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Baker McKenzie’s IP practice covers all areas of trademark protection and enforcement. The team is headed by widely-acclaimed IP star lawyer Marcin Fijałkowski. 

We have the largest full-time IP group of all the international law firms operating on the Polish market. We combine a global perspective with local knowledge, and work with our clients to understand their business environment and internal pressures in order to offer strategic IP solutions that serve the needs of their businesses. We offer sound knowledge in handling important IP portfolios for various industries, including the tech, FMCG, pharmaceutical and beauty sectors.

Technology is the key

The Global IP Support Unit (IPSU) is a multi-client, full-service IP support function, staffed by a team of back-office IP support professionals based in our Belfast and Manila offices. The IPSU provides centralized administrative support for the management of large-scale intellectual property (IP) portfolios. This includes centrally coordinating client instructions, billing and reporting for a full range of brand protection services, ranging from IP related searches, applications, oppositions, registrations and maintenance, to pre- and post-transactional IP services, including due diligence, rights transfers as well as mergers and acquisitions. We also offer our clients a proprietary technology platform: Symphony, which allows us to provide clients with cost-effective prosecution and portfolio management services. Our clients have online access to their portfolios of trademarks and designs and 
can analyse their entire brand portfolios across all vendors worldwide. The platform, being state of the art, also allows clients to directly instruct its counsels.

Complete IP coverage

The team advises in areas such as trademark, design and patent enforcement and litigation, copyrights and advertising, transactional IP matters and unfair competition.

We offer sound knowledge in handling important IP portfolios for international firms operating in various industries, including pharma, tobacco and FMCG. We annually handle around 150 IP litigation cases before the Polish Patent Office, the EUIPO, administrative courts, domain name arbitration courts, civil and criminal courts, and we are involved in dozens of pre-trial actions concerning the protection of IP rights for clients such as 3M, Acer, Astellas, Berlin-Chemie, CEDC International, Disney, Dyson, Ecolab, Eli Lilly, Moet Hennessy, Netflix, Podravka, Tommy Hilfiger, and Unilever.

JWP Patent & Trademark Attorneys is one of the top IP law specialists providing comprehensive and business focused assistance in Poland and the European Union. For over 30 years, the firm has been helping local and international businesses protect and maximise their IP assets. The firm is internationally recognised for its expertise in patents, trademarks, designs and copyrights.

JWP is a full service firm specialising in IP strategy, portfolio management, filing & prosecution, litigation and transactions. JWP represents clients before the European Union Intellectual Property Office and the World Intellectual Property Office, the European Patent Office, the Polish Patent Office, as well as local and EU courts and administrative bodies.

With 100 patent and trademark attorneys, attorneys-at-law, paralegals and experts in our team and over 6000 IP cases annually, JWP Patent & Trademark Attorneys is regarded as one of the largest IP law firms in Poland. Our specialists combine knowledge and experience with professional qualifications, which allows us to successfully conduct cases before competent courts and patent offices both in Poland and in Europe. We provide strategic advice in IP management and have experience in handling substantial global portfolios for our clients.

JWP’s expertise covers a broad spectrum of technical disciplines, with teams specialising in chemistry, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, nanotechnology and materials, mechanical engineering, telecommunications and information & communications technology, electronics and optoelectronics. We cooperate with several thousand clients both at home and abroad, across diverse business sectors and technology areas, from start-ups to some of the largest corporations and academic institutions.

With our legal expertise as well as industry and business management knowledge, we can deliver the best IP protection and management strategy and solutions that meet clients’ business objectives and protect their assets. We aim to provide our clients with proactive, pragmatic and commercially-focused IP advice.

JWP Patent & Trademark Attorneys is a part of JWP IP Law Group providing legal, advisory and training assistance relating to all aspects of IP and corporate law.

We run offices in four locations in Warsaw (HQ), Gdansk, Krakow and Wroclaw.

Kulikowska & Kulikowski (K&K) is a Polish boutique IP law firm comprehensively and effectively assisting its clients in protecting their intellectual property in Poland and on international markets. Its goal is to provide individual, proactive and business-oriented IP advice.

Being well-equipped to manage the full spectrum of IP protection – trademarks, patents, designs, copyrights, domain names, unfair competition, or anti-counterfeiting – the expertise of K&K covers such areas as setting IP strategy, filing and prosecution, portfolio management and well as litigation.

Its particular specialty is resolving disputes, also through mediation, and it willingly undertakes the most 
challenging IP litigation cases.

K&K represents its diverse pool of clients before the Polish Patent Office, European Union Intellectual Property Office, World Intellectual Property Organization, and the European Patent Office. Partnering with local IP firms around the world allows K&K to handle clients’ portfolios globally in a comprehensive manner.

The law firm is a team of patent and trademark attorneys, advocates and attorneys-at-law supported junior lawyers, specialists and paralegals. Their professionalism, experience and creative approach always center on finding the best solutions to meet clients’ needs.

