Starting September 1, 2019 Claudia Csáky has been appointed as member to the MARQUES Education Team.

The MARQUES Education Team provides services on education and training issues to the MARQUES organization. MARQUES, founded in 1986, is nowadays the leading European association representing the interests of brand owners.

Claudia Csáky recently acted as verifier for Jan Weiser’s (UNIT4 IP Attorneys at Law) analysis of the decision of the General Court of the European Union of May 8, 2019, T-795/17– Carlos Moreira v. European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) – NEYMAR.

Claudia Csáky recently analysed the decision of the General Court of the European Union of May 8, 2019, T-37/18 – BRAVO v. Brave Paper in INTA Bulletin.

Jakob Widner recently discussed a new law that grants fathers a legal entitlement to one month off work following the birth of their child.

Otto Waechter recently analysed the current status of virtual currency regulations in the European Union and Austrian legislation.

On the occasion of Gunter Nitsche’s 75th birthday Graf Isola celebrated the presentation of the Festschrift: “Corporations and Corporate Law in academia and practice. Festschrift for Gunther Nitsche’s 75th birthday”.

Graf Isola (f.k.a. Graf & Pitkowitz) is delighted about the continous excellent ranking of our lawyers in the Best Lawyers Ranking edition of the German Handelsblatt. The best lawyers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland per practice area were ranked according to a Peer-to-Peer survey conducted by Handelsblatt. Graf Isola once again was named in 9 different areas in the category „Best Lawyers“.

Jakob Widner recently discussed the Supreme Court’s decision on gender-based differences in hairstyles at employer’s request (OGH 9 ObA 4/19g), which the Court held to be discriminatory.

„[Graf Isola's] insolvency and restructuring team covers a wide array of insolvency work, from restructurings, insolvencies and reorganisations to distressed M&A. When not advising debtors, creditors, investors, family-owned businesses, managing directors and board members, co-heads Alexander Isola and Stefan Weileder are routinely appointed as insolvency administrators.“