The people behindevery matter.

Krzysztof is an expert in patent law about which he lectures at the University of Warsaw. He handles patent prosecution and invalidation proceedings, and is also involved in patent litigation where he masterminds technical argumentation for clients.

He has strong scientific credentials, confirmed by a PhD degree in chemistry supported by experience in lab and clinical trials. He is a long-standing member of the Polish Chemical Society and ex-board member of one of its sections. At the same time, he adopts a business-oriented approach which is valued by clients.

Krzysztof advises clients from sectors such as pharma, chemistry, energy, and IT.

• Patent revocation proceedings in pharma, chemistry, and mechanics
• Patent prosecution relating to second medical use inventions, including plausibility matters
• SPC prosecution cases before the Polish Patent Office concerning second medical use and functional claims

• PhD in organic chemistry, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Chemistry (2015)
• Lecturer in patent law (University of Warsaw, Warsaw University of Technology, Polish Chemical Society)
• Postgraduate studies in marketing of pharmaceutical products, University of Warsaw (2012)
• Clinical trials training – Good Clinical Practice certificate (2014)

• Comprehensive Enantioselective Organocatalysis: Catalysts, Reactions, and Applications (Ch. 21: "Non-Classical" Activation of Organocatalytic Reactions), Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2013
• An Efficient Organocatalytic Method for Highly Enantioselective Michael Addition of Malonates to Enones Catalyzed by Readily Accessible Primary Amine-Thiourea, Organic Letters (ACS), 2012
• High-Pressure Accelerated Asymmetric Organocatalytic Friedel–Crafts Alkylation of Indoles with Enones, Organic Letters (ACS), 2012

• Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys
• International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)

Dawid is an experienced litigator with over 15 years of experience in disputes over intellectual property. He acts as lead counsel in litigation concerning patents, designs, trademarks, copyright, and unfair competition.

He represents clients in opposition and invalidation proceedings concerning IP before the Polish Patent Office, Polish administrative courts, and the European Union Intellectual Property Office in Alicante (EUIPO). He also regularly assists clients in anti-counterfeiting activities.

Dawid's area of expertise also includes IP and IT contracts, IP registration strategies, and regulatory issues related to e-commerce and GDPR.

• Multijurisdictional patent disputes concerning law-defining issues such as second medical use or doctrine of equivalents
• Trademark infringement and invalidation matters related to trademarks of repute, 3D trademarks, and combinations of colours
• Design and copyright infringement disputes regarding the external appearance of products such as furniture, accessories, lighting, clothing, and household items

Clients include companies from sectors such as pharma, medical devices, clothing, toys, gaming, and lighting.

• Faculty of Law and Administration, Jagiellonian University, Kraków
• Postgraduate studies in Law of New Technologies, Kozminski University, Warsaw
• Degree in cultural studies, Faculty of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University, Kraków
• Patent attorney traineeship, Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys, Warsaw

• Commentary on amendments to the Code of Civil Procedure introducing IP courts in Poland (Wolters Kluwer, co-author)
• Showing a design without a registration is a mistake, Gazeta Prawna (2016)
• The entrepreneur will have to monitor trademarks himself, Gazeta Prawna (2016)
• EDB database. Better protection of intellectual property rights, Euro Info (2016)
• EU funds: What to consider when concluding a consortium agreement, Gazeta Prawna (2016)
• Changes in Industrial Property Law. Relevance to Business, Euro Info (2016)
• What can be patented? A quick guide to industrial property, Euro Info (2016)

• Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law
• Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys
• International Trademark Association (INTA)

Sylwia is an expert in intellectual property law with over 15 years of experience. She specialises in a comprehensive range of IP matters, including copyrights, trademarks, designs, patents, unfair competition, and consumer rights.

Sylwia represents clients in complex litigation and administrative proceedings before institutions such as common courts, the Supreme Court, the Polish Patent Office, EUIPO, WIPO, administrative courts and domain name arbitration courts. She supports clients in developing tailored strategies for the protection and enforcement of IP rights. Additionally, she advises on high-stakes IP transactions and conducts thorough due diligence audits.

Sylwia works with clients from various sectors, including pharmaceutical, retail, FMCG, fashion, advertising, e-commerce and new technologies. She has also advised clients on R&D projects.

