Patents, industrial designs and utility models are part of intellectual property. It is an important field for entrepreneurs. It is advisable that protection be ensured to one’s own brand and products – for it considerably streamlines action taking in case of unfair competition.
In the scope of patents and utility models, the offer of our Law Firm comprises:
- conducting investigations for patentability of inventions and utility models (among others in the scope of: mechanics and electro-mechanics, electronics, chemistry, biochemistry, and biotechnology);
- preparing application documents for filing and representing the Client in the application procedure for invention and utility model protection:
- nationally, before the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland
- for European registration, before the European Patent Office (EPO)
- internationally, before the Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
- individually, directly in any countries worldwide as selected by the Client;
- litigating for the Client in patent or protection rights infringement disputes, including patent or protection right invalidation or cancellation before:
- the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland, domestic administrative courts, and third parties
- the European Patent Office (EPO)
- Unified Patent Court
- foreign patent offices and courts;
- entering amendments into registers and making renewal fee payments with domestic and foreign patent offices;
- rendering advisory and preparing patent- and utility model-related expert opinions;
- national validation of European patents:
- o translations of European patents,
- filing the required documentation with the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland (PPO) in order to validate European patents,
- preparing and filing with the PPO modified translations in case of limitation of patents by the European Patent Office (EPO) or following the termination of opposition proceedings before the EPO (maintenance of patents in amended form),
- coordinating validation proceedings outside Poland in cooperation with foreign partner intellectual property firms,
- obtaining provisional protection.
Within the scope of industrial designs, the offer of our Law Firm comprises:
- conducting investigations for registrability of industrial designs;
- preparing application documents for filing and representing the Client in the application procedure for obtaining right in registration for industrial design:
- nationally, before the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland
- for community design, before the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
- internationally, before the Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
- individually, directly in any countries worldwide as selected by the Client;
- litigating for the Client in industrial design rights infringement disputes before:
- the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland, domestic administrative courts, and third parties
- the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
- the Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
- foreign patent offices and courts;
- entering amendments into registers and protection rights renewal with domestic and foreign patent offices;
- rendering advisory and preparing industrial design-related expert opinions.
