Poland

Firm overview

POLSERVICE is one of the leading IP firms in Poland and in Central Europe with many years of professional experience. The firm has been operating on the market since 1964.

POLSERVICE successfully represents its international and domestic clients before the Polish Patent Office (PPO), the European Patent Office (EPO), the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and other institutions.

POLSERVICE provides comprehensive IP services at both national and EU/EPO level, including preliminary searches, prosecution of patent, trademark and design applications, maintenance and renewals of IP rights, recordal of changes in patent and trademark registers, licensing and enforcement of IP rights (litigation and anti-counterfeiting).

Our client base includes numerous large international corporations, well-known domestic enterprises, SMEs, start-ups as well as research centers and universities, representing businesses across diverse sectors and technology areas.

Client satisfaction is our priority. In each case our specialists look for the best solution to meet our clients’ needs and expectations. An individual and creative approach to all tasks, supported by profound legal and technical knowledge, has earned us the trust of our clients.

POLSERVICE and its attorneys are members of international organizations gathering companies and individuals dealing with IP: AIPPI, INTA, ECTA, LES, UNION, MARQUES, FICPI and EPI. Our attorneys/We participate in numerous meetings, conferences and trainings, also as lecturers or moderators. Personal achievements and experience gained throughout many years of professional activity at the international level have allowed many of our attorneys to become leaders of these organizations.

Our computerized IP record management system enables us to safely store, manage and process information and provide services efficiently, quickly and accurately.

POLSERVICE is continually developing and improving measures to ensure our clients a high level of security and compliance with laws and other regulations. For this purpose, we maintain an Information Security Management System and a personal data security system based on the ISO/IEC 27001 standard.

Firm overview

Sulima, Grabowska, Sierzputowska, Patent and Trademark Attorneys was founded in 1995 and during 26 years of steady growth has become one of the best offices in Poland with a big team of IP practitioners.

In Poland registered IP practitioners are called “patent attorneys” while, due to the scope of their professional training, they are entitled to handle all the IP matters, not only patents.

Our team offers a whole spectrum of IP services before the Polish Patent Office and Polish administrative and civil courts, as well as before the EPO, the EUIPO and the WIPO.

We hold a leading position in filing validations of EP patents in Poland. Our co-operation with a huge group of translators personally trained by us and our unique two-step verification system of technical translations leads to excellent quality of translated texts provided by our office.

We are also famous for the quality of our prosecution work and efficiency in obtaining exclusive rights for our clients.

We have vast practice in handling of SPCs. 

We are perfectly prepared to handle any types of IP cases in any conceivable field of technique, i.a. in:

• Chemical Technology and Engineering
• Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry and Technology
• Biotechnology
• Medical devices
• Agriculture and Food Technology
• Oil and Gas Technology and Engineering
• Mechanical and Civil Engineering
• Steel and Mining Engineering
• Automotive, Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering
• Electrical, Electronic and Informatics Engineering
• Nanotechnology

We are highly effective in handling litigation cases in opposition, appeal, invalidation, infringement and declaratory proceedings. We strongly believe in alternative dispute resolutions, and thus we offer deep professional analysis of technical and legal aspects of potential disputes aimed at settling them outside of the courtrooms.

We also successfully handle cases connected with customs matters and with protection and enforcement of domain names.

We help with developing IP protection strategies and managing IP portfolios.

We provide comprehensive advices on formal requirements and on complex procedural and legal issues.

We have capacity, experience and infrastructure allowing to smoothly and quickly attend to our clients’ needs and expectations, including processing high volume filing and/or recordal orders.

Our Patent Department has three divisions: Chemical/Biotech, Mechanical/Electrical and Electronic/IT.

Our patent team consists of 15 registered Polish and European patent attorneys and 15 patent specialists supported by a group of 17 paralegals highly qualified and experienced in patent formalities, transfers of rights and handling annuities.

In litigation cases we are aided by attorneys-at-law and excellent Polish experts ready to provide legal or technical expertise.

Our patent team members - Małgorzata Kaczmarczyk and GrażynaWójcik have written a chapter on formal requirements and practice in Poland to the second edition of “European SPCs Unravelled: A Practitioner’s Guide to Supplementary Protection Certificates in Europe” which will be published by Wolters Kluwer.

Last updated 4th March 2021

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

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