• Representing clients before the Supreme Court in cases involving unfair competition
• Leading litigation in a high-profile dispute concerning a medical device's external design – claims of copyright infringement, rights to a well-known mark, and unfair competition
• Design infringement disputes concerning the external appearance of products such as furniture, clothing and household goods
• Favourable outcomes in trademark infringement and cancellation cases, including well-known marks – including demonstrating the reputation of a client's well-known mark before the EUIPO across several EU countries

• University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration
• Center for American Law Studies, University of Florida in cooperation with University of Warsaw
• Barrister traineeship, Warsaw Bar Association

• Civil proceedings in intellectual property cases. Commentary for trial attorneys and judges (Wolters Kluwer, 2021)
• Audi defends its emblem against Polish seller, The Trademark Lawyer Magazine, 2024
• McDonald's loses BIG MAC for subsequent goods and services, The Trademark Lawyer Magazine, 2024
• Marking on a t-shirt label is a trademark, Rzeczpospolita, 2022
• What to do when someone copies your business? Three examples of how to respond, Rzeczpospolita, 2022
• It's good to regulate acquisition of rights, Kancelarie RP, 2022
• Five specialised IP courts, Kancelarie RP, 2022

• Warsaw Bar Association
• European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA)
• Licensing Executives Society (LES) Poland

Agnieszka is an intellectual property law expert with more than 17 years of experience in this field, and a lecturer on the barrister training course at the Warsaw Bar Association. She specialises in the protection of trademarks, industrial designs, copyright law and IP contract law.

She is involved in conducting proceedings before the Polish Patent Office, common and administrative courts, as well as before the EUIPO and the Court of the European Union.

She is a laureate of the 2014 Gazeta Prawna and Lexis Nexis Publishers Rising Stars – Lawyers Leaders of Tomorrow ranking.

• Trademark infringement and cancellation cases, including trademarks of repute
• Industrial design and copyright infringement disputes concerning the external appearance of products, such as clothing and spare parts
• Unfair competition disputes and protection of personal and corporate assets

Clients include companies from sectors such as pharmaceuticals, dietary supplements, FMCG, and defence industry.

• Barrister traineeship, Warsaw Bar Association (2007–2011)
• Cambridge University Diploma in English and European Union Law (2005–2007)
• University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration (2000–2005)

• Suspension of administrative proceedings: ex officio or on request, Rzeczpospolita 2007, no. 300
• Packaging standardization undermines basic market mechanism, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, Firma i Prawo, 22 października 2013
• Transit of counterfeit goods will be more difficult in the Union, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, Firma i Prawo, 10 marca 2014
• Entrepreneur has the right to protect the brand he created, Gazeta Prawna, 31 maja 2016

• Warsaw Bar Association
• Pharmaceutical Trademarks Group (Associate Member)

Football, cuisines of the world, and horses.

Maria is a senior IP and life sciences lawyer with extensive experience in patent, trade mark, regulatory and competition matters. She advises on complex IP enforcement and strategy, particularly in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors.

She has handled patent, SPC and trade mark disputes before the Polish Patent Office, administrative courts and civil courts. Her background includes senior roles at international and specialist IP firms, as well as case-handling experience at the Polish competition authority, where she worked on pharmaceutical-sector antitrust matters, dawn raids and ECN / European Commission workstreams.

She also brings strong transactional experience, including negotiating commercial, licensing, distribution, CRO, NDA and manufacturing agreements, and conducting IP due diligence in life sciences transactions.

Paula is an experienced litigation lawyer specialising in intellectual and industrial property law, with a particular focus on court disputes and administrative proceedings concerning trademarks, industrial designs, and copyrights. She represents clients before Polish courts and authorities, as well as before the EUIPO, including in contentious, opposition, and invalidity proceedings, and in matters related to anti-counterfeiting enforcement.

She advises clients on the development of domestic and international IP protection strategies, combining in-depth knowledge of legal regulations with business realities. Drawing on her experience as a judicial assistant, she provides practical and realistic support in the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, including their civil and criminal aspects.

