Marek Łazewski

European Patent Attorney
[email protected]

Practice area and professional experience:

Marek specializes in complex patent, trademark and design prosecution and litigation; Marek has particular experience in life-science patent litigation area having been involved in life-cycle management of several highly successful international pharmaceutical products, managing complex interactions between experts, courts and the Polish Patent Office; supervising and conducting prosecution, validity and infringement proceedings in Poland related to patents covering these products.

In addition to the active litigation practice Marek acts as managing partner at LDS, supervising the firm’s practice in trademarks and designs as well as a well-established, process driven and standardized part of the firm’s services that includes validation and portfolio management (renewals, register changes, etc).

Education:

• Warsaw School of Economics (Master’s Degree in International Economics);
• Warsaw University Law School and Jagiellonian University in Krakow;
• Postgraduate Degree in Industrial Property Law;
• Admitted in 1999 (European Patent Attorney from 2004);
• Studied Management at IESE and INSEAD.

Previously partner at Lazewska & Lazewski.

Activities and membership:

Throughout his career Marek has been an active member of numerous international IP associations, appearing at conferences, serving on committees and doing management work. Marek was:

• engaged in establishing the Polish branch of LES (Licensing Executives Society),
• a member of the management board of AIPPI Poland (the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property),
• involved in forming a local provisional FICPI group (the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys).

He was also involved in the activities of the Polish Patent Attorneys Bar as head of disciplinary prosecutors and currently, Marek serves on the Polish Patent Attorneys Bar supervisory board.

He was the first Polish member of EPLIT – the European Patent Litigators Association, currently a member of EPLIT.

From September 2019 to October 2021 he was the Secretary General of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) in Zurich, which gave him unparalleled access to international policy development in the field of Intellectual Property.

Advised the Polish Ministry of Economy on the legal and economic problems involved in the introduction of the Community Patent in Poland.

Member of the panel of the IPR Enforcement Experts Group organized by DG ENTR to evaluate best practices in IPR enforcement support measures.

Recommended by:

• Chambers & Partners Europe & Global Guides – recommended every year since 2011;
• WTR 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals – recommended every year since 2016;
• IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Litigators – recommended every year since 2011;
• Who’s Who Legal – Trademarks for 2009; The International Who’s Who of Trademark Lawyers 2011; The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers 2012;
• Nominated by Who’s Who Legal The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers Trademarks 2013 and Business Patent Lawyers;
• The Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa 2013’s editorial;
• Managing IP: IP Stars.

Languages:

English, French and Russian

Hobby:

boxing, horseback riding (showjumping)

Michał Siciarek

Advocate
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Practice area and professional experience:

Michał assists clients in the enforcement of IP rights, litigation, as well as in relation to copyright and unfair competition law. He coordinates complex penal, administrative and customs anti-counterfeiting programmes. He advises on advertising & marketing, food law and product marking strategy, licensing and IP-related transactions. Michał has also worked with a number of network and local advertising agencies as well as with marketing departments of major advertisers.

As well as teaching Copyright at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts and the Warsaw Technical University, Michał is a frequent lecturer and contributor at conferences and seminars related to food law, copyrights and advertising, and marketing law.

Education:

• Graduate of Warsaw University Law School;
• Graduate of Warsaw Catholic University Musicology;
• Graduated from Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Postgraduate Degree in Copyright and Publishing Law;

Previously partner at Łaszczuk & Wspólnicy until co-founding LDS;

Activities and membership:

• Member of INTA Copyright Committee
• Member of AIPPI Commercialization Committee

From 2004 to 2008, chair of the Intellectual Property Rights Committee at the American Chamber of Commerce in Poland.

Arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration in Warsaw for audio-visual market disputes.

