Dr. Vilmos Bacher
Attorney at law

Education:
graduated from Pázmány Péter University, Faculty of Law in 1948 with a degree of 'sub laurae Almae Matris'
Professional experiences:
1949-1956 - working as a court clerk, then as legal counsel at the Ministry of Heavy Industry and at several industrial companies;
Attorney at law since 1957;
The Bacher Law Firm has been in close co-operation with S.B.G.& K. Law Firm since 2000.
Member of the Hungarian Lawyers' State Examination Committee since 1977
Member of the Body of Experts on Industrial Property since 1987, deputy chairman of the Body between 2002 and 2008;
Member of the Hungarian Council for the Protection of Industrial Protection and Copyright between 2003 and 2007;
Member of the Body of Experts of Copyright since 2005.
Areas of specialisation:
intellectual property law, competition law, civil law
Sector experience:
Industrial property
Memberships:
Member of the Board of the AIPPI Hungarian Group since 1980, vice-president of the AIPPI Hungarian Group between 1992 and 2002, honorary member since 2002
Memberships: Hungarian Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright, Hungarian Trademark Association, LIDC, IBA
Lectures
Regular lecturer at professional conferences both in Hungary and abroad.
Publication
Author of numerous publications in the area of intellectual property, competition law and civil law, including the following articles: Organisations Economiques, Investissements Etrangers et Propriété Intellectuelle en Hongrie, (Université Des Sciences Sociales de Grenoble, 1990); Interim injunctions in Patent Infringement Cases, (Proceedings of the Hungarian Group of AIPPI 1992); Evaluation of Confusion in Trademark Law, (Hungarian Trademark News, 1996); New Legislative Regulation of Service and Dependent Inventions, (AIPPI Proceedings, 1996); Court Practice in Matters of Unfair Competition (AIPPI Proceedings, 1997); The Problem of Compulsory Licences and of Compelling the Grant of Licences (AIPPI Proceedings, 1998); Competition Law and Comparative Advertising, (AIPPI Proceedings, 1999).
The legal protection of intellectual property and the Civil Code (Codification of the Civil Law, 2000) The limits of civil liability and criminal responsibility in the case of acts committed by the injury of intellectual property. (Memorial Volume Published to the Honour of Endre Lontai)
A szellemi tulajdon büntetőjogi védelme
Megjelent a Jogtudományi Közlöny 2008 szeptemberi számában
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