Greece

Firm overview

IPWORK.GR is a boutique legal practice specializing in intellectual property and alternative dispute resolution in Greece and across the European Union. Its services cover the full spectrum of IP and related fields, including trademarks, patents, copyright, domain names, trade secrets, emerging technologies and AI, advertising, unfair competition, franchising, privacy, and personality rights. Distinguished by a client-focused and results-oriented approach, IPWORK.GR provides clear, practical solutions to complex legal and business challenges. Much of its work involves cross-border issues, effectively resolved through consultation, ADR, or litigation, with consistently successful outcomes for clients.

Firm overview

KG offers a complete line of intellectual property services and support. We understand the long-term strategic importance and complexities of intellectual property in cross-border and multinational business operations. We also understand the legal risks in intellectual property and help our clients to manage them.

We advise on all aspects of the trademark process and represent clients before the Greek customs authorities with respect to registering intellectual property rights in accordance to Council Regulation No. 608/2013, as well as court proceedings that may follow upon the capture of counterfeit products.

We offer a complete range of patent services, from patent applications to infringement and cancellation litigation, with special expertise and experience in pharmaceutical products.

We undertake the filing of designs and represent our clients before the Civil Courts in design-related proceedings.

Firm overview

We are in the top of Greece’s legal practice, with a 160+ member team comprising of 15 partners, 80+ associates, 20+ trainees and specialized business services professionals. We deliver a seamless blend of individual expertise with the strength of a collective powerhouse, our biggest asset.

Recognized as a leader across all practice areas, we are celebrated for our commercial insight and dedication to client relationships. Our lawyers are known for their quality, innovation and determination, earning trust through a deep understanding of each case, business integrity, and a focus on tailored solutions.

We uphold the highest professional and ethical standards. We value collaboration and respect, and a deep and unwavering belief in equal opportunity drives our culture. Further, our commitment to the community is unwavering. Pro bono efforts span immigration, education, cultural heritage, environmental protection and democracy promotion, with the aim of dedicating 2% of our chargeable hours to these causes.

As one of Greece’s leading law firms, we are consistently ranked among the top by all major legal directories, including Chambers, Legal 500, and IFLR1000. We have been named Greece’s Law Firm of the Year by IFLR in 2025 and have received the same distinction from Chambers on six occasions (2012, 2014, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2025). At POTAMITISVEKRIS, we see beyond and deliver impact.

Firm overview

Patrinos & Kilimiris, is the oldest law firm in Greece practicing exclusively in IP. It was established in 1919 by Dr. E. Patrinos and has become one of the leading law firms,with a team of more than 20 associates, including 7 attorneys.

The firm provides comprehensive services in patent, trade mark and design counselling, filing, and prosecution; copyright protection; transfer of technology; plant varieties; licensing; negotiations and arbitration. It represents clients before the Greek Patent and Trademark office, the European Patent Office and the Office of Harmonization in the Internal Market.

We employ a select number of high-qualified attorneys combining specialist knowledge and experience with flexibility, in order to serve the client in the most efficient and cost effective way possible and collaborate with more than 15 technical assistants with a superior level of expertise, covering the principal fields of science, in order to guarantee the highest quality in technical translations and offer expert opinions in patent related court proceedings.

The exceptional level of the firm’s services and our clients’ appreciation is reflected in our continuous ranking, over the years, among the top positions of Greek patent and trademark firms in the World IP Survey conducted by the Managing Intellectual Property Magazine.

Network memberships : INTA, ECTA, AIPPI, FICPI, MARQUES, UNION, EPLAW

Last Updated 31st May 2016