Legal Aspects of Management

LEGAL ASPECTS OF MANAGEMENT

MODULE 6


Choose the right form of business organization for your company. Protect intellectual property within your company. Avoid own violations of competition law and avert external violations of competition law concerning your company.


TARGET GROUPS

  • Sole traders
  • Employees with independent area of responsibility
  • Young entrepreneurs and people interested in self-employment
  • Self-employed persons, freelancers, legal experts and consultants
  • Decision-makers within the company
  • Managing directors

 

YOUR BENEFIT

  • You will gain insight into the legal forms of entrepreneurship
  • You will learn to benefit from the advantages and disadvantages connected with each corporate structure according to your needs and requirements
  • You will get an overview of trademarks and their protectability
  • You will be trained to avoid unfair, aggressive and misleading commercial practices and to defend yourself against these.

 

COURSE CONTENTS


Kick-off Event
Orientation-session and distribution of course material for the targeted course-preparation

Session 1:
Intellectual Property
Protection of intellectual property
Overview of patent and utility models, design- and trademark protection as well as copyright  Competition Law/ Unfair Competition Law
Legal consequences and possibilities to prevent unfair trade practices from competitors
Overview of antitrust law

Session 2:
Company Law
Definition of Entrepreneur
Kraft: Activity, legal form and registration
Procuration and Proxy
Legal forms of the company (general)
Partnerships
Company under civil law (GesbR)
OG
Limited Partnership (KG)
Dormant Partnership (Stille Gesellschaft)
Capital Companies (Limited liability companies)
Ldt.
Plc.
Special forms
Private foundations
Cooperative Associations
Insolvency Law
General information
Reasons for opening of bankruptcy
Consequences of opening of bankruptcy
Possibilities to end a bankruptcy proceeding

LECTURER

Univ. Prof. Dr. Gunter Nitsche, Department of Business Law, Karl-Franzens-University Graz

RA Dr. Christian Horwath, Attorneys at Law Greiml & Horwath

TIME & VENUE OF COURSES


Palais Kottulinsky, Beethovenstraße 9, 8010 Graz


PARTICIPATION FEE


390.-

DATES & REGISTRATION

as of October 2012

Friday, 2.30 p.m. – 8.15 p.m.
Saturday, 8.30 a.m. – 4.45 p.m.