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Mag. Dr. Lothar WiltschekDownload CV
Born 1948
Admitted 1976
Practice
- Law against Unfair Competition
- Patents
- Employee Inventions
- Trademarks
- Protection of Designs
- Copyright
Memberships
- Board Member of the Austrian Association for Intellectual Property and Copyright (ÖV: www@oev.or.at)
- International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
- International League of Competition Law (LIDC)
- Licensing Executives Society (LES)
- European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW)
- Member of the Presidential Council of the Austrian Standards Institute
Experience
- Since 2004 Wiltschek Rechtsanwälte, Vienna (since 2018: Wiltschek Plasser Rechtsanwälte)
- 1976-2003 Partner of Schönherr Barfuß Torggler, Rechtsanwälte, Vienna
- 1973-1976 Associate at Schönherr Barfuß Torggler, Wien
Education
- 1978 Mag.rer.soc.oec., Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
- 1971 Dr.iur., Vienna University School of Law
Publications
- Special edition of the Unfair Competition Act, by Manz (5th ed. 2022)
- Special edition of the Austrian Patent Law with comments, by Manz (3rd ed. 2013)
- Commentary on the Unfair Competition Act, by Manz (9th ed. 2023 with Michael Horak)
- Annual case-law review “Unfair Competition and Trademark Law in Austria” in the German law journal “Wettbewerb in Recht und Praxis” (WRP) since 1977 (recently with Katharina Majchrzak, WRP 2025, 982, 1125)
- Various articles, annotations and book reviews as well as seminars and lectures regarding Intellectual Property and the law against Unfair Competition.
Awards
- Manz Publishing House Lifetime Achievement Award 2019
Dr. David Plasser, LL.M.Download CV
Born 1980
Admitted 2009
Practice:
- Law against Unfair Competition
- Patents
- Trademarks
- Protection of Designs
- Copyright
- Pharmaceutical Law
- Data Protection
Experience
- 2018-2022 Guest Lecturer at the WU Executive Academy
- 10/2017–2019 Guest Lecturer at the Vienna University of Economics and Business
- 2015-2017 Guest Lecturer at the Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt
- Since January 2009 Attorney at Law at Wiltschek Rechtsanwälte, Vienna (since 2018: Wiltschek Plasser Rechtsanwälte)
- 2006-2009 Associate at Wiltschek Rechtsanwälte, Vienna
- 2004-2006 Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Vienna
- 2003 Clerkship at the Vienna Regional Court
Education
- 2004 LL.M., University of Cambridge
- 2003 Dr. iur., University of Vienna
- 2002 Mag. iur., University of Vienna
Academic Awards
- 2004 Förderpreis der Juristischen Blätter
- 2004 Wolf Theiss Award (publication prize)
Publications
- Many publications in the field of IP Law and the Law against Unfair Competition (see publications)
Languages
German, English