Publications:

• Co-author of The Intellectual Property Review 2nd edition (published in June 2013 – editor Robert L Baechtold), chapter on Poland;
• Co-author of The Intellectual Property Review 3rd edition (published in June 2014 – editor Robert L Baechtold), chapter on Poland;
• Co-author of The Intellectual Property Review 4th edition (published in June 2015 – editor Robert L Baechtold), chapter on Poland;

Recommended by:

• WTR1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals
• The Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa 2013’s editorial

Languages:

fluent English, French and German

Agnieszka Gałązka-Kuszczyk

Attorney-at-law
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Practice area and professional experience:

Agnieszka started her practice in the field of intellectual property in 2006 and qualified as an attorney-at-law in 2011. She gained her professional experience in the legal department of one of the largest pharmaceutical companies on the Polish OTC market, as well as in the Ministry of Health and the Chief Pharmaceutical Inspectorate.

Agnieszka joined LDS in 2009. She specializes in intellectual property law and combating unfair competition, in particular in the pharmaceutical and biotechnological sectors. She is involved in prosecution cases and litigation proceedings before civil courts and the Polish Patent Office. Agnieszka has represented LDS clients in numerous court disputes concerning innovative medicinal products at various stages of their life cycle.

Agnieszka has co-established numerous standards and good practices, implemented in the organization, in order to achieve consistency, quality control and the effectiveness of services provided. Moreover, the issues related to the social engagement of LDS, in particular, in terms of promoting diversity and inclusion, are in the area of her personal and professional interests.

Education:

• Graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw

Activities and membership:

• Member of the Warsaw Bar Association
• Member of EPLAW – The European Patent Lawyers Association

Languages:

English

Hobby:

Gardening, relaxing with family and friends.

Hanna Kinowska

Chief Operating Officer
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Practice area and professional experience:

Hanna holds a PhD in economics and is an experienced manager and expert with many years of practice on managerial positions in large and medium-sized organisations. She has carried out numerous management improvement projects in particular, in the field of people management, covering employee engagement, achievement of business goals, employment optimisation, employee acquisition and work valuation. Hanna shaped policy and management instruments in a fast-growing organisation – from a start-up to structures of several thousand employees. She managed a project to unify systemic solutions in the field of people management after the merger of two large enterprises.

Author and co-author of numerous publications on management. At the SGH Warsaw School of Economics Hanna teaches management and employee motivation to master’s and postgraduate students.

At LDS Hanna supports innovation in the management and operation of business processes, mainly standardisation, automation and scale-up of repeatable services.

Education:

• Doctoral studies at the Collegium of Business Administration, SGH Warsaw School of Economics
• Graduate of SGH Warsaw School of Economics
• Postgraduate Degree at Harvard Leadership Academy

Activities and membership:

• Secretary-editor of the quarterly “Education of Economists and Managers”
• Team member and project manager in international and Polish research projects, including those funded by the European Commission

Publications:

• Employee well-being and digital work during the covid-19 pandemic (co-author) in „Information”, 2021
• Does consistency of pay levels, knowledge of principles and perception of the superior affect the assessment of remuneration justice? – Evidence from Poland and Lithuania (co-author) in „Journal of East European Management Studies”, 2021
• Core features for the design of remuneration systems for sustainable human resource management during the Covid-19 pandemic: Polish companies’ experiences in „Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues”, 2021
• Employee engagement and remuneration justice in Lithuania and Poland (co-author) in „Business: Theory and Practice”, 2020

Full list of publications: https://scholar.google.pl/citations?user=-o-0sG8AAAAJ&hl=pl&oi=ao

Languages:

English, German

Sławomira Łazewska

Founding Partner, retired

Practice area and professional experience:

Sławomira specializes in almost every aspect of IP work, including prosecution, litigation (also acting as an expert witness in patent cases) and general transactional work; Experience acquired as an examiner in the chemistry department at the Polish Patent Office and as a patent attorney in the Industrial Chemistry Research Institute in Warsaw; involved in prosecution of both Polish and international patent applications in the area of polymer chemistry and general chemistry; from 1989 until 1995, on Polish Patent Office’s Board of Appeals.

Education:

Graduate of Warsaw University;

In 1995 established a partnership which later grew to become one of the leading IP practices in Poland, Łazewska & Łazewski.

Sławomira Łazewska retired from the practice on 12 October 2021.

