Dr Stefan Kofler

Partner, Greiter Pegger Kofler & Partner

Austria

About me

Partner of Greiter Pegger Kofler & Partners, Innsbruck, Austria.

Stefan Kofler has been admitted as an attorney in Austria since 1987. He completed his law studies at the University of Innsbruck.

After his studies he practiced at the law firm Studio Legale Avvocato Dr. Angelo Pesce e Associati, Milan, and at the law firm Herbert Oppenheimer Nathan & Van Dyk, London.

His main areas of practice comprise Unfair Competition, IP and Advertising Law, Bank Law, Litigation and Transportation Law.

Stefan Kofler is the author of various publications and books, among them “Austrian Conflict of Laws in International Business Transactions”, “Advertising Law in Europe and North America” (co-contributor), “Commentary to the Austrian Commercial Code” (co-contributor), “Getting the Deal Through: Advertising and Marketing Law (Austria 2014 and 2015)”, and “Advertising Law: A Global Legal Perspective”.

Stefan Kofler is a lecturer at the Institute for Economic Promotion of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber.

20 April, 2022

Austrian Advertising Council Denies Sexist Advertising

By Dr Stefan Kofler

In its ruling the Austrian Advertising Council came to the decision that no sexualising content could be identified and that there was...

19 April, 2021

Austria: "Oral Vaccination" Illegal Label for Wine

By Dr Stefan Kofler

In March 2021, a winery put a wine on sale with the label "Oral Vaccination” (in German: Schluckimpfung) as a PR campaign. A week ago,...

09 December, 2019

Are you wild enough...

By Dr Stefan Kofler

for a sexy women’s downhill run? An Austrian ski-resort operator (Lizum) placed an advertisement showing a female model in a white...

16 September, 2019

Austria: No trademark protection for “Black Friday”

By Dr Stefan Kofler

In a recent decision the Austrian Court of Appeal in Vienna rejected an application to have the term “Black Friday” registered as...

10 September, 2019

Austrian Advertising Council establishes Anti-Sexism Advisory Board

By Dr Stefan Kofler

The Austrian Advertising Council recently announced that it has established an Anti-Sexism Advisory Board. This Advisory Board shall...