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Number of partners

89

Network Memberships

APAA, AIPPI, AIPLA, CIPA, CITMA, ECTA, EPLAW, IBA, INTA, GRUR, LESI, Marques, PTMG

Key practice areas
Intellectual property
Trade mark
Patent
Intellectual property disputes
Intellectual property prosecution
Firm overview

Over the last century we’ve been lucky enough to have played a part in protecting some of the world’s most ground-breaking inventions and high profile brands. You can trust us to know IP law inside out, to be curious, and to connect the dots to reach solutions others don’t.

We will provide you with a team, rich in real-world experience, comprising experts who have worked at the forefront of pioneering technologies. A substantial number of our lawyers hold qualifications in scientific or technical fields, meaning we are often called upon for our specialist knowledge and insight on large international mandates. We are respected for our creative and original solutions.

We offer both litigation and transactional support in relation to all IP rights, from small innovative projects to the largest, most complex and ground-breaking transactions and disputes.

Our approach has always been centred on client service, collaborating and innovating with our clients to create bespoke solutions that make their lives easier. This includes: our 'twobirds Pattern' product, a proprietary, in-house patent valuation and analysis tool, that allows us to landscape, analyse, and value patent portfolios in an automated and sophisticated way; and our innovative and dynamic Brand Protection Reporting Portal, which uses dynamic charts that give clients an up-to-date overview of their risk profile at any given time.

Talk to us to find out how our tools, experience and our genuine passion for IP can help you devise a strategy that will help to maintain your competitive edge, whilst protecting and optimising your IP in the best way possible.

Internationally Bird & Bird has over 400 IP lawyers, attorneys and legal professionals across our 29 offices, many of whom have known each other and worked together for years, meaning we're all on the same page and offer consistency and quality that runs through all levels of seniority. We are therefore ideally placed to devise and coordinate multi-jurisdictional litigation strategies and,in the future, to represent clients before the Unified Patent Court.

Office Locations: Australia, Belgium, China, Czech Republic & Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and United States of America

Practice Areas & Sector Specialisations

Pracitce Areas: 

  • Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
  • Anti-counterfeiting
  • Anti-piracy
  • Antitrust
  • Cancellation action
  • Confidential information/trade secret
  • Database right
  • Design
  • Domain name
  • Due diligence
  • Geographical indications
  • Injunctions
  • Invalidity/nullity action
  • IP strategy & counseling
  • IP tax relief
  • IP transactions
  • ITC litigation
  • Opinion work
  • Oppositions & appeals
  • Oral proceedings
  • Plant breeders' right
  • Portfolio management
  • Regulatory
  • Research & development
  • Revocation action
  • Standard-essential patent
  • Supplementary protection certificate (SPC)
  • Technology transfer
  • Trade mark clearance
  • Unfair competition

 

 

Sector Expertise:

  • Aerospace & Defence
  • Automotive
  • E-Commerce
  • Engineering
  • Electronics & Semiconductors
  • Entertainment
  • Publishing & Media
  • Fashion & Luxury Goods
  • FMCG & Retail
  • Financial Services
  • Food & Beverage
  • Green Technology
  • ICT & Software
  • Life Sciences & Chemistry
  • Medical Devices
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Robotics & Nanotechnology
  • Telecommunication
  • Tobacco
  • Universities & Research
Address:
Bird & Bird s.r.o. advokátska kancelária
Landererova 12
811 09 Bratislava
Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://www.twobirds.com/en/practice-areas/intellectual-property

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Overview

Bird & Bird has a well-established presence in Slovakia, with its office in Bratislava. Since opening in 2008, the firm has become a trusted legal advisor in the Slovak market. Their services include litigation and transactional support for IP rights, utilizing innovative tools like the 'two birds Pattern' product for patent valuation and the Brand Protection Reporting Portal for real-time risk management.  

Notable practitioners: Vojtěch Chloupek, Ivan Kisely, Katarína Ondrovičová, and Katarína Pfeffer  

The firm is known for its integrated IP practice, which is headed by Vojtěch Chloupek

 
Testimonials

2025

The team's advice "was effective and easy to understand".

The team also impresses with their "reliability, precision, and efficiency".

"They understood what I needed and worked efficiently."

Linked Reviews
Patent

Case studies show that the firm assisted the client, a world leader in automotive electrification in designing the litigation strategy in relation to cross-border patent infringement matters. 

Róbert Čuperka is the key practitioner to watch.

 
Trade mark

Case studies show that the firm assisted the client, Lacoste + Gant in Customs seizures and other brand enforcement activities in Slovakia. 

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A dispute over buggies, a decision on the UPC’s jurisdiction, and the formal launch of the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre were among the top developments
Clarification concerning jurisdictional reach and latest stats released by the court were also among the top talking points in recent weeks
Nokia, represented by a team from Bird & Bird, adjudged to have made fair offer to Asus and Acer in UK SEP dispute
Publication of the UPC’s annual report and adoption of the procedural rules of the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre were also among major developments
The variety of winners demonstrates that the UPC is now a core benchmark rather than an experimental consideration, while junior lawyers are becoming more deeply involved in key work
Abbott winning another round against Sinocare and Menarini, and 'long arm' clarification on the UK's position within the UPC, were also among major developments
Emma Green, partner at Bird & Bird, shares why the Iceland v Iceland dispute could prompt businesses and lawyers to think differently about brand enforcement
A new claim filed by Ericsson, and a request for access to documents, were also among recent developments
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