providers as well as private equity companies. Prioritising mercial awareness, which positively effects efficiency and expedites the firm’s client business and business needs, monlaw advises primarily in these areas: capacity to meet its clients’ needs in full.
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