Anna Królikowska

Patent Attorney
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Practice area and professional experience:

Anna specializes in chemical and pharmaceutical inventions, among others in formulating application documentation, proceedings before the Polish Patent Office, litigation in the field of protection of industrial property and agreements referring to the exclusive rights.

Experience acquired, among others, as a technologist in the chemical research institutes. After acquiring professional qualifications she practiced the profession of patent attorney – team leader at the Institute of Industrial Chemistry in Warsaw. From 1989 until 1995, on Polish Patent Office’s Board of Appeals. Since 2000 she has been providing services in the field of protection of industrial property.

Education:

Graduate of Warsaw University; the Faculty of Chemistry

Activities and membership:

Member of the Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys

Languages:

English, French

Zofia Szczepańska

European Patent Attorney
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Practice area and professional experience:

Zofia gained her experience in chemical industry and as an expert in the Polish Patent Office. Many years of practice on the Polish Patent Office’s Board of Appeal and the Board of Contentious Matters. She attended numerous courses (both domestic and abroad) including training in EPO (the Hague, Munich). Since 1997 she has been providing services in the field of protection of industrial property.

Zofia specializes in chemical inventions, especially organic chemistry, pharmacy and plant protection products.

Education:

Graduate of Warsaw University of Technology; the Faculty of Chemistry; major organic technology and instrumental analysis. Admitted in 1993 (European Patent Attorney from 2004).

Activities and membership:

Member of the Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys.

Languages:

English

Krystyna Żurawska

Trademark and Patent Attorney
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Head of Trademark Prosecution

Practice area and professional experience:

Krystyna has gained her professional experience with Baker McKenzie Warsaw. She specializes in prosecution and adversarial proceedings for national and EU trademarks, designs and domain arbitration proceedings. Krystyna advises clients in managing the trademark portfolio, trademark and design filing strategies as well as represents clients in oppositions and cancellation actions before EUIPO and the Polish Patent Office. She represents clients in administrative court proceedings. Her practice covers also domain enforcement including .com, eu. and .pl domain names. Her experience relates to various industries including FMCG, pharma, air transportation, financial services and retail chains.

Education:

Graduate of the Faculty of Law at SWPS University, Warsaw School of Economics; Postgraduate Degree in Intellectual Property Law at Warsaw University; graduate of patent and trademark attorney bar at the Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys in 2011.

Activities and membership:

• Member of the Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys
• Council Member of ECTA and ECTA Harmonisation Committee – with more than 1500 members this association promotes the knowledge of the Intellectual Property Law community in the fields of Trade Marks, Designs, Copyright and other Intellectual Property Rights, within the European Union
• Member of AIPPI – the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
• Member of INTA – the International Trademark Association – Krystyna is an active member of the INTA Free Trade Agreements Subcommittee of the Harmonization of Trademark Law and Practice Committee

Recommended by:

WTR1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals

Languages:

English

Hobby:

flamenco, Slavic fantasy books, windsurfing, snowboard, baking muffins

Iwona Waglowska

Attorney-at-law
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Practice area and professional experience:

Iwona Waglowska specializes primarily in a wide spectrum of issues concerning intellectual property law. She provides legal services in matters concerning copyrights and neighbouring rights, trademarks, personal data, industrial designs, unfair competition as well as advertising regulations applicable in promotional activities. The protection of personal rights also represents a significant element of her specialization.

Iwona’s professional experience includes having advised Polish and international companies in various sectors, such as publishing houses, advertising agencies, communication platform providers and producers from the following sectors: cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, oil processing, FMCG, industrial, furniture and automotive. As well as successfully representing clients in a variety of proceedings, both before common courts and administrative tribunals (including the Polish Patent Office), she has also worked for international oil and chemical companies and represented them in criminal proceedings relating to fighting counterfeit products.

Iwona is an author of numerous press articles on intangible property rights.

