You can find all the information of Austria about trademarks, patents, utility models, copyrights, registered designs, and all other IP rights.

 

Office Address


AUSTRIAN PATENT OFFICE

Dresdner Straße 87

POB 95

A-1200 Vienna

Austria

 

For enquiries or comments

Advisory service from Mo to Fri 09:00 to 14:00 (central European time UTC+1/ central European summer time UTC+2) with the exception of National holidays

Telephone (customer center): +43 (1) 53424 76
Telephone (general): +43 (1) 53424 0 (line open from  Mo to  Fri 08:00 – 16:00)
Fax: +43 (1) 53424 535
E-mail: info@patentamt.at
Website :  www.patentamt.at

 

Find below a list of IP actors available in this country. They are classified along the following categories :

 NameRegionWebsite
Continous Training/Education Wirtschaftskammer Österreich Austrian Chamber of CommerceAustriawko.at
 Wirtschaftskammer WienViennawkw.at
 Wirtschaftskammer NiederösterreichLower Austriawko.at/noe
 Wirtschaftskammer OberösterreichUpper Austriawko.at/ooe
 Wirtschaftskammer BurgenlandBurgenlandwko.at/bgld
 Wirtschaftskammer SalzburgSalzburginnovationsservice.at
 Wirtschaftskammer SteiermarkStyriawko.at/stmk
 Wirtschaftskammer KärntenCarinthiawko.at/ktn
 Wirtschaftskammer TirolTyrolwko.at/tirol/tiz
 Wirtschaftskammer VorarlbergVorarlbergwko.at/vlbg
 WIFI WienViennawifiwien.at
 WIFI OberösterreichUpper Austriaooe.wifi.at
 WIFI SteiermarkStyriastmk.wifi.at
 WIFI NiederösterreichLower Austrianoe.wifi.at
 WIFI TirolTyroltirol.wifi.at
 WIFI VorarlbergVorarlbergvlbg.wifi.at
 WIFI BurgenlandBurgenlandbgld.wifi.at
 WIFI KärntenCarinthiafifikaernten.at
 WIFI SalzburgSalzburgwifisalzburg.at
 NameRegionWebsite
Initial Training/Education Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH – ipp innovationsschutzprogramm Innovation protection Program of the Austrian Economics ServiceViennaawsg.at
 Austrian Patent OfficeViennapatentamt.at
 NameRegionWebsite
National IP bodies Austrian Patent OfficeViennapatentamt.at
 Ministry of JusticeViennabmj.gv.at
 Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water ManagementViennalebensministerium.at
 NameRegionWebsite
IP agents (patent, trademark…) (eventually the professional association) Association of patent engineersStyriapatentingenieure.at
 Austrian Chamber of Patent AttorneysViennapatentanwalt.at
 NameRegionWebsite
IP lawyers (non-exhaustive list) (eventually the professional association) Austrian Chamber of LawyersViennaoerak.at
 NameRegionWebsite
Guidance for financial assistance Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft m.b.H.Austriaffg.at
 Steirische Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft m.b.H.Styriasfg.at
 Catt Innovation Management GmbHUpper Austriacatt.at
   tim.at
 ZIT Zentrum für Innovation und TechnologieViennazit.co.at
 INiTS Universitäres Gründerservice GmbHViennainits.at
 Wiener WirtschaftsförderungsfondsViennawwff.gv.at
 Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH Austrian Economics ServiceViennaawsg.at
 NameRegionWebsite
Guidance for valorisation (licencing, sale or any other form of IP transfer) L.E.S. Austria Verein Gesellschaft für Lizenzwesen und Technologietransfer DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach Rechtsanwälte GmbHViennales-austria.at
 Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH Austrian Economics ServiceViennaawsg.at
 NameRegionWebsite
Organisations combating IP counterfeiting Ministry of Finance Customs Office KlagenfurtCarinthiabmf.gv.at/Zoll/Produktpiraterie
 NameRegionWebsite
Other: Academic ipr research ZIT Zentrum für Innovation und TechnologieViennazit.co.at
 INiTS Universitäres Gründerservice GmbHViennainits.at
 Department of Information Technology Law and Intellectual Property LawViennawu-wien.ac.at/informationsrecht/frameset.htm
 Internationalisierungscenter Steiermark GmbHStyriaic-steiermark.eu
 BEP Büro für Europäische ProgrammeTyrolbep.at

 

Austrian Patent Office is competent for filing

– an opposition or a declaration of invalidity (patents)

– a request for cancellation (utility model)

– an opposition, a request for cancellation or limitation (trade mark)

– a declaration of invalidity (registered design)

– respective requests with regard to semiconductors and supplementary protection certificates

 

The Commercial Court of Vienna is competent for civil cases, e.g. for claims for injunction

– claims for elimination

– publication of the judgment

– monetary claims

– rendering of accounts

-With reference to rights to demand an injunction, elimination, adequate compensation, damages and surrender of the profits preliminary injunctions may be issued to safeguard the claim itself as well as to secure evidence.

 

The Vienna Provincial Court for Criminal Matters is competent for all criminal matters with regard to IP-Rights.

The Customs Competence Center Villach  is competent for customs seizures

 

Publications of the Austrian Patent Office

 

We publish monthly the Austrian Patent Gazette, Utility Model Gazette, Trademark and Design Gazette in electronic from on our website for free (www.patentamt.at/Publikationen).  Paper issues and previous issues can be ordered at our Copy Service, phone: +43(1) 534 24 738, e-mail: kopierstelle@patentamt.at.

All the Austrian patent documents published by the Austrian Patent Office are published on the Austrian publication server (http://pubserv.patentamt.at/PublicationServer/search.jsp?lg=de) which is updated monthly.