• Managing domestic and international trademark portfolios
• Conducting and coordinating IP infringement matters across European and global markets
• Strategic advisory on the development and implementation of global IP protection strategies
• Representing clients in key court disputes and proceedings before national authorities and the EUIPO

• Faculty of Law and Administration, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
• Faculty of Psychology, specialisation in forensic psychology, University of Warsaw
• Attorney-at-law training, Warsaw Bar Association
• Postgraduate Studies in Intellectual Property Law, University of Warsaw
• ETMD EP for Practitioners, European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

• New institution of Polish civil procedure – a counterclaim regarding trademarks and industrial designs, The Trademark Lawyer, Issue 5/2020 (co-authored with Klaudia Błach-Morysińska)
• A series of legal publications on industrial property law in World Trademark Review and Lexology

• IP Rising Star 2023–2025 by Managing Intellectual Property (MIP)

• Warsaw Bar Association
• AIPPI Poland

Przemysław is a patent attorney combining his main scientific background – medical chemistry – with specialisation in IP management. He has valuable experience working closely with clients to determine the strength and commercial value of IP during due diligence.

He is currently involved in the prosecution of patent applications for medical device startups. Highlights of his experience include management of R&D projects relating to two cardiosurgical devices that increase safety during cardiac surgery: Heart Sense and Heart Guard.

• Medical devices, biotechnology
• Intellectual property management

Passionate about sport – mainly cycling and the gym – combined with a healthy diet.

Michał is a patent attorney with a strong technical background in chemistry, pharmaceuticals, mechanics and computer-implemented inventions. He advises on patent prosecution, patentability and FTO analyses, European patent validations and contentious patent matters before the Polish Patent Office and administrative courts.

He has significant experience in preparing patent specifications and managing national, European and international filings, often in cooperation with foreign counsel. His earlier R&D and pharmaceutical roles at SciencePharma and Adamed give him practical insight into medicinal product development, chemical-pharmaceutical documentation, API development and modified-release formulations.

Michał has also supported patent disputes in the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors, including matters involving dry powder inhalers and medicinal products containing imatinib.

Alicja is an expert in intellectual property law with 15 years of professional experience. She specialises in a comprehensive range of IP matters, especially litigation matters concerning patent litigation, as well as copyrights, trademarks, designs, patents, unfair competition.

Alicja represented clients at every level of juridical proceedings, including proceedings before the Polish Supreme Court. She has also handled cases before the Court of Justice of the European Union. Alicja assisted in lots of comprehensive disputes and was involved in building tailored strategies in IP cases for the clients operation in various branches, including life sciences, electronics, new technologies and media. She represented clients in cross-border jurisdiction cases.

• Representing client before the Supreme Court in case involving trademark rights concerning "Van Doren rule" (burden of proof)
• Representing clients operating in plant protection product branch in patent litigation before the District Court and before the Polish Patent Office, which included numerous court cases such as e.g.: preliminary injunction case, informatory motion, main case with large value of dispute – at every instance
• Representing global technology corporation in domain name dispute before the Polish Arbitration Court for Internet Domains re. the repetitional infringing use of client's well-known trademark in the domain name
• Representing international technology corporation in complex dispute involving infringement of company's personal rights, i.e. business reputation
• Representing pharma company in negotiations re. purchase of the patent application

• Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Faculty of Law and Administration: MA in Law
• Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Faculty of Polish Studies: MA in Comparative Literature
• Barrister traineeship, Warsaw Bar Association

• How to Enforce Patent Infringement Claims?, Rzeczpospolita, 16 June 2023
• Before Launching a Video Game, Ensure It Does Not Incorporate Third Parties' Registered Designs, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, 21 March 2023
• Can Video Games Use Trademarks of Well-Known Brands?, Rzeczpospolita, 14 July 2022
• Agreements with Video Game Developers: Key Clauses That Should Not Be Overlooked, Nowy Marketing, 13 December 2023
• A Company May Effectively Defend Itself Against Online Hate Speech, prawo.pl, 15 March 2023
• How a Business Can Recover a Global Domain Name from an Unfair Competitor, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, 23 July 2022
• Influencer Agreements: Essential Provisions You Should Include, Rzeczpospolita, 22 December 2022

• Warsaw Bar Association
• International Trademark Organization (INTA)
• Marques
• Ranked in IAM Patent in 2024 and 2026