WHAT THE GROUP DOES

Established in 1989, IT IP Law Group Europe is a network of independent law firms that has members in countries across Europe.

Our pan-European network, the first and largest of its kind, gives you the benefits of:

  • speedy access to specialist IT and IP lawyers across Europe
  • a network with demonstrable experience of team work on pan-European assignments, projects and litigation
  • extensive experience of providing IT and IP legal services within Europe to local and overseas companies and other law firms
  • a cost effective approach to obtaining expert advice on IP and IT legal issues within Europe


The IT IP Law Group Europe established an expert plattform on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (www.gdpr-expert.com): GDPR-expert, a unique tool to get to know the new EU Regulation on personal data. For each provision of the Regulation, the plattform shows you:

  • the corresponding provision in the (former) Directive
  • the corresponding provision in the country you have selected
  • a short analysis on “Where do we come from?”
  • a short analysis on “Where are we heading to?”
  • a short analysis on the problems one may expect.
  • As an option, for each provision, you may also display/hide the recital(s) and the draft Regulation.

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A general request will be send to the executive committee of the IT IP Law Group Europe (itiplg.eu).

Contact Information



Mrs. Maria Lindegård Eiderholm

ITIP Law Group President
  • SWEDEN: Sturegatan 46, SE-114 36 Stockholm
  • +46856208000
  • m.eiderholm@linsax.se
  • www.linsax.se

 

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ABOUT THE GROUP

The Group elects its president usually for a two years´term. The current president is Mrs. Maria Lindegård Eiderholm supported by the executive committee, Mr Aron Laszlo (president elect) and Mr. John Warchus (past president).

Former presidents were

  • John Warchus
  • Max W. Mosing
  • Etienne Wéry
  • Kristian Foss
  • Kim Hansen
  • Sophia Komna
  • Dietrich Beier
  • Pietro Tamburrini
  • Emil Neff
  • Enrique J. Batalla
  • Dinant Oosterbaan
  • Ranald Robertson

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Our Members

 
GEISTWERT Rechtsanwälte Lawyers Avvocati

AUSTRIA: GEISTWERT are five lawyers whose shared interest for intellectual property (IP) and (information) technology (IT) brought us together. As experienced and recognized experts in the area of IP rights and related fields, we founded GEISTWERT in the year 2014.

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Dr. Max W. Mosing +43 1 585 03 03 30 max.mosing@geistwert.at

 
Ulys

BELGIUM: Ulys was founded in 2002. It is an international Law Firm established in and Belgium. The success of ULYS concept is to provide a global solution due to its specialization and its localization and Brussels. Indeed, the Firm develops itself around the departments New Technologies, Intellectual Property, and Media & Entertainment.

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Etienne Wéry +32 2 340 88 10 info@ulys.net

 
Dimitrov, Petrov & Co.

BULGARIA: Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. is a distinguished full range business law firm globally recognized for its in-depth knowledge and expertise in the key areas of business law – corporate, banking and securities, information technologies, privacy and data protection, intellectual property, telecommunications, competition, life sciences, real estates, construction, taxation, energy, public procurements, litigation, employment and social security.

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Desislava Krusteva +359 2 421 42 01 desislava.krusteva@dpc.bg

 
Všetečka Zelený Švorčík & Partners

CZECHIA: Všetečka Zelený Švorčík & Partners, Law and Patent Office, continues traditions of the former Advokátní poradna č. 10 with the purpose to maintain the long-standing tradition of high-quality legal services in intellectual property and commercial law. Our firm assists a number of domestic and foreign firms in handling their legal affairs in the Czech Republic and abroad. With over fifty members of our team, we are one of the largest firms on the relevant market.

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Martin Švorčík +420 224 94 2433 martin.svorcik@sak-alo.cz

 
Integra Advokater

DENMARK: Integra Advokater was founded in February 2008 by attorney-at-law Henrik Mansfeldt Witt and attorney-at-law Kim G. Hansen, who both have extensive experience in IT and IP-matters.

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Kim G. Hansen +45 70 20 74 27 kgh@integralaw.dk

 
Cabinet André R. Bertrand & Associés

FRANCE: Cabinet André R. Bertrand & Associés was founded in 1997 the firm – which has 3 partners-  is totally dedicated to intellectual property, information technology and unfair competition law.

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André Bertrand +33 1 53 30 78 90 info@cabinetbertrand.com

 
Rossbach & Beier Rechtsanwälte

GERMANY: Rossbach & Beier is a boutique firm of experienced lawyers. We have over 20 years of specialized experience in Intellectual Property Law, Copyright law, IT and media law. Having spent many years as partners in internationally focussed firms, we know that our clients count on personal relations, speed and practical skills, beyond top professional and legal competence. We are glad to offer all this with the efficiency of an IP/IT boutique serving both national and international clients.

