Mr Bartosz Dobkowski > Dentons > Warsaw, Poland > Lawyer Profile

Dentons
UL. ZAJECZA 4
00-351 WARSZAWA
POLAND
Poland

Work Department

Intellectual Property and TMT

Position

Bartosz Dobkowski, attorney-at-law, senior associate at Dentons’ Warsaw office, is a member of the Intellectual Property and Technology practice team.

Bartosz has extensive expertise in advising foreign and domestic clients on a wide range of TMT and IP matters. In his day-to-day practice, he focuses on telecommunications (electronic communications), media and IP law. Over the years, he has been supporting clients in various innovative projects, including projects concerning online and A2P (application-to-person) SMS messaging, permanent roaming, telematic and connected car technologies, satellite communications or asset tracking. He also regularly advises on issues related to the implementation of the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) and assists clients in ensuring compliance with regulatory obligations.

Bartosz also has hands-on experience in advising on various issues in the area of media and advertising law, as well as gambling regulations. He has advised clients, among others, on broadcasting licensing, regulatory aspects of the provision of audiovisual media services, personalized commercials using Dynamic Ad Insertion technology, financial obligations towards the Polish Film Institute (PISF) and royalties payable to collecting societies.

He also advises on intellectual property matters, in particular trademarks and copyrights. His experience includes advising on the registrability of trademarks, developing brand protection strategies, representing and advising clients in proceedings before the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), the Polish Patent Office and the common courts, and handling anti-counterfeiting cases. In addition, Bartosz has vast transactional experience, regularly conducts complex IP due diligence analyses and assists clients in drafting and negotiating IP transfer, licensing and co-existence agreements.

Career

Senior Associate, Dentons, Warsaw, 2023 to date.

Associate, Dentons, Warsaw, 2018–2023.

Languages

Polish, English

Education

University of Warsaw, 2017, British Law Centre in association with the University of Cambridge, Diploma in English and EU law.

University of Warsaw, 2016, Master of Laws.

Lund University, 2016, European Design and Trademark Law.

Lawyer Rankings

Poland > TMT

At Dentons, ‘all of the lawyers in the team are experts in their field‘. The team is skilled at handling technology-related M&A transactions, as well as advising on telecoms and media regulatory issues, IT licensing, and distribution agreements. Karol Laskowski leads the local team, and he also acts as co-head of the firm’s European TMT sector group. Senior associates Bartosz Dobkowski and Kamil Januszek specialise in TMT regulatory mandates, while senior associate Marcin Przybysz has particular expertise in assisting clients in the gaming sector. Counsel Paweł Gruszecki joined the team at the beginning of 2023, and he bolsters the team’s expertise in handling large-scale and long-term technology projects.