Martin Prohaska-Marchried

Martin Prohaska-Marchried ist Co-Leiter unserer IP- und IT-Teams in CEE und leitet zudem unsere Sektorgruppe Fertigungsindustrie. Er gilt als einer der führenden österreichischen IP-Anwälte und ist insbesondere für die Beratung zu Urheberrechtsabgaben bekannt.

Martin Prohaska-Marchried wird von Klienten als höchst kreativer und scharfsinniger Anwalt mit umfangreicher Kenntnis im gewerblichen Rechtsschutz geschätzt. Er befasst sich mit strittigen und nicht strittigen Fragen des Geistigen Eigentums, insbesondere mit Marken, unlauterem Wettbewerb, Designrecht, Urheberrecht, Werberecht, Schutz von Know-how (einschließlich der Durchsetzung von Know-how-Rechten) und Beratung in Bezug auf Reverse Engineering. Martin Prohaska-Marchried ist für eine Reihe von Klienten aus den Bereichen Automobilindustrie, Logistik und Transport, Fertigungsindustrie, Lebensmittel und TMT tätig.

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Karriere

Seit 2004	Partner, Taylor Wessing e\|n\|w\|c
2013 – 2015	Projektkoordinator, Projekt "Mock application", INTA
1999 – 2004	Anwalt, Taylor Wessing e\|n\|w\|c

1993 – 1999

Associate, Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c

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Ausbildung

2000	Zulassung als Rechtsanwalt, Österreich
1994 – 1995	Doktorat, Universität Wien
1987 – 1993	Studium der Rechtswissenschaften, Universität Wien

Publikationen

UWG in Fallbeispielen, Co-Autor, WEKA Verlag, 2007

Kurzkommentar zum Produktpirateriegesetz, Co-Autor, NWV Verlag, 2001

laufende Beiträge in der Ecolex - Fachzeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht, seit 1998

„Geheimnisschutz berufsmäßiger Parteienvertreter“ (Berufsgeheimnisse und ihre Anerkennung im Zivilprozess, Strafprozess, Verwaltungsverfahren, Finanzstrafverfahren und Kartellverfahren der EU-Kommission), ausgezeichnet mit dem Kurt Wagner Preis des Österreichischen Notariats, wieder veröffentlicht im Jahr 2015 vom Verlag Manz im Zuge des Handbuchs 'Notarielle Verschwiegenheit', 1998

Mitgliedschaften

Rechtsanwaltskammer Wien

INTA (International Trade Mark Association´s European Commitee on Non Traditional Trade Marks)

Fremdsprachen

Englisch

Expertise

Branchen Technology, Media & Communications Logistik & Transport Fertigungsindustrie Kryptowährungen, Blockchain und Distributed-Ledger-Technologie

Referenzen

Orange on management of over 4500 trade marks globally	Orange on management of its worldwide portfolio of over 4,500 marks in over 190 jurisdictions, including trade mark clearance, devising protection strategies, filing and prosecution, and managing all disputes, oppositions, invalidity and infringement actions.
Successful claim relating to counterfeit and grey goods for Cisco	Cisco on its UK and EU trade marks and on brand infringement, including a long running and high value claim against the directors of a broker (Gen X IT), trading in substantial quantities of counterfeit and grey Cisco branded products.

Awards

Legal500 2021	Recommended lawyer – Intellectual property: "In IP, Partner Martin Prohaska-Marchried is our main point of contact and has been so for many years. We value his very pragmatic view of things which often leads to quick solutions rather than lengthy processes."
Legal500 2021	Recommended lawyer – Intellectual property: "We have been working with Taylor Wessing and in particular Partner Martin Prohaska-Marchried for many, many years and have always been most happy with this cooperation."
Legal500 2021	Recommended lawyer – Intellectual property: "My main contact is Martin Prohaska and I enjoy to work with him. The main reasons are his fast and accurate response time, his personal Integrity, the ideas he brings to my business and his advice on which lawyer in which country could help on topics outside his practice."
Legal500 2021	Recommended lawyer – Intellectual property: "Fast and accurate responses to my questions. – Despite the short reaction time well argued. – Good personal relationship with Martin Prohaska."
Chambers Europe 2021	Recommended lawyer – Intellectual property: "He is a good sparring partner, gives direct feedback, and thinks in advance of what we as a client might need."
Managing Intellectual Property - IP Stars 2020	Trade mark star
Chambers Europe 2020	Leading individual - Intellectual property - Austria: Martin Prohaska-Marchried regularly advises clients on international trade mark and domain portfolios. He additionally acts on opposition and infringement proceedings concerning trade marks and designs. Moreover he assists with unfair competition matters and co-existence agreements. Clients appreciate Prohaska-Marchried for being a "pragmatic and reliable" adviser.
Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2019	Recommended lawyer - Intellectual property (Austria): Practice co-head Martin Prohaska-Marchried specialises in unfair competition litigation, trade mark, design rights and copyright law. He advised Orange in a complex unfair competition and trade mark violation dispute, which was settled. Prohaska-Marchried also successfully represented Eternit Austria in a case seeking a declaration of invalidity of a community design.
Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2019	Recommended lawyer - Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation (Austria)
Managing Intellectual Property - IP Stars 2019	Trade mark star
World Trade Mark Review WTR1000 Austria 2020	Leading individual (Silver): The heartbeat of the practice is the sensational Martin Prohaska-Marchried. In line with the side’s international slant, Prohaska-Marchried “has a strong global network and therefore has local advice and expertise at his fingertips, irrespective of geographical location. He advises in a timely manner, pre-empting any challenges or issues along the way. His explanations are clear, concise and easily understandable to those from a non-legal background.”
Chambers Europe 2018	Leading individual - Intellectual property.
Chambers Global 2018	Leading individual - Intellectual Property
Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2017	Ranked in Legal 500 2017: The ‘very good' Martin Prohaska-Marchried heads the team.
Chambers Global 2017	Leading individual - Intellectual property: Clients value Martin Prohaska-Marchried's "supportive and prompt" responses as well as his availability and practical approach. He is active in portfolio management as well as IP litigation and transactional issues.
World Trade Mark Review WTR1000 Austria 2018	Leading individual: (Silver) The standout figure is Martin Prohaska-Marchried, head of the regional IP and IT group and an expert in manufacturing industries. 'He serves up profound and detailed advice quickly and professionally.'
Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2016	Ranked in Legal 500 2016 as a 'recommended lawyer': "’Experienced IP lawyer’ Martin Prohaska-Marchried heads the ‘service-oriented’ team at Taylor Wessing Austria..."
Managing Intellectual Property - IP Stars 2016	Trade mark star
Chambers Global 2016	Ranked in Chambers Global 2016 as a 'notable practitioner'
World Trade Mark Review WTR1000 Austria 2017	Leading individual: Star litigator Martin Prohaska-Marchried is a consummate anti-counterfeiting czar who recently conducted successful brand enforcement actions for market leaders in the perfume and furniture sectors.