About

  • Andras’s practice focuses on technology-related disputes and technology transfers.
  • He advises and represents clients in patent, know-how and utility model litigation.
  • He is experienced in freedom-to-operate advice.
  • Andras is very comfortable with advising on legal aspects of R&D cooperation between industry actors and universities/institutes.
  • He coordinates technology-related legal aspects of investments and M&A transactions.
  • He handles European Patent validation cases.
  • Andras’s expertise covers protectability of 3D trademarks.
  • Andras specialises in sectors including Agriculture and Food, Automotive, Construction and Construction Materials, Energy and Natural Resources, Life sciences, Technology and Innovation.

Recent work

  • Advising and representing an innovative provider of wastewater treatment technology in patent and know-how infringement litigation.
  • Representing Gömböc Kft. before the Court of Justice of the European Union and Hungarian courts regarding the trademarkability of the shape of “GÖMBÖC.”
  • Advising HELL Energy and Quality Pack on various transactions, providing freedom-to-operate advice.
  • Representing QX World, a manufacturer of biofeedback-based medical devices before the General Court of the EU, and representing QX World before Hungarian courts in respect of know-how infringement litigation.
  • Representing a Slovak nuclear power plant engineering company in utility model infringement litigation.
  • Advising various pharma and biotech companies on several aspects of the Bolar exemption.

Professional Background

  • Graduated from Eötvös Loránd University in 2012.
  • Admitted to the Budapest Bar in 2016.
  • Previous experience at an IP Boutique.
  • Currently studying Chemical Engineering at the University of Debrecen.
  • Member of the Body of Experts on Industrial Property (“Iparjogvédelmi Szakértői Testület”).
  • Member of the AIPPI and the Hungarian Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright.
  • Regular speaker at the conferences of the Hungarian Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright.

Publications

Awards

  • IAM1000 – Ranked as a Rising Star in patent litigation and transactions.
  • IP Stars – Ranked as a Rising Star in patents.

Languages

  • Hungarian
  • English

Practice areas

Intellectual Property

Sector experience

Agriculture and Food Automotive Construction & Construction Materials Life Sciences, Pharma Technology and Innovation Energy and Natural Resources