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Fabian Herbst

Associate
About

Fabian Herbst advises on various aspects of intellectual property law (particularly trademark, design and copyright law) as well as unfair competition law, data protection and life sciences.

Fabian also has extensive expertise in the field of artificial intelligence, both legally and technically.

EXPERIENCE

  • Ongoing advice regarding AI regulation to various companies.
  • Comprehensive advice to an Austrian credit institution regarding its data protection compliance concept.
  • Ongoing advice to an international online shipping group on various regulatory issues, such as e-commerce, transport of hazardous goods, waste management law and telecommunications law.
  • Advising an international banking group on data protection issues in a regulatory review process (including practical implementation).
  • Ongoing advice to an international gambling group on unfair competition and data protection issues.
  • Advising an investment fund on the acquisition of a large Austrian transport company.
  • Ongoing advice to an international consumer goods group on various legal issues regarding food and cosmetics (including administrative criminal law) as well as unfair competition law.
  • Advising an industrial materials group on various issues relating to employee invention remuneration (including practical implementation within the group).
  • Ongoing advice to a telecommunications group on a wide range of regulatory issues as well as general civil law (including litigation advice).
  • Advising various companies on intellectual property issues (including registration and prosecution of intellectual property rights).
Languages
  • German
  • English
Education
  • University of Vienna, Mag. iur., 2020

Publications

  • Liability for stumps rolling down from windthrow areas in Austria (Scientific Paper), Small-scale Forestry International Conference (IUFRO 3.08.00) (2023)
  • "AI Act – Regulation of artificial intelligence", ecolex (2023)
  • Easements for recreational purposes?, Forstzeitung (2022)
  • "Liability for touchscreens and apps while driving", ecolex (2023)
  • Publication series about legal framework of Austrian forest officials, Forstzeitung (2021)
  • Liability for rolling root plates in windthrow areas, Waldverband aktuell (2021)

Seminars

  • Vienna, October 2022: Expert witnesses and data protection, ULG 665 „Bewertung land- und forstwirtschaftlicher Liegenschaften“, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
  • Okinawa, October 2022: Liability for rolling root plates in windthrow areas, Small-scale Forestry International Conference (IUFRO 3.08.00)

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Vienna Bar Association

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