Intellectual property and trade secrets are essential company assets. The core topics of this recent ICC seminar were building awareness for protection of these assets, pro-active risk management, and specialized international dispute resolution mechanisms. Teresa Bogensberger gave insight on IP protection by official registration and by private contracts on a national and international level. Participants were especially…

Even the hard-working Senior Co-Chair of the IBA’s vibrant Litigation Committee occasionally gets to enjoy some Down (under) Time with some Committee members, who cruised around the Sydney Harbor on a Star Wars-like ship for a Thursday lunch.   KNOETZL partner, Bettina Knoetzl, after organizing and conducting a memorable and packed, global litigation showcase on cultural…

Florian Haugeneder, KNOETZL Partner, is moderating a Tylney Hall style discussion of topical issues of international arbitration. Discussants: Eliane Fischer, Anne-Karin Grill, Univ.-Prof. Paul Oberhammer, Philipp A. Peters, Markus Schifferl, Date: Monday, 30 October 2017. Location: Juridicum Dachgeschoss, Schottenbastei 10-16, 1010 Vienna. Time: 18:00

On 22 September 2017, the second annual Eastern European Dispute Resolution Forum was held in Minsk, Belarus. The organizing partner of the forum was SBH Law Office. Entitled: “Prove it if you can!”, this year’s conference gave participants the chance to explore the nuanced, jurisdictionally diverse, and critical subject of the taking of evidence. KNOETZL…

Judith Schacherreiter, KNOETZL senior associate, lectured recently at the Vienna University for Economics and Business Administration, about the law applied in an action for indemnity properly allocated between insurers. On 14 September 2017, the “ZVR Verkehrsrechtstag” took place at the Vienna University for Economics and Business Administration. This was the 14th edition of the largest event…