Languages:

English

Hobby:

photography

Marta Sznajder

Attorney-at-law
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Practice area and professional experience:

Attorney-at-law with ten years of experience in intellectual property. Marta specialises in patent law, combining her legal practice with the knowledge of technical aspects of the cases she is involved in. She represents clients in numerous court proceedings concerning protection of intellectual property rights. She advises on regulatory issues in life sciences (e.g. pharmaceuticals, dietary supplements, clinical trials) and telecommunications matters.

Marta has been working with LDS since 2012. Moreover, she gained her professional experience in the IP department of an international law firm.

Education:

• Graduated from the University of Warsaw, the Faculty of Law and Administration
• Laureate of 11th edition of the yearly contest organized by the Polish Patent Office in the category of intellectual property papers and won the prize sponsored by the Minister of Science and Higher Education for her master thesis titled “Patent infringement under the doctrine of equivalents”
• Graduate of The Center for American Law Studies at the University of Warsaw (co-organized with the University of Florida)
• Graduate of the School of Intellectual Property at the Center of Intellectual Property Law (“IP Centrum”) in Cracow

Activities and membership:

• Member of AIPPI Standing Committee: Standards and Patents
• V-ce President of the Board of the Licensing Executives Society Poland
• Member of the District Chamber of Legal Advisors in Warsaw

Publications:

• Co-author of the publication „Prawo własności przemysłowej. Komentarz”/ “Industrial Property Law. A Commentary”, vol. VIII A and B, red. Ł. Żelechowski, C.H. Beck 2022;
• Co-author of the publication „Postępowanie cywilne w sprawach własności intelektualnej. Komentarz dla pełnomocników procesowych i sędziów” / „Civil proceedings in intellectual property matters. Commentary for legal practitioners and judges”, red. Karolczyk, Wolters Kluwer 2021;
• Co-author of the chapter regarding Poland in the publication „Patent Protection for Second Medical Uses”, wyd. 2 poprawione, Kluwer Law International, 2020;
• “Patent infringement under the doctrine of equivalents” – glossary to the Supreme Court decision of 10.12.2015, V CSK 149/15, “Przegląd Sądowy” no. 6/2017;
• Co-author of the chapter regarding Poland in the publication „Patent Protection for Second Medical Uses”, wyd. Kluwer Law International, 2016;
• Article titled “Patent infringement under the doctrine of equivalents – principles of application”, “Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Prace z Prawa Własności Intelektualnej”, no. 127, 2015;
• Article titled “Patent infringement under the doctrine of equivalents – comparative analysis”, “Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Prace z Prawa Własności Intelektualnej”, no. 124, 2014;
• Co-author of glossary to the decision of the Supreme Court of 6 February 2013, V CZ 165/12, “Orzecznictwo Sądów Polskich” nr 6/2014;
• Article titled “Patent protection of the computer programs (in practice of US, European and Polish courts)” published in the publication “Directions of Intellectual Property Law Development. Papers of Members and Friends of Intellectual Property Law Students’ Association” released by the Library of the University of Warsaw Law Review in December 2011.

Languages:

English, Russian

Hobby:

science fiction, new technologies, IT, brewing craft beers

Izabela Skrzyńska-Majewska

European Patent Attorney
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Practice area and professional experience:

Izabela specializes in patent prosecution and litigation in the area of chemistry, pharmacy, biotechnology and biochemistry.

Education:

Patent and trademark attorney, European patent attorney (EQE 2015);

Graduate of the Warsaw University of Technology, the Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering (MSc Eng Degree in Industrial Biotechnology); Scholarships at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Sciences in Vienna and the University of Bayreuth; Internship at the University of Konstanz; Basic training course on the European Patent Law, Warszawa 2009 – 2011 CEIPI (Universite de Strasbourg).

Activities and membership:

Member of AIPPI – the Association for the Protection of Industrial Property

Languages:

English, German

Sebastian Walkiewicz

European Patent Attorney
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Practice area and professional experience:

Sebastian is Polish and European patent attorney (EQE), as well as EUIPO professional representative.

