Poland

Firm overview

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.

Firm overview

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.

Firm overview

We are a comprehensive law firm specialising in advising the creative, media, new technology, life science, and science and business innovation sectors.

The combination of the many years of diverse experience of managing partners Maciej Slusarek, Maciej Kubiak and Tomasz Pieczyk – with the fresh perspective of junior partners Hanna Marcinkiewicz, Katarzyna Lejman, Katarzyna Ciepiela, Paweł Myrda, Piotr Nikołajuk and Maciej Dudek – and their teams, is a guarantee of comprehensive legal services for our firm’s clients.

We support representatives of the creative industries at every stage of their projects. We have completed several hundred projects: audiovisual, related to new technologies, personal data, industrial property, and commercialisation of research. We also have experience in serving clients from the pharmaceutical, pharmacy, and investment fund industries, as well as in restructuring and M&A transactions. The DNA of our law firm also includes cases related to the protection of the reputation of individuals and companies, and representation in disputes concerning intellectual property, unfair competition, personal rights and in commercial matters.

One of the pillars of the firm is the IP/TMT team, repeatedly awarded and recommended in Chambers, IP Stars, Legal 500, and Media Law International, among others. We are a legal partner who understands business and effectively supports clients in finding solutions to the challenges they face in a dynamically changing world.

Firm overview

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.