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By 25 June 2023, the transitional provisions of the Collective Redress Directive should have been applicable throughout the EU. Austria – like several other EU Member States – did not meet this deadline. The following article deals with potential transposition options, for the Collective Redress Directive, by the Austrian legislator.
Chapter 1 - A commercial offence – a brief review of an unjustifiably neglected step between a misdemeanour and a criminal offence.
The Court of Justice’s strike on protectionism in favor of ‘strategic companies’ in the Member States.
Cobalt successfully represented TREV-2 Group in a lawsuit involving a former employee sending several sensitive employer materials to their personal e-mail address shortly before the termination of his employment.
JPM & Partners has successfully represented the interests of Colas Rail in an arbitration proceeding against a subcontractor and its bank.
Sayenko Kharenko has successfully represented Societe BIC in a dispute with the Ukrainian IP office regarding a three-dimensional mark.
Schoenherr has successfully protected the trademark rights of Jaegermeister in a dispute regarding their imitation by a discount private label by obtaining an EU-wide preliminary injunction before Austria's Supreme Court of Justice.
