Korn Rechtsanwälte OG (Korn Attorneys at Law) was founded on 1.1.2007 as an offspring of Hon. Prof. Dr. Gottfried Korn’s former law firm, founded in 1982. Our company is a family business, which focuses on personal and profound legal advice and representation. These are the values all our team members are/feel committed to.
Gottfried Korn earned his Doctor of law in 1970. After two years working as an assistant at the University of Vienna he changed to the private sector, where he worked for Austrian media companies (Austrian national public service broadcaster, ORF, and the daily newspaper, Kurier). Since 1982 he is Attorney at Law in Vienna.
In 1999 Gottfried Korn was appointed honorary professor for media- and communication law at the University of Vienna (Department of Communication).
Moreover Gottfried Korn is chairman of the neutral arbitration court of the Austrian National Football league.
Selected publications:
Expertise:
- Media and Broadcasting Law
- Labour Law
- Unfair Competition Law
- Copyright
- Internet Law
- Contract Law
Languages: German, English, Italian
Contact: g.korn@kornlaw.at
Stefan Korn has been managing partner of Korn Attorneys at Law since January 2007. From 1996 until 2002 he was assistant at the University of Vienna in the department of commercial and business law.
The topic of his (doctoral) dissertation/thesis (2004) was neighbouring (copy)rights of football event organiser and football players, its commercialisation and restriction of the commercialisation.
Currently he is also a lecturer at the University of Vienna and the Danube University Krems as well as a member of the second senate of the national Austrian Football League.
Selected publications:
Expertise:
- Unfair Competition Law
- Trademarks
- Designs
- Copyright
- Real Estate
- Internet Law
- Broadcasting and Media Law
- Sports Law
Languages: German, English
Contact: st.korn@kornlaw.at
Alexandra Thurner has worked as a lawyer in cooperation with Korn Attorneys at Law since 2013. She teaches Contract Law and Copyright Law at the University of Applied Arts Vienna as well as European and International Copyright Law in an English language LLM Program in European and International Business Law offered by the University of Vienna. She co-authored a commentary on the Austrian Copyright Act (eds. Thiele/Burgstaller, 4th edition 2022) and published expert articles on media law and copyright law. She is also a substitute member of the Austrian Ski Association’s court.
Education:
- bar exam with excellent success
- post graduate LL.M. studies at the McGill University in Montreal
- doctorate with honors
- judicial clerkship in Vienna
- research assistant at the Austrian research institute for IT-Law
- internship at the Austrian Trade Commission in Chicago
Expertise:
- Copyright
- Media Law & Protection of Personality Rights
- Unfair Competition Law
- Internet Law
- Contract Law
Languages: German, English, French
Contact: a.thurner@kornlaw.at
Rupert Schrammel joined Korn Attorneys at Law in 2007, since 2019 working as an attorney at law in cooperation with Korn Attorneys at Law. In 2005 he graduated at the University of Vienna in Law. Subsequently, he collected valuable experience during his judicial clerkship at a district court in Vienna as well as at the regional court of Vienna for Civil matters.
In July 2012 he passed his Bar Exam. Rupert Schrammel advises and represents in all matters concerning labour and social law. Additionally, he teaches Labour Law at the University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt (FHWN).
Expertise:
- Labour Law
- Social Law
- Company Pension Law
- Civil Law
- Contract Law
Languages: German, English
Contact: r.schrammel@kornlaw.at
Marcus Korn started working as an associate Korn Attorneys at Law in 2017. In 2012 he graduated at the University of Vienna in Law. Already during his studies he focused on intellectual property law. After his judicial clerkship at the commercial court of Vienna he earned a post graduate degree in Intellectual Property law and Knowledge Management (LL.M.) at the University of Maastricht. Subsequently Marcus Korn was employed at a prestigious international law firm based in Vienna. In February 2017 he passed the Bar Exam and has been working at Korn Attorneys at Law ever since.
Expertise:
- Trademarks
- Designs
- Copyright
- Unfair Competition Law
- Real Estate
- Internet Law
- Contract Law
Languages: German, English, French
Contact: m.korn@kornlaw.at
Sabine Konrad
Office
Contact: s.konrad@kornlaw.at
Extension Number: -12
Richard Neuhäuser
Office
Contact: r.neuhäuser@kornlaw.at
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Paveena Stark
Office
Contact: p.stark@kornlaw.at
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