Intensively benefiting from IT tools, K&K does not leave clients with raw data, but always offers them an expert view. What distinguishes it is preparation of tailor-made solutions for clients, allowing them to maintain the highest level of protection. Trademark and design applications are developed cross-departmentally, by members of the prosecution and litigation teams as well as specialists in technical fields working together, so as not only to obtain the desired protection but also to allow its full enforcement later.

K&K comprehensively serves international clients across diverse business areas, including the largest 
multinational corporations operating in e.g. alcohol, pharmaceutical, FMCG, telecommunications and luxury goods industries.

A significant group of clients are also Polish entrepreneurs from the SME sector, whom K&K supports in building a strong position on the Polish and foreign markets, advising on how to protect and maximize IP assets.

Effectiveness, expertise and professional qualifications of Kulikowska & Kulikowski as one Poland’s leading law firms in the IP protection sector is confirmed by numerous and regular recommendations and distinctions in international industry rankings, such as IP STARS, IAM PATENT 1000, WTR 1000, Who is Who Legal, Legal 500, Chambers , The Patent Lawet, Innovation & IP or Client Choice by Lexology.

Patpol is an intellectual property law firm which was established and continuously existed since 1966. It is a leader in the field of intellectual property protection in Poland. Currently, it is perceived as one of the best law firms in the field of comprehensive protection of inventions, utility models, industrial designs, trademarks and copyrights. The firm and its employees are regularly recommended in international industry rankings such as IP Stars (Tier 1 Firm), WTR 1000 and IAM Patent 1000.

The team members include seasoned European and Polish patent attorneys with an in-depth expertise in their industry sectors. The latter ones include life science, mechanics, chemistry, electronics, heavy industry, IT.

Patpol’s patent department’s team members have specialized expertise to advise their clients on sophisticated strategies for the protection of their inventions as well as maintenance and defense of patents before the Polish Patent Office, European Patent Office (EPO), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). With the assistance of our extensive network of international professional associates, they can also provide the full range of services for our clients’ patents worldwide.

Our trademark and design experts ensure that their trademarks or designs portfolio brings measurable benefits to the company through appropriate protection of intellectual property rights. We specialize in expert advice for entrepreneurs in Poland and around the world on matters such as:

• Audit of intellectual property portfolio
• Selection of an appropriate strategy for the protection of trademarks and industrial designs;
• Representation of trademark and industrial design owners in registration and litigation proceedings before the Patent Office (objections, cancellations, revocation) and administrative courts.

By using our services, clients receive the support of European and Polish trademark and design attorneys with vast experience in representing clients before Polish (UPRP), European (EUIPO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

We know current trends in the protection of trademarks and industrial designs, thanks to which we provide our clients with current and proven knowledge enabling them to make the right business decisions.

Last updated 25th January 2021

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

A&O Shearman is one of the leading international firms in Poland, with outstanding capabilities on large-scale, complex matters.

With more than 60 lawyers in Warsaw we advise Polish and international clients on corporate and M&A finance, regulatory, antitrust, project development, intellectual property, real estate, employment, litigation, tax and restructuring and insolvency issues across industries including energy, financial services, private capital, telecoms, and technology. 

Zivko Mijatovic & Partners (ZMP) is a full-service IP law firm, established in 1939 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, as a general practice law firm. It has grown progressively and today consists of 15 offices in 14 European countries. The overall protection of all IP rights, including prosecution, enforcement and litigation, is provided through the network of ZMP offices covering the Balkan Peninsula and Central and Eastern Europe, with a liaison office in Alicante, Spain, providing legal services in relation to European trademarks and designs and IP legal services in Spain. Over the last 30 years, ZMP’s primary activity has been the protection, via prosecution and litigation, of all IP rights.

The firm has gained reputation for having stellar and efficient services in the region. ZMP is known for being a creative, open and straightforward firm, with a meticulous approach tailored to the client’s needs. ZMP’s constant presence in Central and Eastern Europe means that clients receive immediate and simultaneous service across the region, simply by contacting one of the offices. That is why the service provided by ZMP is unique in the region.

ZMP offers a full range of IP services, providing legal assistance and advice on the protection of IP rights and management and enforcement of the same across Central and Eastern Europe. Services include filing and prosecution of IP rights; searches and watching services; IP portfolio management; dispute resolution; advice and representation in infringement and enforcement matters. ZMP and its attorneys are authorized to represent clients before judicial authorities, IP offices, customs offices and different administrative authorities of the countries in which the firm’s offices are located.

ZMP is particularly active in matters of counterfeiting and piracy. Given that the Western Balkans, due to its geographical location, is a gateway to the EU market and a fertile ground for the production and distribution of counterfeit goods, Rights' holders are advised to consider the measures available across the region and contemplate implementing a strategy that recognizes the root of the problem and provides a long-term solution. Countries of the Western Balkans should be considered as a single region. ZMP is uniquely positioned to provide this service through its network of tightly linked local offices. The firm has therefore introduced a “Customs Package” whereby it handles customs applications, seizures and destruction of all counterfeit products flowing through the countries of former Yugoslavia and Albania (eight jurisdictions in total) through only one point of contact, thus saving costs, avoiding heavy administrative burdens and consolidating customs matters with one agent.

