Mgr. Martin Guttmann, MBA, attorney at law

Legal services in connection with administrative and judicial proceedings

I provide legal services within the whole extent of intellectual and industrial property rights including the enforcement of these rights as well as the services in the field of the fight against product piracy - counterfeits. I have been providing these services for more than 15 years, knowing that it is not the most to obtain a protective right, but above all to keep it being able to use its subject on the market.
My law firm also focuses on the protection of copyright and other rights protected by copyright law, including software law and collective rights management.

In the area of ​​administrative law, my focus is primarily on services in adversarial proceedings before the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic; in connection with Act No. 250/2007 Coll. on protection of consumer, particularly in relation to the Slovak Trade Inspection and the State Veterinary and Food Administration of the Slovak Republic. This is followed by legal services in matters relating to review actions against decisions of state administration bodies including the submission of subsequent cassation complaints and representation before the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic. Another area is the representation in the marketing authorization of pharmaceuticals before the State Institute for Drug Control and in launching nutritional supplements into circulation according to Act no. 152/1995 Coll., On foodstuffs.

Equally important area of ​​provided legal services is the area of ​​combating product piracy - counterfeits. In my dealings with the customs authorities in the fight against counterfeits, my office has been one of the pioneers in this field, and I have been providing services to producers of original brands for over 15 years. These services are followed by court actions to determine whether goods seized by the customs authorities infringe the intellectual property rights of the decision-holder.

My office also offers years of experience in litigation (court proceedings as well as arbitration, ADR and UDRP) at all levels of the courts. In the area of ​​industrial property rights specifically before the District Court in Banská Bystrica and in the second instance before the Regional Court in Banská Bystrica, or further before the Supreme Court of the SR. The most frequently filed court actions are petitions for ordering urgent measures (preliminary injunctions), injunctive actions, removal of defective situations/infringing state of the matter, and filing the actions for damages, or release of unjust enrichment. The lawsuit is not the goal governing the representation of the clients, but rather an ultimate step in resolving the legal conflicts. It is therefore understandable that services in this conflict area are initially focused on processing case analyses and opinions on them, communicating with the counterparty, preparing and concluding coexistence agreements and other contracts in a conciliatory and mutually acceptable solution to legal collisions.
An integral part of the legal services is the drafting and preparing of licenses, sublicenses and other contracts in the field of intellectual property, including contracts with authors of works of art, logos, trademark owners, patent owners, or advertising products of any kind.

The law firm also provides representation in arbitration proceedings before SOPK, in ADR (domain name disputes), etc.
The transmission of all principal acts in advance to the client for his/her opinion is a standard part of the services.