Márk
Kovács

Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Competition Law, Budapest/Hungary (ll.m. 2019)
Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest/Hungary (dr. jur. 2016)

National IP Law Firm, Associate, Budapest/Hungary (2016-2018)
National Law Firm, Trainee, Budapest/Hungary (2014-2015)
National Law Firm, Trainee, Budapest/Hungary (2013-2014)

• Crocodile Attack in New Zealand: Crocodile Intl Pte Ltd v Lacoste decision – Intellectual Property Magazine, 2016 – shared authorship with Máté Bede.

• to the point: technology & digitalisation | November 2020

• Trade Secret Protection across CEE

• Keep your records clean: Why it is absolutely necessary to keep trademark registers up to date

• cee overview - business to consumer protection

• Unfair trade practices in the food retail sector in Hungary: Will the new UTP Directive bring substantial changes?

• How fast can you get a trademark in Central & Eastern Europe?

• Interview with the Acting Vice President for Legal Affairs of the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office

• HCA uses its powers to uncover roots of record-high food inflation

• Amendments to the Hungarian Trademark Act in 2023

• Amendments to the Hungarian Competition Act in 2023: inflation has spilled over into the HCA's procedures

• Hungary: Not every fairy tale has a happy ending: the story of the Gömböc 3D trademark application

• Hungary: Competition authority publishes results of accelerated sectoral inquiry into COVID rapid tests market in Hungary – resulting in instant changes to the market

• Don't wait too long to enforce your IP rights, especially Community plant variety rights

• New Hungarian government decree on patent protection: encouragement of patents vs. threat of compulsory licensing

• Hungary: Particularities of Copyright Reform Act

• Hungary implemented CDSM and SatCab Directives, most rules effective 1 June 2021

• Status of Intellectual Property Offices in CEE

• Hungary: More pressure selling in hotel booking sector – cooperation with HCA prevents substantial fine

• Hungary: What to consider in competition law with Covid-19

• Hungary: Increased fines – HCA targets telecom companies

• Rising focus on HCA settlement proceedings – case law round-up l Hungary

• IP Right Enforcement in the EU: CJEU Reduces Claimant's Liability Risk when Seeking Preliminary Injunctions

• By cash or card? HCA releases findings of sector inquiry into bank card acceptance market

• Digital consumer protection in action – HCA launches market study into digital comparison tools

• Hungary: HCA's recent practice: cooperation and commitments

• Major changes in trade secret protection are coming to Hungary

• Hungary: Influencers have been targeted by the HCA, but what about buying followers?