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Dietrich Beier +49 89 41 07 47 16 beier@rossbach-beier.com

 
Carsten Niemer Sophia Komna & Partners Law Offices

GREECE: We are a full service, Athens based law firm, operating throughout Greece, staffed and run by highly qualified and experienced lawyers.

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Sophia Komna +30 210 6411 928/929 sk@otenet.gr

 
Oppenheim Law Firm

HUNGARY: Oppenheim is widely recognized as market leading law firm in Hungary in the vast majority of its practice areas by the principal ranking agencies, including Legal500, Chambers and Partners, Practical Law Company and IFLR.

Our IT/IP practice is recognized for providing first class, user-friendly legal advice in all fields of intellectual property and information technology law. Our people working in this practice have benefited from specific in-depth legal instruction, both in Hungary and internationally. We have acquired extensive practical knowledge and skills by working for a diverse portfolio of international and Hungarian clients, from large multinational companies to start-ups.

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Aron LASZLO +36 (1) 486 2200 aron.laszlo@oppenheimlegal.com

 
Acuatus

IRELAND: Acuatus is a boutique intellectual property law firm and European trade mark agency founded in 2016.  We offer personalised representation by senior intellectual property practitioners and litigation solicitors who have international experience in both commercial and IP dispute work.  Our aim is to provide a “big firm” level of expertise and service but on a personalised and cost-effective basis.

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Alistair Payne +353 1 9618928 alistairpayne@acuatus.com

 
ISL Studio Legale di Alberto Savi & Associati

ITALY: The firm was founded with the name “Tamburrini Savi & Associati”. It works in partnership with P4I – Partners4Innovation srl, a company that provides advisory services and coaching to digital innovation and business support for companies and public administrations. ISL Team operates in the fields of civil, criminal and administrative law, but pays always great attention to the discussion and management of legal issues related to banking law and in the field of luxury and fashion, large distribution and multy-utility.

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Alberto Savi +39 02.55182741 alberto.savi@studioisl.it

 
Muscat Mizzi Advocates

MALTA: Muscat Mizzi Advocates is a partnership of four lawyers established in 2016, with each lawyer specialised in distinct disciplines within the commercial law practice. Our services are streamlined into three departments, being; dispute resolution, transactional advisory and financial regulatory consultancy.

 

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Timothy Spiteri +00356 99310288 info@muscatmizzi.com

 
Ventoux

NETHERLANDS: Ventoux  is a young firm of experienced lawyers. We have over 15 years of specialized experience in Intellectual Property and IT Law. The founders have spent many years as partners in internationally focused firms and offer their services with the efficiency of an IT/IP boutique serving both national and international Clients.

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Reinout Rinzema +31 30 298 2460 reinout.rinzema@ventouxlaw.com

 
Bull & Co Advokatfirma AS

NORWAY: Tech and IP oriented full service law firm of 40 lawyers, offering boutique style service. Trusted by international clients for over a 100 years, yet we can promise the fresh approach of highly talented lawyers, a young mindset and a good gender mix.

 

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Kristian Foss +4797062655 kristian.foss@bull.no

 
Gołębiowska Krawczyk Roszkowski i Partnerzy

POLAND: In GKR legal we provide comprehensive, on-going legal service for enterprises. We keep our Clients up to date on changes in law which may affect their business. 20 years of presence in the field of legal advisory in Poland enables us to provide targeted, tailored-made legal support.

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Anna Gołębiowska & Rafał Roszkowski ++ 48 22 350 78 20 a.golebiowska@gkrlegal.pl

 
APTS – Alves Pereira & Teixeira de Sousa, S.P., R.L.

PORTUGAL: APTS is a Portuguese law firm founded in 1990, with considerable experience in IT, IP, media and advertising matters. We are driven to do well, to seek solutions and to obtain results for our clients.

 

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João P. Alves Pereira +351 21 370 01 90 info@alvespereira.com

 
DB Law Office

ROMANIA: DB Law Office is a boutique firm founded by an experienced lawyer in the field of Intellectual Property & IT Law, Data Protection & Privacy, Advertising & Consumer Protection, TMT, Life Sciences & Healthcare. The international directory WTR 1000 ranked Delia Belciu, the partner of the office  as a “Leading Trademark Professional (Silver Band)” in its 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 editions, in the Gold Band in its 2019 and 2020 editions and DB Law office in the Silver Band in its 2019 and 2020 editions, while Managing Intellectual Property recommends Delia as an “IP Star” in its 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 editions. WTR Global Leaders has included in 2020 Delia Belciu and DB Law Office within the Romanian trademark elite, while Expert Guide recommended in 2020 Delia Belciu as an expert on trademarks.

