Posts tagged #civil proceedings
All PostsOGH: On the reference value of a job-related invention
Civil LawIn the present case, the Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, OGH) examined the remuneration for a job-related invention to be discussed in the course of a step-by-step action. The plaintiff was an employee of the defendant or its legal pred...
OGH: Termination by settlement despite pre-trial costs
Civil LawThe termination effect of a settlement occurs even if the pre-trial costs are not included in the settlement effect. In the proceedings in question, a contract for work and services existed between the defendant's universal predecessor and the plaint...
UPDATE: Austria ratifies Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (Hague Service Convention) (entry into force 12 September 2020)
On September 12, 2020 the Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters of November 15, 1965 entered into force. Austria had not yet acceded to the Convention, but that has now been made up fo...