Mag. Rainer Schultes

Intellectual Property Law including patent Law, in particular enforcement and defence of property rights in litigious proceedings; competition law, information technology, pharmaceutical law, medical device law, competition law

1994-1998: University of Vienna, Faculty of Law
1997-1998: University of Urbino, Italy

Vienna Bar Association
Board Member of the Austrian Association for Intellectual Property and Copyright
AIPPI, GRUR, AIGLI, LES, LIDC, INTA
Italian Chamber of Commerce in Austria

2001-2002: Associate at Weiss-Tessbach Rechtsanwälte GmbH
2002–2005: Associate at Gassauer-Fleissner Rechtsanwälte GmbH
2005–2008: Attorney at law at Gassauer-Fleissner Rechtsanwälte GmbH
since 2008: Attorney at law at e│n│w│c Attorneys at Law, Vienna

• eBay responsible for (some) trademark infringements, chemiereport 7/2011
• Software Patents Worldwide, Austrian Chapter, looseleaf, co-author with Heger, Weinzinger, KluwerLaw, 2011
• Information of patients: ECJ one step ahead, chemiereport 5/2011
• Trademarks on the move, chemiereport 3/2011
• Grey areas in design protection, Chemiereport 1/2011
• Income-tax reduction for the exploitation of inventions and the inventive step in Germany and Austria, ecolex 2010, 894
• „Thumbnails“ and „Keyword-Advertising“, Chemiereport 5/2010
• News on the scope of swiss type claims, ÖBl 2010, 172
• Gap in the patent protection for nutrinal supplements, Chemiereport 3/2010
• Licencability of TV-formats, Co-author with Demetz, ecolex 2010, 264
• CE-Mark – A lot of Books, a lot of Seals, Chemiereport 1/2010
• Re-packaging of parallel imported pharmaceuticals, Chemiereport 7/2009
• Parallel importation of pharmaceuticals into the USA , Co-author with Grünzweig, wbl wbl 2009, 437
• The suspensory effect with regard to cease and desist claims, ecolex 2009, 686
• Comment on OGH 17 Ob 26/08k – Pantoprazol I, ÖBl 2009, 191
• Comment on OGH 17 Ob 18/08h – Losartan, on the direct applicability of TRIPS, GRURInt 2009,612
• Mind the mark – or keep your trademark in mind, Chemiereport 3/2009
• Saving licences in case of insolvency– Co-author with Stossier, der Standard, 18. 3. 2009
• Anti-corruptive laws – Between criminal law and Medicinal Products Act, Chemiereport 1/2009
• Comment on OGH 17 Ob 6/08v – Bicalutamid II, equivalence of process-patents, GRURInt 2008,1047
• The train goes on! New power for process-patents - Chemiereport 7/2008
• Comment on Supreme Court 4Ob 27/08m - imitation of cigarette, ÖBl 2008, 325
• ”Patent law” and "licence agreements" in Straberger, Comunity law - Manual for the Austrian legal practice, [2008]
• Explosive licences - Emerging new risks for breaches of competion law? Chemiereport 5/2008
• Patent-law liability of social insurance providers and the Social Security Association, ÖBl 2008, 116, co-author with Gassauer-Fleissner/Rittler
• Ultimate destination appeal-court - Lack of legal-protection in patent litigation? Chemiereport 3/ 2008
• Pharmamarketing skating on thin ice, Chemiereport, 1/08
• Design protection without registration?, Protezione del disegno senza registrazione?, www.italcham.at
• The Community Design in particular relation to Austria, ECTA Gazette no. 54, 2007
• Comment on Supreme Patent and Trademark Senate’s decision – Omeprazol, ÖBl 2006, 191
• Comment on Supreme Court decision on validity of Swiss Type Claims of Patents, ÖBl 2005, 86, co-author with Gassauer-Fleissner
• The patent attorney is still necessary for the appropriate prosecution of an action, ÖBl 2002, 265, co-author with Gassauer-Fleissner

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