Intellectual Property (IP)

We provide assistance in all kinds of trademark protection matters. Before filing an application, we carry out registrability tests on the trademarks and advise on the most optimal protection strategy. We prepare applications and represent the Client in application proceedings and litigations. Once the decision is obtained, we take care to maintain the rights. We also carry out monitoring of competitor trademarks. Our services include:

National applications at the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland

• preparation of the trademark application dossier,
• maintaining correspondence with the Polish Patent Office
• examination of the trademark registrability
• conducting the application procedure until a final decision is taken
• monitoring deadlines and payment of fees

Trademark applications abroad

• preparing trademark application files and filing trademark applications with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
• registration in individual countries through cooperating foreign law firms

Making changes to trademark registers at home and abroad

• preparing and submitting applications for amendments and entries in registers

Handling litigations

• representing Clients before the Polish Patent Office, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), and administrative courts
• preparing and filing remarks and objections to trademarks pending registration
• preparing applications for the cancellation of protection rights granted
• preparing applications for the termination of protection rights granted

Handling trademark infringement cases:

• conducting negotiations and preparing warning letters
• handling civil and criminal proceedings for the infringement of exclusive rights
• consulting on proceeding strategy
• drafting legal opinions
• cooperation with the police, public prosecutor’s office and customs authorities

Trademark research

• conducting searches in trademark databases – national, EU and international
• preparing opinions on the registrability of trademarks

Trademark monitoring

• conducting trademark monitoring
• preparing regular reports on the trademarks to be monitored

We assist in all kinds of industrial design protection matters. Before filing an application, we carry out design registrability tests and advise on the most optimal protection strategy. We prepare applications and represent the Client in application proceedings and litigations. Once the decision is obtained, we take care to maintain the rights. Our services include:

National applications at the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland

• preparation of the industrial design application dossier,
• maintaining correspondence with the Polish Patent Office
• examination of the industrial design registrability
• conducting the application procedure until a final decision is taken
• monitoring deadlines and payment of fees

Industrial design applications submitted abroad

• preparing industrial design application files and filing industrial design applications with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
• registration in individual countries through cooperating foreign law firms

Making changes to industrial design registers at home and abroad

• preparing and submitting applications for amendments and entries in registers

Handling litigations

• representing Clients before the Polish Patent Office, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), and administrative courts
• preparing applications for the cancellation of registration rights granted

Handling industrial design infringement cases:

• conducting negotiations and preparing warning letters
• handling civil and criminal proceedings for infringement of exclusive rights
• consulting on proceeding strategy
• drafting legal opinions
• cooperation with the police, public prosecutor’s office and customs authorities

Industrial design research

• conducting searches in industrial design databases – national, EU and international

preparing opinions on the registrability of  industrial designs

We represent our Clients in proceedings in front of general, administrative and arbitration courts in all matters relating to the protection of intellectual property rights and unfair competition. Our services include:

• preparing warning letters and replies to warning letters received
• conducting negotiations, mediation and concluding settlements
• preparation of applications to secure claims and representation of Clients in safeguard proceedings
• drafting statements of claim and responses, as well as representing Clients in civil court proceedings at all instances
• conducting criminal trademark infringement cases in front of general courts, law enforcement agencies and customs offices
• conducting proceedings in front of administrative courts
• drawing up complaints, appeals and recours en cassation
• enforcing court decisions and representing Clients in enforcement proceedings
• conducting cases before (national and EU) arbitration courts in domain name matters

We assist in all matters related to unfair competition. Our services include:

• advising on matters relating to combating unfair competition
• preparing pre-litigation letters and replies to warning letters
• conducting negotiations and concluding settlements
• preparation of legal opinions on combating unfair competition
• representing Clients in front of civil courts in unfair competition cases

We provide assistance in all kinds of matters concerning the protection of inventions and utility models. Before filing an application, we conduct state-of-the-art studies and advise on the protection strategy. We prepare applications and represent the Client in application proceedings. Once the decision is obtained, we take care to maintain the rights. Our services include:

National applications at the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland:

• assessment of the patentability of an invention and the protectability of a utility model;
• state-of-the-art studies;
• preparing documentation and filing applications;
• representing the Client in the application procedure;
• monitoring of deadlines and payment of official fees.

Preparing documentation and filing applications abroad, including:

• applications at the European Patent Office (EPO);
• international applications under the PCT;
• national applications in all countries of the world, selected by the applicant (in cooperation with foreign law firms).

National validation of European patents:

• specialist translations of European patents and submission of applications for their validation in the Republic of Poland;
• specialist translations of patent claims after publication of the application by the EPO (provisional protection in Poland);
• monitoring of deadlines and payment of official fees.

Patent litigation cases in front of:

• Patent Office of the Republic of Poland;
• administrative courts;
• European Patent Office (EPO);
• general courts (in cases involving infringement of exclusive rights);
• conducting negotiations and preparing warning letters.

Making changes in domestic and foreign registers

Thanks to our cooperation with foreign law firms, we provide the aforementioned services not only in Poland, but also worldwide.

We advise on all kinds of matters concerning internet domains. Our services include:

• internet domain registration, registration renewals, monitoring of deadlines, payment of fees
• mediation, arbitration proceedings
• conducting negotiations, concluding settlements
• representing Clients in domain name matters in front of an arbitration court or in front of general courts
• advice on trademark infringements on the internet
• cooperation with auction portals to remove auctions infringing rights

• advice on copyright protection
• drafting legal opinions, contracts and amicable settlements
• representing Clients in front of common courts in copyright infringement cases
• cooperation with auction portals and law enforcement agencies

We provide assistance with the protection of exclusive rights at the border. Our services include:

• conducting customs detention cases in intellectual property matters
• preparing and submitting applications for customs protection and its extension to the Customs Chamber
• drawing up warning letters against violators
• preparation of notices of offences along with requests for prosecution
• conducting proceedings before law enforcement bodies and general courts
• cooperation with customs services, the police and the public prosecution office
• conducting negotiations and mediation with violators
• preparing and submitting requests for destruction of counterfeit goods

We offer services for drafting contracts and opinions regarding inventions, utility models, industrial designs, trademarks, internet domains and copyrights. Our services include:

• drafting licence agreements,
• drafting agreements for the transfer of intellectual property rights,
• drafting legal opinions and expert reports on industrial property rights and copyrights

We carry out searches in trademark, design and patent databases in order to propose the optimal protection of our Clients’ rights and to safeguard them against infringement of third-party rights. Our services include:

• examination of trademark registrability in national, EU and international trademark databases – the examination aims to assess whether the trademark is likely to be granted protection
• “prior-art” examination of a trademark; with the aim to assess whether the marketing of a product or the use of a particular name runs a risk of infringing third-party rights
• examination of industrial design registrability
• patentability examination; aimed at assessing an invention’s chances of obtaining patent protection
• patent clearance examination: the purpose of this examination is to determine whether the marketing of a product or the application of a technology will result in an infringement of a third party’s exclusive rights

We deal with the monitoring of deadlines and the payment of periodic maintenance fees for industrial property rights at home and abroad. We submit requests for changes to registers. Our services include:

• preparing and submitting applications to amend entries in national, EU and international registers,
• monitoring the deadlines and renewals of exclusive rights for trademarks, industrial designs, inventions and utility models
• preparing and filing applications for the registration of licences, pledges, etc. in national, EU and international registers
• payment of fees at home and abroad

• performing intellectual property audits and preparing opinions analysing the status of the company’s intellectual property
• providing advice on the creation and development of a strategy to protect the company’s intellectual property rights
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