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Delia Belciu +40(743) 023 286 delia.belciu@db-law.ro

 
Baranchikov IP & IT Attorneys

RUSSIA: Baranchikov is a one-stop IP & IT law boutique. It is one of few Russian firms who deal with software patents. Apart from Russia, they represent in 11 CIS countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

 

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Alexander Baranchikov +7 495 662 80 05 info@baranchikov.com

 
MSA IP Milojevic Sekulic & Associates

SERBIA: MSA specializes in prosecution and litigation of trademarks, patents and designs, as well as in enforcement of intellectual property rights. Its expertise encompasses all areas of intellectual property law to include Providing opinions on the registrability of trademarks, patents and designs, Searches, Filing, prosecution and maintenance, Assignments and licensing, Enforcing intellectual property rights through litigation, negotiation and Arbitration, Anti-counterfeiting activities, and Domain name registrations and dispute Resolution.

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Vuk Sekulic +381 11 785 68 20 vuk.sekulic@msa-iplaw.com

 
KRUŽLIAK Advokátska kancelária

SLOVAKIA:

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Peter KRUŽLIAK +421-(0)-905-768-848 pkruzliak@kruzliak.sk

 
M&AD 4LAW

SPAIN: M&AD 4LAW is a full range business law firm integrated by a team of liberal professionals bringing together more than twenty years of experience in the legal, economic and tax fields.

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Antonio Crespo +34 91 816 28 15 acrespo@m8ad4law.com

 
Advokatfirman Lindberg & Saxon AB

SWEDEN: Advokatfirman Lindberg & Saxon is an independent Swedish commercial law firm that was established in 1974 by its founders Jan Lindberg and Anders Saxon. The legal practice has been conducted under the name Advokatfirman Lindberg & Saxon since 1989.

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Maria Lindegård Eiderholm +46 8 5620 8000 m.eiderholm@linsax.se

 
Neff Legal

SWITZERLAND: Neff Legal provides to clients  a professional, responsive, practical and flexible legal service. Before  Neff Legal was founded, Dr. Emil F. Neff practised as a partner in other law firms in Zurich.

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Dr. Emil F. Neff +41 44 200 33 33 emil.neff@nefflegal.ch

 
CBL Law Office

TURKEY: CBL Law Office is an independent boutique law firm in Istanbul, Turkey, established in 2010, offering a diverse range of legal services particularly in Information Technology and Intellectual Property fields, including prosecution services for intellectual property rights, aside from offering legal services on entertainment and media law, as well as contracts and corporate commercial law.

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Ceylin Beyli, LL.M +90 212 3471865 info@beylegal.com

 
Arzinger Law Firm

Ukraine: Arzinger is a company, where people know the laws perfectly and can use this knowledge. A team of world-class experts, we do not only handle cases. We go deeply into the core of client business to find the most effective and transparent solutions that will work best for our customers’ reputation.

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Kateryna Oliinyk +38 044 390 55 33 Kateryna.oliinyk@arzinger.ua.

 
Moore Barlow LLP

UNITED KINGDOM: Moore Barlow LLP is a leading full-service commercial law firm with a proven track record across the UK and internationally. We are the legal adviser to entrepreneurs, fast growing businesses and a number of multinationals and FTSE 250 companies and offer all of the services you would expect from a commercial law firm, specialising in IT, IP and related areas of law.

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John Warchus +447966569299 john.warchus@moorebarlow.com


 

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HONORARY MEMBERS

Dr. Michael Wolner

Austrian representative of the IT LAW GROUP EUROPE for many years, before he left for inhouse counseling to a worldwide market leader in outsourcing, was elected as honorary member of our group in view of his excellent legal and strategic contributions over the years and acknowledging our friendship with him.

Dr. Jochen Pagenberg

Germany, one of the early members of the ITLAW Group Europe with his firm Bardehle Pagenberg dedicated his professional life to Intellectual Property law and by its inherent relations also to IT law to which he contributed also publications such as a commentary on software licensing. Jochen Pagenberg became a honorary member of the ITLAW Group Europe in 2011.

Mr. Ranald Robertson

United Kingdom, co-founder of the ITLAW Group Europe in 1989 retired from the group after almost twenty years of passionate work in the IT sector and for the group. In view of his extraordinary contribu-tions to the development of our network and his appreciated friendship he became a honorary member of the IT Law Group Europe.


EUROPEAN LAW

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

Intellectual property rights (IP) – trademarks, trade names, copyrights, designs, domain names, neighbouring rights, patents, databases, goodwill and know how – have become more and more important as business assets.

Member firms assists multinationals as well as start-ups in the development, implementation and protection of new business models by providing a legal framework to safeguard and exploit the creation of intellectual capital by innovations. We help you identifying, protecting, making available, structuring, licensing and enforcing your IP rights where necessary.

