Intellectual property

Szecskay Attorneys at Law

Szecskay Attorneys at Law places a strong focus on IP, representing clients in trade mark, patent, and copyright infringement cases, as well as trade mark registration and portfolio management. The team provides comprehensive advice on copyright protection across literary, musical, software and database works, including licensing agreements. They are active in telecoms and new technology issues, with a patent litigation practice primarily focused on the pharmaceutical and life sciences sectors. Led by Gusztáv Bacher, a recognised expert in industrial property and copyright law, the team also includes András Szecskay, a highly regarded patent litigator with an extensive litigation and arbitration practice, and Gábor Faludi, who brings expertise in IP and contract law, leveraging prior experience at the Hungarian copyright protection agency. The team offers both local and international expertise.

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Testimonials

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‘Excellent to work with and they give good and prompt advice.’
‘Szecskay Law Firm is one of the most reputable law firms in the country.'
'Szecskay Law Firm has polite, helpful, objective and thorough professionals with outstanding expertise in intellectual property.’
‘We have extensive and long-standing experiences with the firm's intellectual property practice and thus have witnessed on numerous occasions their outstanding skills in this field. Selecting them was a conscious choice as we knew them to be one of the best available in this niche market.’
‘The firm assists us in a highly complicated lawsuit we have launched. We appreciate the combination of IP and procedural skills they bring to the table. Gábor Faludi is a renowned IP expert and scholar. The other attorneys on the team worked expertly and diligently to address all issues occurring in this complex case.’
‘They have great knowledge of the national law so it was very easy to work with them. They answered fast and were very polite.’

Key clients

Zwack Unicum PLC.
Egis Pharmaceuticals PLC
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Richter Gedeon PLC
Hungaropharma PLC
MGI International Sales Co. Limited (Hong Kong) and Latvia MGI Tech SIA (Latvia): members of the Chinese BGI Companies
Tamasu Butterfly Europa GmbH
Fusion Kft.
Bellozzo Kft.
Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co.
Előadóművészi Jogvédő Iroda Egyesület
Bureau for the Protection of Performers’ Rights
British American Tobacco
Terrán Kft.
ART1ST DESIGN STUDIO LLC
VAN BERKEL EN OS U.N. STUDIO B.V. and BURO HAPPOLD Ltd.
KRKA d.d. Novo Mesto
X-Plast Kft.
Lanus Solar Kft.
Volkswagen Group United Kingdom Limited

Work highlights

Representing Egis Pharmaceuticals PLC, a generic pharmaceutical company in Central Eastern Europe, and Hungaropharma PLC, a leading pharmaceutical wholesaler on the Hungarian market, in parallel court proceedings in patent litigations commenced by Bayer AG, which applied for a preliminary injunction against Egis and Hungaropharma based on alleged patent infringement of its patent by our clients' manufacturing/marketing medicines containing the active ingredient rivaroxaban.
Advising a bank in connection with developing modern fintech solutions, and developing the general system of concluding contracts with fintech providers.

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