Michael Lantos

Michael Lantos Partner, Hungarian and European patent and trademark attorney Born in 1944. Education: BME (M.Sc. in electronic engineering, 1967; Economist, B. Sc., 1972); Joined the firm in 1972. Registered Patent Attorney, 1974. Author of numerous IP-articles in Hungarian and foreign periodicals. He was the managing partner of Danubia from 1990 till 2011. Areas of practice. He has a broad area of practice including preparing and filing patent applications in the field of electronic and engineering, and in enforcing IP rights both in Hungary and abroad, in trademark matters in representing clients in complex lawsuits and validity proceedings both before the Office and before the courts and in providing opinions and elaborating IP strategy based on individual needs. Mr. Lantos has filed several European patent applications for Hungarian and oveseas clients and has successfully represented a local client in an EP opposition proceeding against an Austrian opponent. He has represented different clients before the OHIM both in CTM and RCD cases. Danubia Patent and Law Office LLC is a leading Hungarian IP law firm providing services covering patents, trademarks and all fields of protecting, enforcing and defending intellectual property rights. Danubia has been voted as No 1 or tier 1 firm for Patent prosecution and enforcement work and No 1 or tier 1 firm for Trademark prosecution and enforcement work in Hungary according to the world IP Survey sponsored by the magazine Managing Intellectual Property (a London-based Euromoney enterprise).

These four rankings have been awarded to Danubia every year since 1997 up to 2010, and as such we are the only IP law firm that can boast with such a broad and persistent ranking for over 13 years. Apart from this award Danubia has several other awards issued by the ACQ and WIPR magazines. The professional experience accumulated during our firm’s more than 60 years long existence provides the basis of the high quality and reliable services, which are combined with the comparatively modest price at which such services are provided. Based on such experience and professional skill, our overseas clients are welcome and invited to try our European Services for obtaining European Patents and Community Trademarks and Designs and to enjoy the moderate costs by which such services are provided.

Of course, besides these European services all clients are welcome to utilize our services whenever they have any IP-related issue in the Republic of Hungary. Our professional staff consists of registered European Patent Attorneys and European Trademark Attorneys, as well as of lawyers specialized mainly in trademark and patent enforcement, including also European Patents and Community Trademarks and Designs. We are glad to have a substantial number of leading multinational companies among our clients.