Law Offices Patrinos & Kilimiris

The firm: Established in 1919 by Dr E. Patrinos, Patrinos & Kilimiris (“P&K”) specialize in IP matters and represent numerous renowned clients both on an international and national level, successfully addressing legal matters before the Greek administrative authorities, the Greek courts, EUIPO, the General Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

We demonstrate a wealth of experience in multi-jurisdiction legal proceedings by collaborating and aligning with teams of international colleagues to enforce or defend our clients’ IP rights both in Greece and the EU. Our experience coupled with long-standing co-operation and exchange with other teams allow us to actively assist in developing a strong and effective strategy to support our clients, whilst overcoming any obstacles and tackling various issues, which may, on occasion, arise in respect of a wide range of IP-related matters.

In this context, P&K have had a strong influence on developing the national case law in trademark, design or patent cases by dealing with matters, for which, in many cases, there had been no prior case law in Greece, thereby introducing interpretation of legal provisions which provided congruity of the Greek case law with that of other European countries. It is worth mentioning that the Greek IP Office often invites us as key expert speakers in seminars organized for the professional training of attorneys.

Areas of practice: The firm provides a full range of legal and technical services, provided by experienced patent and trade mark attorneys including patent, trade mark and design counselling, filing and prosecution, copyright protection, domain name registration and disputes, customs actions, franchising, distribution and licence agreements as well as technical translations.

Furthermore the firm undertakes substantial IP litigation up to the national courts, OHIM and the CJEU. P&K has a strong record of successful litigation in IP infringement proceedings acting for large international and domestic companies in all areas of IP and an unparalleled experience in pharmaceutical infringement litigation having handled Greek landmark court disputes in this field. Various decisions on such disputes have now been incorporated into the country’s case law.