Before the most recent update to the online FAQ section by the responsible authority, the answer to this question was unknown. Due to the tight timeframes for complying with the Beneficial Ownership Register Act (BORA) and the range of practical problems arising from it, the question has caused headaches for insolvency law practitioners in Austria.

Under Austrian law, Good Friday is a paid public holiday only for members of the Evangelical Church Augsburg Confession, the Evangelical Church Helvetic Confession, the Old Catholic Church and the United Methodist Church.

In a recent decision the Supreme Court gave clear guidelines as to the circumstances in which the burden of proof regarding the exhaustion of trademark rights shifts from the defendant to the trademark owner.

The General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union denied in the case T-776/16 (Isocell GmbH v. iCell AB) a likelihood of confusion between the earlier word mark ISOCELL and the word part of the younger figurative/word mark “iCell” for identical and similar goods. Considering the low level of distinctiveness of the word elements of the marks and the high attention that would be paid by the relevant consumers, the figurative elements of the mark “iCell” distinguish it clearly from the earlier mark. In this context, the court stated that the word elements of a figurative/word mark must not automatically always be regarded as the dominant element.

On 5 July 2018 Parliament passed a new law that brings sweeping changes to the Working Time Act and will come into effect on 1 September 2018. The most important changes to the Working Time Act and Act on Rest Periods are summarized here.