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The overall purpose is to provide valuable information and tips to foreign practitioners. Whether you are currently engaged in a litigation or contemplating this option, this Guide will help foreign practitioners to understand better how such litigation will take place. To the extent possible, the authors have tried to make it comprehensible for any foreign lawyer, regardless his or her country of origin. The reader will hopefully obtain useful insights on the basics and some more detailed analysis of the subjects addressed. As far as possible, the authors have included the case law from the European Court of Justice. As a guide, it obviously cannot deal in great depth with all subjects, nor can it cover every area encompassed by this broad field. If you need to organize a specific support or representation for your client, feel free to contact us or our members.

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EUROPEAN LAW

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW

IT Law is the short version of Information-Technology Law that is also known as “computer law”,  “EDP law”, “information law”, “multi-media law” and “software law”.

IT Law is an interdisciplinary field involving several different regulations that are applicable to information-technology related cases. In many cases, industrial and intellectual property rights, copyrights, media laws, data privacy laws and labour laws are concerned. Commonly, administrative regulations, corporate laws, banking and finance regulations as well as the laws on cyber crimes equally apply.

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The overall purpose is to provide valuable information and tips to foreign practitioners. Whether you are currently engaged in a litigation or contemplating this option, this Guide will help foreign practitioners to understand better how such litigation will take place. To the extent possible, the authors have tried to make it comprehensible for any foreign lawyer, regardless his or her country of origin. The reader will hopefully obtain useful insights on the basics and some more detailed analysis of the subjects addressed. As far as possible, the authors have included the case law from the European Court of Justice. As a guide, it obviously cannot deal in great depth with all subjects, nor can it cover every area encompassed by this broad field. If you need to organize a specific support or representation for your client, feel free to contact us or our members.

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EUROPEAN LAW

EUROPEAN LAW

The European Union has its own legal order which is separate from international law and forms an integral part of the legal systems of the Member States. The legal order of the Union is based on its own sources of law. Given the varied nature of these sources, a hierarchy had to be established among them. Primary legislation is at the top of the hierarchy and is represented by the Treaties and general legal principles. This is followed by international agreements concluded by the Union, and secondary legislation, which is based on the Treaties.

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The overall purpose is to provide valuable information and tips to foreign practitioners. Whether you are currently engaged in a litigation or contemplating this option, this Guide will help foreign practitioners to understand better how such litigation will take place. To the extent possible, the authors have tried to make it comprehensible for any foreign lawyer, regardless his or her country of origin. The reader will hopefully obtain useful insights on the basics and some more detailed analysis of the subjects addressed. As far as possible, the authors have included the case law from the European Court of Justice. As a guide, it obviously cannot deal in great depth with all subjects, nor can it cover every area encompassed by this broad field. If you need to organize a specific support or representation for your client, feel free to contact us or our members.

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our history

The IT IP Law Group Europe was established in a Meeting in London on April 5, 1989 in the offices of Stephenson Harwood. Law firms from the UK, France, Austria, Switzerland and The Netherlands sent their representatives to this inaugural Meeting. The representatives were Ranald Robertson (UK), André Bertrand (France), Arthur Wolff (Austria), Emil Neff (Switzerland) and Dinant Oosterbaan (The Netherlands). Click to download Minutes inaugural Meeting April 5, 1989 .

The Meeting decided to form an europeanwide Group of lawfirms specializing in Information Technology Law and to co-operate in this area. It was further decided to issue a „Newsletter“ (hardcopies) with short articles and news in the legal area of IT law, and to distribute this „Newsletter“ worldwide to clients, prospects, Computer Law Association and ADAPSO and other interested persons and companies to promote the group and the legal services of its member firms. The target date for the public announcement of the formation of the Group and the issue of the first Newsletter was May 23, 1989, to coincide with the Computer Law Association meeting to be held in Washington DC on that date. During the first meeting the member firms decided to give priority to identifying new member firms for Germany, Spain, Sweden and Belgium.    

The second Meeting of the Group was held on June 8, 1989 in Paris. It focussed on the identificationof new member firms in other countries and the Meeting also decided on the Logo oft he IT Law Group Europe and its registration under the trade mark laws. Since the first issue of the Newsletter was a great success, the Meeting decided to reprint it, and to issue No 2 in September 1989 and No 3 in December 1989.  

The group held its 3rd Meeting already on October 1, 1989 in Strasbourg, now with newly acquired member firms of Germany (Jochen Pagenberg) and Italy (Pietro Tamburrini). On January 29, 1990 the President of the group, Ranald Robertson, was welcoming new member firms of Belgium (Michel Flamé) and Sweden (Raoul Smitt). In the course of the next few years the group was constantly growing. During the two annual Meetings the IT Lawyers were successfully co-operating, issuing Newsletters, organizing conferences for clients , exchanging know-how and giving client refernces to each other.  

After a few years only the group extended its activities also to countries in Eastern Europe and the the group is planning to further grow and intesivate the co-operation in the coming years.


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