As part of the firm´s business growth strategy, ZMP is more active on social media, dynamic, approachable and always on alert on the virtual space to detect any kind of unfair competition in the market through typo squatting, metatags, spamming and cybersquatting because we focus on our clients and consumer protection. ZMP strives towards corporate responsibility, through sponsorship activities and the number of professionals employed in our offices has increased by a minimum of 10% annually, with constant investment in education.

We specialize in protecting intellectual property rights, which in a modern economy are essential for almost any business. Our team protects trademarks, patents, designs, copyrights, trade secrets and personal rights, we also help to protect against unfair competition practices.
SK+ Siekierzyński Kochlewski is proactively engaged in shaping clients' products and brands before they reach the market. We help prevent legal risks early in the design, naming and concept stages, and suggest the best possible means to develop and protect intellectual property. Hence, our advice is not limited to dispute resolution in litigation or ADR in the event of an infringement.

We focus on work for sectors like automotive, luxury goods, pharma, medical, art and marketing. The SK+ team has experience not only before the Polish courts but also before the Court of Justice of the European Union representing clients in complex and precedent-setting litigation.
Apart from representing clients in courts in civil litigation SK+ cooperates closely with Polish customs and police when it comes to fighting counterfeits. Many years of experience in representing clients in criminal intellectual property cases allow SK+ to manage proceedings appropriately by choosing the best solution for the case. The experience and ability to combine civil and criminal proceedings distinguishes SK+ from other Polish law firms dealing with intellectual property protection.
SK+ also provides comprehensive advice in the field of trademark prosecution and represents clients in all stages of the proceedings including: filing for registration, opposition proceedings, revocation and invalidity proceedings – before the Polish Patent Office and before the European Union Intellectual Property Office.

We protect international brands in Poland and Polish brands worldwide. We have experience in advising in complex patent infringement cases. We work with Polish and foreign patent and trademark attorneys and law firms, advertising agencies and consumer survey agencies. We also work with experts and specialists from various fields.

SK+ lawyers, including the partners, are very well versed in international relations. A good understanding with clients and lawyers from other jurisdictions is not only the result of language proficiency, but also stems from experience of living and working in a multicultural environment. These competencies have already resulted in important roles in international legal organisations for SK+ lawyers who are active in associations such as i.a. INTA, PTMG, Marques, German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR), AIPPI.

Due to the partners’ experience and background we are the first choice law firm for many multinational companies. We do not only speak fluent German and English, but we understand the mindset of our German and English/US clients. We also take on ‘difficult’ cases, one of the recent examples is the “Europe Impact Case of the Year” according to Managing IP. We represented our client Audi AG before the CJEU (case C-334/22).

In short, SK+ combines strategic foresight, hands-on litigation and deep academic insight in a highly specialized, boutique format.

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.

Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak (SK&S) is widely regarded as one of Poland’s leading intellectual property law firms, combining market-leading expertise in patents, trademarks, copyrights, designs, unfair competition and advertising law with a strong focus on innovation-driven industries.

For more than three decades, SK&S has advised domestic and international businesses on the protection, enforcement, commercialisation and strategic management of intellectual property assets. The firm is consistently recognised by leading international legal rankings, including Managing IP IP Stars, IAM Patent 1000, WTR 1000, Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500. SK&S is also authorised to represent clients before the Unified Patent Court, enabling the firm to support patent enforcement strategies across Europe.

The practice is particularly known for its ability to combine contentious, transactional and regulatory expertise. The team handles complex patent, trademark, copyright, design and trade secret disputes before Polish courts, the Polish Patent Office, administrative courts, EUIPO and the Court of Justice of the European Union. At the same time, it advises on sophisticated technology-driven transactions, including licensing arrangements, R&D collaborations, technology transfer projects, franchise structures, software and know-how agreements, and the commercial exploitation of intellectual property portfolios.

A distinguishing feature of the practice is its extensive experience in coordinating multi-jurisdictional matters. Acting as lead and hub counsel, SK&S develops and implements international protection and enforcement strategies for clients operating across multiple markets, managing worldwide trademark and design portfolios and coordinating networks of foreign advisers.

The firm advises businesses across a wide range of sectors, including life sciences, pharmaceuticals, 
biotechnology, consumer goods, luxury products, retail, food and beverages, automotive, energy, financial services, telecommunications, media, software and emerging technologies. By combining deep industry knowledge with close cooperation between its IP, litigation, corporate, competition, regulatory and tax teams, SK&S delivers commercially focused solutions that help clients create, protect, monetise and enforce their most valuable intangible assets.

With offices in Warsaw, Poznań and Katowice, the firm provides intellectual property support to clients throughout Poland and serves as a trusted adviser for international businesses operating in the region.