During his practice in the field of industrial property, Sebastian dealt with various cases including, among others: patent and utility model application drafting, Client representation in prosecution and litigation cases relating to patents and utility models before Polish Patent Office, civil and administrative courts, European Patent Office, as well in cases relating to international patent applications (PCT), prior art and FTO searches, and advising on industrial property matters.

In LDS, Sebastian deals with patent litigation cases, as well as patent applications prosecution in fields of chemistry, pharmacy, biotechnology and mechanics.

Education:

• Graduate of Warsaw University, Faculty of Chemistry (PhD in chemistry, 2004)
• Postgraduate Degree in Industrial Property Law (2005-2006), Warsaw University, Faculty of Law and Administration
• Polish patent attorney (2008)
• Basic course on European Patent Law  (CEIPI Centre d’Etudes Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle, 2009-2011)
• European Patent attorney (EQE, 2014)

Activities and membership:

Member of the Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys

Member of the Institute of Professional Representatives  before the European Patent Office (EPI)

Publications:

Walkiewicz, A. Michalska, Krzysztof Maksymiuk; Sensitivity and Selectivity of Polypyrrole Based Ac-amperometric Sensors for Electroinactive Ions – Frequency and Applied Potential Influence; Electroanalysis 2005, 17 (14), 1269 – 1278; https://doi.org/10.1002/elan.200403227

Agata J Michalska, Charles Appaih-Kusi, Lee Yook Heng, Sebastian Walkiewicz, Elizabeth A H Hall; An Experimental Study of Membrane Materials and Inner Contacting Layers for Ion-selective K⁺ Electrodes with a Stable Response and Good Dynamic Range; Anal. Chem., 2004 Apr 1; 76 (7): 2031-9; https://doi.org/10.1021/ac0353132.

Michalska, S. Walkiewicz, Krzysztof Maksymiuk; Amperometric Ion Sensing Using Polypyrrole Membranes, Electroanalysis 2003,15 (5-6) , 509-517, https://doi.org/10.1002/elan.200390061

Michalska, S. Walkiewicz, K. Maksymiuk; Ion-Sensing with Poly(pyrrole) Based Membranes – Comparison between Amperometric and Potentiometric Operation Mode; Chemical and Biological Sensors and Analytical Methods II, The Electrochemical Society Proceedings, 18 (2001) 42 – 48

Languages:

English

Hobby:

Good electronic entertainment – video games, movies, SF/fantasy, metal music, retro computers, archery

Michał Rybarczyk

Attorney-at-law
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Practice area and professional experience:

Michal gained professional experience during a traineeship in a Warsaw office of one of the leading international law firms and an internship in a litigation-specialized law firm in Miami, Florida (USA); He specializes in issues concerning unfair competition and intellectual property, especially related to patents and trademarks protection.

Education:

Graduated with honors from the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw. Moreover, spent a year on a scholarship at Ludwig‑Maximilians‑Universität in Munich (Germany). He is also a graduate of the Center for American Law Studies co-organized by Levin College of Law – University of Florida and University of Warsaw (summa cum laude).

Activities and membership:

During the studies he was a member of the Intellectual Property Law Students’ Association “IP” and Sports Law Students’ Association “Ius et Sport”, as well as a Member of the Board of these associations.

Publications:

An article “Professional League – Organization in Poland and the USA – De Lege Ferenda Demands” in “Legal Aspects of Functioning of Sports Federations. Recapitulation of a Nationwide Conference”, Cracow 2014.

Languages:

English, German

Hobby:

travelling, tennis, skiing, role playing games (RPG)

Adam Kudaj

Ph.D. Eng. Patent Attorney
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Practice area and professional experience:

Adam specializes in conducting product and patent clearance searches. He is also involved in patent prosecution and litigation in the area of chemistry.

Education:

Graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry of Łódź University of Technology. In 2009 Adam obtained his PhD degree from the Faculty of Organic Chemistry at Łódź University of Technology.

In April 2017, he passed a qualifying examination and became a patent attorney.

Languages:

English

Eliza Stypińska

Patent Attorney
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Practice area and professional experience:

Eliza specializes in patent prosecution and litigation in the area of mechanics.

