PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION UNDER EC REVIEW
Mon, 12 Dec 2011
Facebook faces EU curbs on selling users’ interests to advertisers, notes Daily Telegraph. The controversy around protection of personal data has been stirred soon after Austrian law student Max Schrems decided to ask Facebook for his personal data stored by the social networking service. The answer came as a surprise- 1,222 pages of information, including [...]
‘Invalidity of court-administrative proceedings as a ground for cassation appeal’ by Grzegorz Rzasa
Fri, 07 Oct 2011
The latest legal monograph by Grzegorz Rząsa explores the problem of the cassation appeal which is a remedy against verdicts issued by Voivodeship Administrative Court, and in principle, decisions closing proceedings. The subject of the work is an analysis of the institution of invalidity of court-administrative proceedings understood as a basis of the cassation appeal. [...]
Catch me if you can – preliminary injunction practice in Polish life science sector
Mon, 03 Oct 2011
The article was published in Managing Intellectual Property IP Focus, Life Sciences, in October 2011 Polish life-science-related patent litigation has been on the increase for some years. In this time the courts have tackled a number of substantive legal issues such as equivalents, contributory infringement, validity problems, damages for wrongful preliminary injunctions, etc. The outcome [...]
Revolution in the domain name registration system – ICANN Board’s resolution
Wed, 07 Sep 2011
On 20 June 2011 on a conference in Singapore the Board of Directors of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved a plan to significantly increase the number of generic top-level domains (known also as gTLDs). As ICANN webpage informs: Internet address names will be able to end with almost any word in [...]
On Christopher Columbus, tobacco and two cities in the US…
Mon, 22 Aug 2011
Even if two trademarks are almost identical, sometimes there is a long way to prove it…The voyage begins before the Polish Patent Office in November 2006, yet the horizon clears only in June 2011 before the Supreme Administrative Court. In November 2006 the Polish Patent Office granted protection right to the company ‘ORION’ for the [...]
Changes in Polish Business Activity Register – launch of the new system
Tue, 12 Jul 2011
On July 01, 2011 a new Business Activity Central Register and Information Record system (CEIDG) which is run by the Polish Ministry of Economy was launched. The role of the new system is to considerably limit the time required to register a business activity by enabling such registration via Internet as well as to reduce [...]
New Partner at LDS Lazewski, Depo & Partners Law Office
Fri, 08 Jul 2011
LDS Lazewski, Depo and Partners Law Office announce that in July 2011 Ms. Justyna Rasiewicz, Esq. has joined the Office as a Partner. Justyna Rasiewicz is an attorney-at-law with long experience in handling contentious matters in the field of the intellectual property law as well as unfair competition. Justyna has handled dozens of litigations in [...]
Study on the Overall Functioning of the European Trademark System
Tue, 05 Jul 2011
The article (Study_European_Trademark_System) of Kerstin Grundig-Schnelle of Lichtenstein, Korner & Partners and Marek Lazewski of LDS Lazewski Depo & Partners both members of the Trademark Office Practices Committee’s OHIM Subcommittee. For any questions on this article contact Marek Lazewski
Grzegorz Rzasa, PhD
Wed, 22 Jun 2011
We are proud to announce that on Monday 20 June, our senior associate Grzegorz Rząsa, successfully defended his PhD thesis on the nullity of proceedings before administrative courts as a ground for cassation to the Supreme Administrative Court and has been awarded an academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy on the faculty of Law and [...]
End of reasonable customer standard in Poland in relation to agricultural and food products?
Tue, 14 Jun 2011
The Polish Act on Market Quality of Agricultural and Food products states that the labeling of food products should not result in consumer confusion, especially as to the characteristics of the product, including, inter alia, its ingredients, source or place of origin. Undoubtedly, the likelihood of consumer confusion should be assessed bearing in mind [...]
History
LDS Łazewski Depo & Partners continues the practice of Łazewska and Łazewski founded in 1995 by Sławomira Łazewska and Marek Łazewski. Łazewska and Łazewski was a leading Polish IP law firm ever since. LDS Lazewski Depo and Partners was established at the beginning of 2009 when two new partners joined the company. This entailed many changes in the company’s brand strategy, name and logo, as well as brought with it new employees, new clients and new strategic cases. The firm has in one year grown from 19 to 29 persons, consisting of patent attorneys, legal advisors and advocates. As a result, LDS is a unique offer on the Polish legal market: a highly specialized, complete IP solution.
An All-round IP Practice
We have a complete and all-around IP practice, always applying state of the art IP concepts from the world in our work in Poland. If you turn to us with any intellectual property and neighboring issues, you will always have the benefit of a single strategic contact and a team of specialists geared toward your needs.
Starting with Strategy
Covering a broad array of IP-related matters allows us to strategically assess every issue.
We see the big picture - the role of an asset within the company, the local and international market implication of decisions, the relationship with competition. All of this allows us to think outside the box and provide strategic solutions. We see ourselves as involved in a long-term relationship with the client, both on the local level as well as internationally.
Dedication to quality
LDS IP was established with a belief that excellence in IP services is best served in an environment developed solely for that purpose. Our partners have been involved in numerous breakthrough cases, which have changed the perception of legal provisions or implemented legal concepts previously known in other jurisdictions in Poland.
In recognition of our efforts, Berenika Depo was recommended as Leading Individual for IP in Poland by Chambers 2009, while Marek Łazewski was recommended as the only attorney for Poland in Who’s who Legal Trademarks for 2009.
Client relationship
Bringing in commercial focus to our work is an essential part of our practice.
We do not just litigate cases or provide opinions on contracts. We solve the problem from beginning to end. To do this, we involve the breadth of human resources available within the firm, trying to solve the problems in a simple and straightforward manner which makes sense not only legally, but also for the commercial side of the business.
We maintain a simple and straightforward line of communication, with one person being the contact point for a client from beginning to end.
Team work
LDS IP was founded on the belief that excellence can only be achieved in an effective and friendly working environment. We value the synergies resulting from the combination of technical, procedural and substantive law skills.
A Learning Organisation
The business of IP is an ever-changing and innovative environment. We not only follow Polish and European case-law and legislative developments closely, but look out for "make-law"-cases and cases on the cutting edge of Polish and European IP where a preliminary reference to the European Court of Justice or an Enlarged Board of the Supreme Courts of Poland is a possibility from the beginning. Our partners and associates participate in internal and external seminars and trainings. We actively participate in the work of various IP associations such as: AIPPI, INTA, LES, ECTA, Marques, PTMG, Ficpi and the Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys.
We also boast a strong academic relationship. Members of the firm belong to the faculty of the Warsaw University Law School and/or teach industrial property law, copyright or general civil law.
Awards
Since the beginning of its activity LDS IP has been winning international recognition, which is manifested by the following awards:
- Chambers & Partners - listed in Band 2 for Intellectual Property in Poland (2010)
- 'Polish IP firm of the year 2010' by Managing Intellectual Property
- 'Patents Law Firm of the Year in Poland' in 2011 by Corporate Intl Magazine
- Ranked in Patents Contentious category by Managing Intellectual Property in 2010
- Ranked in Tier 2 in Trademark Prosecution category by Managing Intellectual Property in 2010
- Ranked in the Patent Contentious category by Managing Intellectual Property in 2011