Binder Grösswang - a top tier firm in WTR 1000 / World Trademark Review

World Trademark Review has released its annual legal directory "WTR 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals".

Ivo Rungg, partner and head of the IP/IT departement has again been recognised as a leading trandemark lawyer in Austria: "service-orientated, top-tier lawyer with a profound comprehension of trademark law".

Also ranked is counsel Hellmut Buchroithner, "a soft IP and unfair competition whizz with a sound understanding of clients’ priorities".

In its seventh edition, WTR 1000 is an annual research directory focusing exclusively on trade mark practices and practitioners in over 70 jurisdictions worldwide. 

WTR 1000, edition 2017, on Binder Grösswang:

“Efficient, practical and entrepreneurial”, WTR 1000 newcomer Binder Grösswang has swiftly moved to the head of the pack for soft IP services. With a long history in contract law and mergers and acquisitions, it dispenses commercially attuned advice on trademark-driven deals; it recently assisted the International Olympic Committee with branding and film rights licensing. A “strong international focus” allows it to “handle cross-border portfolio management smoothly”, as evidenced by its astute management of global brand rights for Estee Lauder, Lenzing and THQ Nordic, and far-sighted prosecution for LVMH, Superdry and Coca-Cola. A key ally in the fight against fakes, the firm is hawkish in its pursuit of imitators on behalf of brands such as Harley-Davidson. Finding “creative and pragmatic solutions for patrons”, Ivo Rungg is a “service-orientated, top-tier lawyer with a profound comprehension of trademark law”. Backing him up is seasoned counsel Hellmut Buchroithner, a soft IP and unfair competition whizz with a “sound understanding of clients’ priorities”.

 To read the full commentary about the 2017 WTR1000 rankings, click here: worldtrademarkreview.com