Education:

Graduate of the Warsaw University of Technology; Faculty of Environmental Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology, major in Environmental Protection Systems – specialty Information Technology and Management in Environmental Protection;

Postgraduate Degree in Industrial Property Law at Warsaw University.

Activities and membership:

Member of the Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys; professional representative before the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO);

Member of AIPPI – Association for the Protection of Industrial Property

Languages:

English, German

Hobby:

literature and culture of English-speaking countries, new technologies, Formula 1

Michał Nejman

Patent Attorney
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Practice area and professional experience:

Michał has broad experience in chemical and pharmaceutical industry. He participated in the process of manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). He took part in developing new synthetic routes of many organic compounds. Michał is also proficient in many analytical techniques, such as HPLC, NMR, MS, TLC (HPLC), IR, DSC, XRPD. Furthermore, he is experienced in registration of medicinal products, preparation of registration dossier, in particular chemical-pharmaceutical documentation regarding chemistry, manufacturing and controls (CMC). He participated in research and development of new modified release oral dosage forms, he coordinated manufacturing of pilot batches and participated in planning of BEQ studies.

In LDS Michał deals with the validation of European patents in the areas of chemistry and pharmacy and he advises in patent litigation in said areas.

Education:

Graduated from Lodz University of Technology, the Faculty of Chemistry. Specializes in chemical technology of organic compounds, in particular in the field of medicinal chemistry. He became a patent attorney in 2016.

Publications:

New access to racemic β3-amino acids, M. Nejman, A. Śliwińska, A. Zwierzak,Tetrahedron,2005,61, 8536-8541. DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2005.04.077

Hobby:

Informatics, programming (bash, HTML, python, Arduino IDE), fishing

Agnieszka Żytowiecka

Trademark Attorney
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Practice area and professional experience:

Agnieszka assists clients with prosecution of national, international and regional IPRs before local and international authorities for local and foreign clients. She manages instructions for renewals and annuity payments of IPRs before local and international authorities as well as EP validations. She advises on formalities connected with Power of Attorney and authorization issues for Polish and international clients and registrations. She has also worked with recording changes of the IRPs’ data before the relevant authorities.

Education:

Graduate of Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania / The Polish Open University Master of Business Administration

Languages: fluent English

Katarzyna Jastrzębska-Białecka

Advocate
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Practice area and professional experience:

Katarzyna gained her professional experience working in the Warsaw legal office focused on economic and civil law. She also worked as an assistant of the judge in the Civil Division and Land and Mortgage Division. She underwent a number of practices in regional courts, including the Court of Consumer and Competition Protection in Warsaw and the public prosecutor’s office.

Associated with LDS since 2013. Responsible for the registration of changes in the PTO’s databases. Actively participates in the work of the Extensions of Intellectual Property Rights and Validation of Patents Department. Supports the lawyers and patent attorneys in the current cases.

Education:

Advocate at the District Bar Council in Warsaw;

Graduate of law at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw and the Intellectual Property School at the H. Grocjusz Intellectual Property Centre in Kraków.

Activities and membership:

Warsaw Bar Council

Languages:

English

Hobby:

board games, fantasy, cooking

Maciej Smyk

Attorney-at-law
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Practice area and professional experience:

Maciej specializes in combating infringements of intellectual property rights, and in addition, he participates in the work concerning prosecution proceedings and trademark clearance searches. His professional portfolio also includes opposition and adversarial proceedings before the Polish Patent Office and the EUIPO. Maciej is interested in the protection of copyrights and personal rights of legal persons.

Education:

Graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University. In 2017 he defended his master thesis titled “The issue of original and derivate musical works” at the Intellectual Property Law Chair of the Jagiellonian University;

In the years 2018-2020 he was a trainee attorney at law at the Warsaw Bar Association. He successfully passed the bar exam in 2021.

He developed his interests related to intangible rights i.a. during the traineeships in the Copyright Department of the Polish Music Publishing House, the Polish Patent Office, as well as many classes and workshops organized at the Jagiellonian University.

