Mr. László Kékes was born in 1939 in Budapest, Hungary. He graduated from the Department of Telecommunication of the Technical University of Budapest with a M.Sc.Elec.Eng. degree. From 1962 to 1971 he was a development engineer and project leader for TV and VHF-FM transmitters with a Hungarian company. He passed his patent attorney examination in 1968. From 1971 to 1974 he was a judge in the Division of Industrial Property at the Metropolitan Court of Budapest. In 1974 he joined Patent & Law Office for International Affairs as a patent attorney and practised there until 1990 when this firm was established. He has been a consultant with the firm since 2006.
Mr. Kékes served on the Presidency of the Hungarian Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright from 1981 to 1990. In the Hungarian Chamber of Patent Attorneys he was substitute member of the Presidency from 1996 to 1999.