Dr. Keserű Barna Arnold PhD
Barna Arnold Keserű has taken the leadership of the department from Professor Judit Lévayné Fazekas on 1st of January 2022 and continues to serve in this capacity to the present day. He is the first head of the department to have completed his legal studies in Győr. His professional career is outlined in the summary below.
Professional experience
| Attorney at law | GYMS County Bar, from 2019 |
| Head of Department | Széchenyi István University, Civil Law and Civil Procedural Law Department, from 1st of January 2022 |
| Associate professor | Széchenyi István University, Civil Law and Civil Procedural Law Department, from 2021, teaching experience from 2012 |
| Director | Batthyány Lajos College, Széchenyi István University , 2016-2019 |
| Secretary | Postgraduate Doctoral School of Law and Political Sciences, Széchenyi István University, 2016-2018 |
| Senior Counsellor | Curia, Civil Department (Hungarian Supreme Court), 2016-2018 |
| Member of the Conciliation Body | Győr-Moson-Sopron County Conciliation Body , 2016-2019 |
| Trainee Attorney | dr. Vándor Csaba attorney at law, 2015-2016, 2018-2019 |
| Trainee Prosecutor | Győr District Prosecutor’s Office, especially in the field of crimes against IP rights, 2013 |
| Member of the Council of Faculty | Deák Ferenc Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, from 23rd of November 2015 |
| Member of the Senate | Széchenyi István University, from 27th of January 2023 |
Teaching experience
Barna Arnold Keserű’s teaching activity spans a wide range of undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate specialist programmes. He contributes to instruction in the undivided law programme, the BA programme in judicial administration, and the BA in human resource, labour, and social administration. In addition, he is actively involved in education within the field of the arts, including the BA and MA programmes in architecture, industrial design, and graphic design. He also teaches in the legal assistant programme and in the postgraduate training programme for engineers holding a legal qualification. His teaching responsibilities further extend to several postgraduate specialist programmes, such as the agricultural and rural development lawyer, the alternative dispute resolution and mediation lawyer, the nuclear law specialist, the construction project manager, the construction project engineering specialist, and the energy loss auditing specialist training.
The subjects he teaches cover a broad spectrum within civil law and civilistics. These include Civil Law I–IV and VI, Fundamentals of Civil Procedure, and Civilistics I–II. He also teaches courses related to intellectual property protection, innovation and intellectual property management, the law of trademarks and geographical indications, as well as the law of construction contracts. Additionally, he provides instruction in energy law and standardisation, which offer valuable interdisciplinary knowledge at the intersection of legal and technical fields.
Field of Research
His primary field of research is intellectual property law, within which he adopts a generalist approach, engaging with trademark law, copyright law, and patent law alike. His publication record is available in the Magyar Tudományos Művek Tára.
Studies
Higher education
Postgraduate Doctoral School of Law and Political Sciences, Széchenyi István University (2012-2015)
PhD degree obtained: 2016, qualification: summa cum laude
Title of dissertation: Intellectual Property in the Service of Sustainable Development, 375 p.
Postgraduate Course of Intellectual Property (2013-2015)
Hungarian Intellectual Property Office
Diploma qualification: excellent
Lawyer (2007-2012)
Széchenyi István University
Summa cum laude (5.00)
Other courses
Advanced level secondary school leaving examination in physics (2023)
Bar exam in law (2019)
WIPO: Advanced Course on Intellectual Property Management, (120 hours), 2013
WIPO: Advanced Course on Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (120 hours), 2013
WIPO: Advanced Course on Patents (120 hours), 2013
WIPO: Advanced Course on Copyright and Related Rights (120 hours), 2013
Menedzser Útlevél Emberi Értéknövelő Fejlesztő Program, 2012. nov. – 2013. febr.
Memberships
- Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) Public Body
- Member of the Association for Development of Digital Communities
- Founder of the Foundation for Batthyány Lajos College
Important achievements
- IV. Legal Book Salon Audience Award (2024)
- Visiting professor, IP School, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, China (2017)
- “Lecturers for Students” Award (2017)
- Dean’s commendation for thesis supervision and competition preparation achievements (1 first place at the National Scientific Students’ Associations Conference – OTDK, 4 OTDK special prizes, and a national first place in a civil law case-solving competition)
- National Excellence Programme – Apáczai Csere János Doctoral Scholarship (2013)
- Harsányi István Award by the Hungarian Association for Innovation, thesis category (2013)
- OTDK Special Award (Section of Intellectual Creations, 2013)
- Winner of the thesis competition of the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (2012)
- Pro Auditoribus certificate for activities carried out on behalf of students (2012)
- Top of class on three occasions (2009, 2010, 2011)
- National Scholarship of the Republic of Hungary (2009, 2010, 2011)
- Batthyány Lajos College for Advanced Studies – gold certificate of merit (2011)
- OTDK second prize (Civil Law Section, 2011)
- Demonstrator at the Department of Civil Law and Civil Procedure (2009–2012)
- University Scientific Students’ Conference (TMDK): five awards (one 1st place, one 2nd place, and three 3rd places)
- Member of Batthyány Lajos College for Advanced Studies (2008–2012), and elected board member responsible for academic activities (2010–2011)