“Energetic young lawyer, who offers clued-up counsel on all brand rights matters, from soup to nuts. Most celebrated for his expertise in digital matters.”
Michael Woller Partner
legal service
ip & unfair commercial practices, unfair competition, technology & digitalisation, start-up services
admitted to the bar
2011
with schoenherr since
2008
education
University of Vienna, Vienna/Austria (Dr. iur. 2010, Mag. iur. 2006)
Danube University Krems, Krems/Austria (LL.M. 2009, MBA 2009)
University of Alicante, Alicante/Spain (Magister Lvcentinvs Community Trademark Special Module 2009)
teaching positions
University of Vienna, Vienna/Austria (since 2016)
imh, Vienna/Austria (since 2014)
Danube University Krems, Krems/Austria (since 2013)
working experience
European center for e-commerce and internet law (E-Center), Vienna/Austria (2004-2007)
Austrian marketing department of an international IT company, Vienna/Austria (2001-2007)
memberships
International Trademark Association (INTA)
International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw)
Judicial Board of the Austrian Association of the Branded Goods Industry
languages
German, English
academic publications
- Praxishandbuch Cloud Computing
- Gift im Markenprodukt
- Die neue Produktpiraterie-Verordnung 2014
- Zuerst brainstormen – dann shitstormen?
- UWG-Verstoß durch unbefugte Gewerbeausübung
- Der Schutz der coolen Business-Idee
- Contribution to Czernich/Deixler-Hübner/Schauer (ed.), Handbuch Schiedsrecht, Manz 2018 (section on IP arbitration and domain disputes).
- Permanent contributor to the Austrian law journal ecolex (overseeing the IP case law section)
- Contribution to Kucsko/Handig (ed.), urheber.recht (2nd edition), Manz 2017 (section on database protection)
- Machine Learning: Whom to Credit, Whom to Blame?, Roadmap 17
- New Generic Top-Level Domains and the Trademark Clearinghouse, Roadmap 15
- Contribution to Kucsko/Schumacher (ed.), marken.schutz (2nd edition), Manz 2013 (section on opposition proceedings)
- Contribution to Feiler/Raschhofer (ed.), Innovation und Rechtspraxis, Praxisschrift für Wolfgang Zankl, wuv 2009
- Various publications on IP, Domain names and unfair competition and procedural law in law journals
- On a regular basis case comments on intellectual property, newTechnologies and unfair competition in Austrian law journal ecolex
schoenherr publications
newsletters
- Influencer Marketing – Austrian Advertising Council Adopts Specific Rules
- Österreich: Selbstlernende Systeme: Wem gehört’s – wer hat Schuld?
- Amendments to Austrian Trademark Law
- Austrian ban on most favored nation clauses in the online travel sector - a benefit to the consumer or the end of online booking services in Austria?
- EU: Liability of Wi-Fi providers for copyright infringements (Case: Tobias McFadden vs Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH)
- One and two character domain names will be available soon under the Austrian ccTLD <.at>
- CJEU rules on liability of marketplace operators for trademark infringements
- EU Trademark System Changes - Practical Effects on Portfolio Management and Strategy
- <.insurance> - A New gTLD Targeting The Insurance Sector
- <.bank> - A New gTLD Targeting the Financial Sector
- EU: Having problems with counterfeits?
- Reselling Used Apps?
- EU: Genuine Use of Community Trademarks Changes due to recent CJEU decision C-149/11
"Always be flexible and prepared to think around the corner in order to achieve the best results."
Michael Woller
Partner
Schottenring 19
A-1010 Vienna
Austria
T: +43 1 534 37 50308
M: +43 664 80060 3308
m.woller@schoenherr.eu