Languages:

English

Hobby:

composing music, musical improvisation, literature

Paulina Mleczak

Attorney-at-law
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Practice area and professional experience:

Paulina handles intellectual property law, in particular she advises on designs, trademarks, copyright and combating unfair competition. She has participated in due diligence projects in which she was responsible for legal analysis in the field of intellectual property. She has experience in preparing contracts in the field of intellectual property, as well as in providing comprehensive advice in disputes, both during negotiations and at the stage of conducting a matter in a civil court, Polish Patent Office, EUIPO and in the General Court.

She has experience in assisting clients operating in various sectors of the economy, in particular producers of luxury goods, toys, furniture, alcoholic beverages, as well as service providers. She has been involved in many cases related to combating infringement on the Internet.

Paulina won the Prize of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for her master’s thesis “The concept and scope of protection of an unregistered Community design” in the 14th edition of the competition organized by the Polish Patent Office for the best scientific work on intellectual property.

Education:

• Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw (graduated with distinction)
• Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences at the Warsaw University of Technology (graduated with distinction)

Activities and membership:

• Member of the Warsaw Bar Association

Languages:

English

Małgorzata Krawczyk

Attorney-at-law
[email protected]

Practice area and professional experience:

Małgorzata specialises in intellectual property law, in particular in trademark infringements and protection as well as unfair competition.

She gained her previous experience in Warsaw-based law firms advising clients on day-to-day corporate issues, in particular on copyright and industrial property protection matters.

Education:

She completed her attorney-at-law traineeship at the Warsaw Bar Association and studies at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw. She was awarded an Erasmus scholarship, as part of which she studied at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Porto. She completed postgraduate studies in intellectual property law organized by the Hugo Grotius Centre for Intellectual Property Rights, during which she was awarded second place in the Golden League competition – a challenging program aimed at selecting the best graduates. She participated in the British Law School organized by the University of Warsaw in cooperation with the University of Cambridge.

Languages:

English

Hobby:

cats, travelling, tennis

Natalia Łaski

Attorney-at-law trainee
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Practice area and professional experience:

Before joining LDS team Natalia gained professional experience during a traineeship in Department of Patent Research and Department of Case Law in Polish Patent Office as well as in a Warsaw law firm specialized in the fields of corporate, intellectual property and new technologies law.

Natalia specializes in issues concerning the protection of industrial property rights, especially related to trademarks.

Education:

Graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at Jagiellonian University, defending a thesis “Trademark fair use”. Currently participant of the School of Intellectual Property at the Center of Intellectual Property Law (“IP Centrum”) in Cracow.

Languages:

English

Hobby:

travelling, environmental protection, psychological movies

Jakub Król

Patent Specialist
[email protected]

Practice area and professional experience:

Jakub gained his professional experience at patent law firms where he was responsible for drafting patent and utility model applications as well as carrying out patent searches, such as patentability and freedom-to-operate searches, mainly in chemistry and related fields.

At LDS, Jakub is assisting patent attorneys in litigation and prosecution in the fields of chemistry and pharmacy.

Education:

• Graduated the Faculty of Chemical Engineering at the Cracow University of Technology;
• Basic course on European patent law organized by CEIPI (Université de Strasbourg);
• Preparation for the European Qualifying Examination (EQE) under Candidate Support Programme organized by the European Patent Office (EPO)

Activities and membership:

• Member of epi – The Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office

Languages:

English

Magdalena Pyszka

Patent Specialist
[email protected]

Practice area and professional experience:

At LDS Magdalena deals with the validations of the European patents in the field of biotechnology, pharmacy and chemistry.

Education:

Magdalena is a graduate of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology at the Chemical Faculty of the Gdańsk University of Technology who gained her professional and scientific experience primarily at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Medical University. She specializes in separation techniques, especially chromatography.

She was a participant in many research and development projects. She is also a co-author of international publications and a co-author of the chapter in the book on popular science topics. In addition, she completed an internship at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at Universitätsmedizin Rostock in Germany, where she dealt with the development and validation of analytical methods.

