Tomasz Szambelan > Kochanski & Partners > Warsaw, Poland > Lawyer Profile

Kochanski & Partners
METROPOLITAN BUILDING
PL PILSUDSKIEGO 1
00-078 WARSAW
Poland
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Work Department

Intellectual and Industrial Property Law

Position

Advocate / Senior Associate / Intellectual and Industrial Property Law

Career

Tomasz specialises in intellectual property law. He advises on trademarks, industrial designs, utility models and patents, copyright law, agreements transferring intellectual property rights, licensing agreements, and matters involving unfair competition.

He represents clients in litigation concerning trademark infringement, oppositions to their registration and cancellation before common and administrative courts, the Polish Patent Office and the EUIPO.

He has experience in handling intellectual property infringements in the pharmaceutical, food and new technology industries. He supports clients in managing their trademark portfolios.

Tomasz also advises on intellectual property protection related matters during M&A transactions and conducts training courses focusing on the practical aspects of securing and commercialising IP rights.

Tomasz is qualified as an Internal Auditor for the ISO/IEC 27001:2017 Information Security Management System.

Awards: The Legal 500 EMEA in the field of Intellectual Property. Recognized by Managing IP Stars ranking as a Rising Star in IP

Languages

English, Polish

Memberships

The Warsaw Bar Association

Education

Faculty of Law, Canon Law and Administration at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. Centre for Intellectual Property Rights of the School of Intellectual Property Rights

Lawyer Rankings

Poland > Intellectual property

Distinguished by its ‘deep understanding of the operations of global organisations’, Kochanski & Partners is a popular choice among clients in the pharmaceutical, media and FMCG sectors. The group is well-regarded for its work in the defence of trade marks and patents, notably trade mark infringement cases and advertising litigation. Piotr Kochański and Karolina Marciniszyn are both responsible for co-leading the practice. Kochański specialises in IP transfers, financing and protection. Marciniszyn excels in IP litigation before the common and administrative and the PPO. Tomasz Szambelan is also a key name in the team.