Havlík Švorčík & Partners

Havlík Švorčík and Partners, Law and Patent Office (formerly Všetečka Zelený Švorčík and partners) is a leading IP and corporate law firm founded in 1990 in Prague. With over forty team members, the firm is one of the largest and best established IP practices in Czechia and Slovakia. Our clients are domestic and international companies from the fields of pharmaceutical and chemical industry, automotive, defense, entertainment and consumer packaged goods and retail as well as small and middle seized companies and start-ups and individual right holders. We prosecute applications for patents, trademarks and designs before the Czech and Slovak Industrial Property Offices and EPO, EUIPO and WIPO. Our patent attorneys and translators cover all fields of technology from mechanical engineering, construction, IT to pharma and life sciences. We provide strategic advice and administer several global patent, trademark and copyright licensing portfolios. The firm assists their clients in monitoring IP rights and enforcing them through court litigation in Czech or Slovak courts and other available procedures. We regularly litigate in patent and trademark infringement matters. Furthermore, the firm has an extensive anti-counterfeiting practice involving customs seizures and raids. Our partners Otakar Svorcik and Michal Havlik serve as panelists for the .eu and .cz domain name disputes with the Czech Arbitration Court and WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center.

Key IP Areas

Intellectual property (contentious), Intellectual property (prosecution), Patent, Patent contentious, Patent prosecution, Trade mark, Trade mark contentious, Trade mark prosecution, Copyright & related rights, Designs

Key Sector Expertise

Automotive, Biotechnology, Chemical, Defence, Computer technology & services, Fashion & luxury goods, Life sciences, Pharmaceutical, Sports, Tobacco, Telecommunication, Oil & gas, Manufacturing, Food & beverage, Electrical, Electronics, Aerospace, Hospitality & leisure, Retail, Universities & research

We are fully dedicated to environmental and social responsibility and diversity in the work place.