Bird & Bird LLP

IP, IT, Data Protection

Partner, co-Head of Country of the Budapest Office

As a Partner and co-Head of Country of the Budapest office, Bálint advises on intellectual property, information technology and privacy and data protection matters for our national and international clients from various sectors including electronics, pharmaceuticals, retail and IT.

Over the years, he has developed extensive experience in relation to patents, trade marks, designs, copyright, unfair competition and customs measures. He has supported clients in the protection and enforcement of their IP rights, including infringement litigation, anti-piracy strategies and alternative dispute resolution. His practice focuses on contentious litigation matters, as well as the management of our clients' IP portfolios.

Bálint's practice areas also include IT and privacy and data protection law, and in recent years He has also dealt with licence matters in the IT and life sciences sectors, and with issues of online reputation management.

Bálint has published a number of professional papers on domain names and IT and IP-related issues in the legal press, including publications such as 'Infocommunication and Law'. He has also contributed to the 'Commentary on Hungarian Trademark Law', in which he wrote the chapter on domain names. As well as writing, he also lectures in IT and IP law at university level.

English, German, Hungarian

Bálint is a member of the Budapest Bar, the Hungarian Council of Copyright Experts, the Hungarian Group of AIPPI, the Hungarian Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright, the Hungarian Trademark Association, the Hungarian Copyright Forum Association, Licensing Executives Society International and ITechLaw.

University of Pécs, PhD, Law Eötvös Loránd University, BS, Law Kandó Kálmán University of Electrical Engineering, Computer Programming