Ratkai Dániel

Education

Graduated in 2025 from the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of Pázmány Péter Catholic University
2023–2024: Erasmus scholarship studies at the Faculty of Law of KU Leuven
2023: Participant in the “Munich University Summer Training in German and European Law” program at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2022–2023: Conducted research at the University of Bologna במסגרת the Mathias Corvinus Collegium Research Scholarship, focusing on EU and comparative law aspects of unfair contract terms
2020–2024: Participant in the Mathias Corvinus Collegium program; from 2022 researcher at the Law and Society Workshop, and from 2023 at the Modern Legal Studies Workshop

Professional experience

2026: Organizer of the 1st National Intellectual Property Law Case-Solving Competition
Since September 2025: Trainee lawyer at the Firm
November 2024 – August 2025: Intern at the Firm
September 2024 – January 2025: Court trainee at the Central District Court of Pest
April 2023 – July 2023: Legal intern at Wolf Theiss Law Firm

Memberships and positions

LIDC – Corresponding Member; member of the Hungarian National Group (2026)
Hungarian Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright (MIE) – Member

Awards

2024: 3rd place, Scientific Students’ Associations Conference of Pázmány Péter Catholic University (topics: data protection, civil procedure, AI regulation)
2023: 2nd place, National Scientific Students’ Associations Conference (Civil Law Section)
2022: Special Prize, Scientific Students’ Associations Conference of Pázmány Péter Catholic University (Civil Law Section)
2021: 3rd place, National Constitutional Court Simulation Competition

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Publications

“The Registrability of Photorealistic Facial Portraits as Trade Marks: EU Developments and the Hungarian Reference for Preliminary Ruling to the CJEU” (co-author: Dr. Péter Lukácsi, PhD), The Trademark Lawyer, Issue 2, 2026
“The Rise of Teleological Judicial Interpretation in U.S. and EU Consumer Protection Law”, in: Beyond the Ivory Tower, MCC Press, 2024
“The Concept of Unfair Contract Terms in Continental and U.S. Legal Systems from a Comparative Perspective”, in: A puro pura defluit aqua – Selected Studies by Law Students, Pázmány Press, 2023