Ms Karolina Marciniszyn > Kochanski & Partners > Warsaw, Poland > Lawyer Profile

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

Work Department

Intellectual & Industrial Property Law Practice

Position

Trademark and Patent Attorney / Partner / Head of Intellectual & Industrial Property Law Practice

Career

Karolina has over 20 years’ experience in the field of intellectual property and unfair competition. She is qualified as a professional representative before the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), and effectively represents clients in proceedings in Poland and the European Union.

She specialises in industrial property rights infringement cases, in particular trademarks, designs and patents and has conducted precedent-setting disputes for companies from the pharmaceutical sector.

She develops strategies for the protection of industrial property rights, prepares searches and filings before the offices, and manages portfolios of rights.

Karolina also develops agreements for the transfer of industrial property rights, technology transfers and coexistence of rights, as well as conducts audits and due diligence reports.

Her clients include companies from the pharmaceutical, FMCG, technology, media and luxury goods sectors.

She is the co-author of the commentary to the Industrial Property Law (Beck).

Awards: The Legal 500 EMEA in Intellectual Property ranked as Leading Lawyer. World Trademark Review in Enforcement Litigation in the Silver category, as well as Prosecution & Strategy in Intellectual Property. IP Stars in the field of trademarks (Trademark Star)

Languages

Polish, English

Memberships

The Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys. The Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group (PTMG). The International Trademark Association (INTA)

Education

Faculty of Law and Administration at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow. Postgraduate Industrial Property Law Studies at the University of Warsaw

Lawyer Rankings

Poland > Intellectual property

(Leading partners)

Karolina MarciniszynKochanski & Partners

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.