Poland

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

Over the last century we’ve been lucky enough to have played a part in protecting some of the world’s most ground-breaking inventions and high profile brands. You can trust us to know IP law inside out, to be curious, and to connect the dots to reach solutions others don’t.

We will provide you with a team, rich in real-world experience, comprising experts who have worked at the forefront of pioneering technologies. A substantial number of our lawyers hold qualifications in scientific or technical fields, meaning we are often called upon for our specialist knowledge and insight on large international mandates. We are respected for our creative and original solutions.

We offer both litigation and transactional support in relation to all IP rights, from small innovative projects to the largest, most complex and ground-breaking transactions and disputes.

Our approach has always been centred on client service, collaborating and innovating with our clients to create bespoke solutions that make their lives easier. This includes: our 'twobirds Pattern' product, a proprietary, in-house patent valuation and analysis tool, that allows us to landscape, analyse, and value patent portfolios in an automated and sophisticated way; and our innovative and dynamic Brand Protection Reporting Portal, which uses dynamic charts that give clients an up-to-date overview of their risk profile at any given time.

Talk to us to find out how our tools, experience and our genuine passion for IP can help you devise a strategy that will help to maintain your competitive edge, whilst protecting and optimising your IP in the best way possible.

Internationally Bird & Bird has over 400 IP lawyers, attorneys and legal professionals across our 29 offices, many of whom have known each other and worked together for years, meaning we're all on the same page and offer consistency and quality that runs through all levels of seniority. We are therefore ideally placed to devise and coordinate multi-jurisdictional litigation strategies and,in the future, to represent clients before the Unified Patent Court.

Office Locations: Australia, Belgium, China, Czech Republic & Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and United States of America

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

Kulikowska & Kulikowski (K&K) is a Polish boutique IP law firm comprehensively and effectively assisting its clients in protecting their intellectual property in Poland and on international markets. Its goal is to provide individual, proactive and business-oriented IP advice.

Being well-equipped to manage the full spectrum of IP protection – trademarks, patents, designs, copyrights, domain names, unfair competition, or anti-counterfeiting – the expertise of K&K covers such areas as setting IP strategy, filing and prosecution, portfolio management and well as litigation.

Its particular specialty is resolving disputes, also through mediation, and it willingly undertakes the most challenging IP litigation cases.

K&K represents its diverse pool of clients before the Polish Patent Office, European Union Intellectual Property Office, World Intellectual Property Organization, and the European Patent Office. Partnering with local IP firms around the world allows K&K to handle clients’ portfolios globally in a comprehensive manner.

The law firm is a team of patent and trademark attorneys, advocates and attorneys-at-law supported junior lawyers, specialists and paralegals. Their professionalism, experience and creative approach always center on finding the best solutions to meet clients’ needs.

Intensively benefiting from IT tools, K&K does not leave clients with raw data, but always offers them an expert view. What distinguishes it is preparation of tailor-made solutions for clients, allowing them to maintain the highest level of protection. Trademark and design applications are developed cross-departmentally, by members of the prosecution and litigation teams as well as specialists in technical fields working together, so as not only to obtain the desired protection but also to allow its full enforcement later.

K&K comprehensively serves international clients across diverse business areas, including the largest multinational corporations operating in e.g. alcohol, pharmaceutical, FMCG, telecommunications and luxury goods industries.

A significant group of clients are also Polish entrepreneurs from the SME sector, whom K&K supports in building a strong position on the Polish and foreign markets, advising on how to protect and maximize IP assets.

Effectiveness, expertise and professional qualifications of Kulikowska & Kulikowski as one Poland’s leading law firms in the IP protection sector is confirmed by numerous and regular recommendations and distinctions in international industry rankings, such as IP STARS, IAM PATENT 1000, WTR 1000, Who is Who Legal, Legal 500, Chambers , The Patent Lawet, Innovation & IP or Client Choice by Lexology.