Anwälte Burger und Partner Rechtsanwalt Gmbh (ABP)

Austrian, European and international trademark, design, copyright, domain and competition law, IP contracts, Monitoring IP rights

Partner, Attorney-at-Law

Partner of Anwälte Burger und Partner Rechtsanwalt GmbH since 2008. Clemens Ofner has been specialized in intellectual property rights for many years and is nationally and internationally active in prosecution as well as litigation regarding the field of IP.

Managing several thousand national and international trademark and design patent applications in more than 100 countries Representing Austrian companies in trademark law proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg Advising and assisting Austrian and Swiss companies during lawsuits in the field of trademark and competition law in Germany Registering an abstract color trademark with the EUIPO Defensive actions at an industrial company because of a house search due to a trademark infringement Challenging a Swiss company infringing a trademark at a well-known online merchant Defense against a damage claim due to trademark infringement in a multi-instance trial up to the Austrian Supreme Court of Justice for an industrial company Drafting of an IP strategy for an Austrian listed company Out-of-court settlement of an international copyright dispute between a renowned Austrian company and an American artist Resolution of disputes regarding copyright claims of a freelancer against a company Defensive actions for a company due to alleged copyright infringement up to the Austrian Supreme Court of Justice

German, English

MARQUES, ECTA, INTA

Law Studies at the Johannes Kepler University Linz Doctorate in Law (Dr. jur.) in 2000 Dissertation topic: “The trademark as an asset and brand evaluation” Austrian bar examination in 2004