Publications:

Application of 3D-printed scabbard-like sorbent for sample preparation in bioanalysis expanded to 96-wellplate high-throughput format, Anal. Chim. Acta 2019; vol. 1081, s. 1-5.

Bioanalysis of underivatized amino acids in non-invasive exhaled breath condensate samples using liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry, J. Chromatogr. A 2018; vol. 1542, s. 72-81.

New 3D-printed sorbent for extraction of steroids from human plasma preceding LC-MS analysis, J. Chromatogr. A 2018; vol. 1545, s. 1-11.

Monographs:

Nowoczesne techniki mikroekstrakcji w analizie farmaceutycznej i biomedycznej, Kierunki rozwoju chemii leków: Księga Jubileuszowa Profesor Marianny Zając, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Medycznego im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu, 2017, s. 85-94.

Daria Dymkowska

Advocate trainee
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Practice area and professional experience:

Daria specializes in issues concerning the protection of industrial property rights, especially related to trademarks.

Education:

Graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at University of Warsaw, defending a thesis „Intellectual property rights as an in-kind contribution to capital companies in the Polish legal system”. Participant of the School of Intellectual Property at the Center of Intellectual Property Law („IP Centrum”) in Cracow.

Daria was a President of Intellectual Property Science Club at University of Warsaw. She also graduated with honors from the Civil Section of the Law Clinic at University of Warsaw.

Languages:

English

Hobby:

travelling, true crime literature and podcasts, British cats, the world of nature

Anna Biłos

Senior Trademark Specialist
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Practice area and professional experience:

Anna started her work at LDS 10 years ago. Her extensive work experience is a guarantee of high-quality services. Anna’s key responsibilities include providing full support to attorneys at law and patent attorneys in all aspects related to IP, i.e.: administration of the portfolio of industrial property rights, editing and drafting complex documentation, preparation of application forms in the proceedings, support to patent attorneys in the notification proceedings, disputes concerning the violation of intellectual property rights.

Education:

Graduated from the faculty of Polish Studies at the University of Warsaw.

Languages:

English

Hobby:

music (especially Depeche Mode and Polish artists); literature; films (Scandinavian drama movies, French comedies, American fantasy films); decorating birthday cakes in English style; interior decorating

Paulina Mielczarek

Lead Legal Support
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Practice area and professional experience:

Paulina has gained her experience while working for the Polish as well as international firms. Moreover, for several years Paulina worked for one of the academies in Warsaw. She deals with the administrative support of lawyers and patent attorneys particularly for the Patent Department.

Education:

Graduate of Częstochowa University of Technology, the Faculty of Management.

Postgraduate education:

• Intellectual Property Law at Warsaw University
• Research & Development Manager at University of Economics and Innovation in Lublin

Languages:

English

Karolina Krasnodębska

Paralegal
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Practice area and professional experience:

Karolina has over ten years of professional experience gained in the area of administration, including four years of experience as an administration manager in one of Warsaw’s IP law firms. At LDS Karolina supports the legal team consisting of attorneys-at-law and trainees.

Education:

Karolina graduated from the Faculty of Journalism and Political Studies of the University of Warsaw, specialization – administration.

Languages:

English

Hobby:

Running, travelling, vegetarian and Middle Eastern cuisine

Anna Laszkiewicz

Paralegal
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Practice area and professional experience:

Anna has gained her over 20 years professional experience in assistant and administrative field working recent eighteen years in one of the international law companies in Warsaw and previously in the companies from telecommunication and pharmaceutical trades.

At LDS Anna supports the team of patent attorneys in administrative work connected with filing Polish and European applications. Her responsibilities include help in preparing documentation, applications and letters to the offices (Polish and European Patent Offices) and monitoring the status of pending issues and deadlines.

Education:

Graduate of Centre for Studies in Local Government and Development of the University of Warsaw.

Languages:

English, Spanish (communicative)

Hobby:

travelling, Spanish, sport (especially riding a bicycle), Sphinx cats, art of tattooing