Ján Lazur

Ján is a partner and heads the team dealing with intellectual property and IT issues in Bratislava.

He is an arbitrator of the Arbitration Centre for Alternative Domain Dispute Resolution in Košice, Slovakia. Ján is one of the few legal experts authorised to resolve Slovak top-level domain disputes under the mandatory ADR system.

Ján's clients also value his strength in both contentious and non-contentious matters across commercial and compliance work. He works with national and international clients from the energy, life sciences, technology and media industries, amongst others.

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Career

Since 2016	Partner, Taylor Wessing
2013 – 2016	Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2009 – 2013	Associate, Taylor Wessing e\|n\|w\|c

2005

Trainee, ING Life Insurance Company

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Education

2013	Admitted to the bar, Slovakia
2011	Doctoral degree in Commercial and International Law, Comenius University
2010 – 2011	Postgraduate studies in Commercial Law (LL.M.), University of Cambridge, UK

2004 – 2009

Legal studies, Comenius University

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Publications

‘Green Dot’ Trade Marks Revoked for All Product Classes in Slovakia (co-authored with Radovan Pala), Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice and GRURInt, 2015

Compensation for Damages Caused by Infringement of Public Procurement Rules – European Context and Basis for Slovakian Application (Judiciary Journal), 2014

Significant Changes to Slovakian Copyright law (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice), 2013

The Offence of Breach of Copyright in Light of the Principle of Ultima Ratio (SBAB), 2013

Facebook and YouTube within the Context of Intellectual Property Law, 2012

ACTA Agreement / Megaupload and the Implications for Hosting Services, 2012

Contemporary European Development of trade Mark Infringement Law - Initial Interest Confusion, Post-Sale Confusion, 2011

Current European Development in Trade Mark Infringement Law (IP), 2011

Memberships & Associations

Slovak Bar Association

Additional languages

English

German

Czech

Expertise

Sectors Technology, media & communications Life sciences & healthcare Logistics & transport Artificial intelligence & machine learning

Experience

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Awards

Chambers Europe 2021	Recommended lawyer – Intellectual property: One interviewee states: "He has a very good reputation, really strong knowledge, expertise and experience."
World Trade Mark Review WTR1000 Slovakia 2020	Leading individual: On a local level, first in command, Ján Lazur has been tackling one of the biggest trademark disputes in the country on behalf of DIPLOMAT-DENTAL. He is also is trusted counsel to SK-NIC, which administers the ‘.sk’ domain, as well as London-established Orange Brand Services.
Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2019	Recommended lawyer - Commercial, corporate and M&A (Slovakia)
World Trade Mark Review WTR1000 Slovakia 2018	Leading individual: The versatile Jan Lazur straddles the contentious/non-contentious divide without breaking a sweat.