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The law firm focuses on the issues covering broadly understood intellectual property law, offering both legal and patent attorney services. We also specialise in ongoing legal services for entrepreneurs, medical law, protection of personal data as well as life science and e-commerce issues.
Experience
and knowledge
We advise Polish and foreign clients from various industries, industry associations, and universities.
Our portfolio includes global reach companies as well as medium and small entrepreneurs.
We successfully run domestic and international projects,
in cooperation with foreign
law firms.
We represent
our clients:
before the Polish Patent Office, the European Union Intellectual Property Office, the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization
We represent
our clients:
before the Polish Patent Office, the European Union Intellectual Property Office, the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization
in negotiations, mediations, arbitration proceedings, including those concerning Internet domains, in processes for obtaining the funding
before civil, criminal and administrative courts, including the Supreme Court and the Supreme Administrative Court, the National Revenue Administration
advising in the protection strategy, including start-up projects, preparing contracts and other legal documents, assessing the chance of obtaining exclusive rights
News
The burden of proof in another case before the CJEU
On 18 January 2024, the CJEU handed down its judgment in Case C-367/21 on request for a preliminary ruling from the Warsaw Regional Court. In its judgment, the Court indicated the possibility of reversing the burden of proof in case of exhaustion of EU trademark...
Decision on the figurative sign representing the Palace of Culture and Science
On 6 February 2024, the Adjudicating Body of the Polish Patent Office handed down its decision on a motion to cancel the protection right for a figurative mark depicting the building of the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw: The Palace was built in the 1950s,...
The Ideas Powered for Business SME Fund is back in 2024, offering grants to SMEs to protect their intellectual property rights
Great news for SMEs in the EU! The Ideas Powered for Business SME Fund is back in 2024, offering grants to small and medium-sized enterprises to protect their intellectual property rights. With over €20 million allocated, the Fund will be active from January 22nd,...
The CJEU revisits the issue of limitations on trademark rights
The CJEU recently ruled on the significant issue of limitations on trademark rights. In its ruling of 11 January 2024 handed down in case number C-361/22, the CJEU interpreted Article 6(1)(c) of the now-defunct First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988...
IP Telegram: Prada’s triangle pattern devoid of any distinctive character
Prada's Triangle Pattern Faces Registration Hurdles Our latest IP Telegram unpacks the recent decision by the EUIPO Board of Appeals on Prada's attempt to register its iconic triangle pattern as a trademark. In a landmark ruling on 19 December 2023, the Board...
EXPERT OPINION: Bad faith in Polish Trademark Law. Comments in the light of EU law
Legal framework According to the Polish Industrial Property Law, bad faith is an absolute ground for invalidating a trademark protection right (Article 164) (the same as in EU law). In addition, it also constitutes an absolute bar to trademark registration (Article...
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Warsaw
Sobieszyńska St., no. 35
00-764 Warsaw
tel. +48 664 948 372