Marek Łazewski

European Patent Attorney
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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.

Marek is a representative before the Unified Patent Court.

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

Attorney-at-law
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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

Ph.D., 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.

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
• Member of ECTA – Krystyna is the Secretary of ECTA Harmonization Committee and a member of the Supervisory Board of ECTA
• Member of AIPPI – the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
• Member of INTA – the International Trademark Association

Recommended by:

WTR1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals

Languages:

English

Hobby:

Fantasy books, 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

Ph.D., Attorney-at-law
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Practice area and professional experience:

Marta holds a PhD in law degree obtained at the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration, and attorney-at-law qualifications 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 and 21st editions of the yearly contest organized by the Polish Patent Office in the category of intellectual property papers and won the prizes sponsored by the Minister of Science and Higher Education for her master thesis titled “Patent infringement under the doctrine of equivalents” and for the doctoral thesis entitled “Legal position of prior users and subsequent users in patent law”
• 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:

• President of the Board of the Licensing Executives Society Poland
• Member of the European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW)
• Member of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP)
• Member of AIPPI Standing Committee: Standards and Patents
• Member of the District Chamber of Legal Advisors in Warsaw

Publications:

• Monograph entitled “Legal position of prior users and subsequent users in patent law”, Wolters Kluwer, 2024;
• Co-author of the chapter regarding Poland in the publication „Patent Protection for Second Medical Uses”, 3^rd edition, Kluwer Law International, 2024;
• 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”, 2nd edition, 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

Ph.D., 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)

Sebastian is a representative before the Unified Patent Court

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

Katarzyna Pikora

Attorney-at-law
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Practice area and professional experience:

Katarzyna specializes in matters concerning protection of trademarks, industrial designs, copyrights, personal rights, plant variety rights. She has successfully represented clients before the intellectual property courts and the Supreme Court, among others in many cases concerning combatting unfair competition (protection of unregistered designations, product packaging, trade secrets, combatting acts of obstruction of market access and dissemination of false information).

She has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating agreements for the transfer of IP rights (e.g. rights to computer games, rights to employee works), licensing of know-how, technologies and patents, contracts for IT services and all kinds of agreements aimed at securing the acquisition of intellectual property rights. She has participated in numerous diligence analyses in the field of IP and IT of companies in the IT, AI, publishing, energy, medical services industries.

Katarzyna is interested in pharmaceutical law. She has advised healthcare entities on contracts for clinical research, dental services, and the use of technology of production of medicinal products.

Education:

• the Faculty of Law and Administration of Warsaw University (2006, diploma with honors)
• American Law Course at the Center for American Law Studies co-organized by Warsaw University and the University of Florida (2006)
• British and European Law course at the Centre for European Legal Studies co-organized by Warsaw University and the University of Cambridge (2004-2006)
• Title of attorney-at-law (2011)
• Warsaw University of Technology, School of Business, Postgraduate Studies in Pharmacoeconomics, HTA, Marketing and Pharmaceutical Law (2014-2015)

Activities and membership:

• District Chamber of Attorneys-at-Law in Warsaw
• ECTA – member of Copyright Committee
• INTA – member of Geographical Indications Committee

Languages:

English

Hobby:

Travelling, design and its history, gardening

Michał Rybarczyk

Attorney-at-law
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Practice area and professional experience:

Attorney-at-law (since 2019) and Senior Associate of LDS, having practiced intellectual property law since the beginning of his career. Michał has particular focus on contentious matters and enforcement of industrial property rights and suppression of unfair competition. His experience covers advising and representing clients before common and administrative courts, as well as the Polish Patent Office. He has also participated in proceedings before the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), the European Patent Office (EPO) and the General Court (EU).

Michał’s main areas of practice are patents (especially in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sectors), supplementary protection certificates, trademarks and suppression of unfair competition.

Prior to joining LDS in 2015, Michal gained professional experience during an internship at the Warsaw office of one of leading international law firms and an internship at a litigation-specialized law firm in Miami, Florida (the USA).

Education:

Graduated with honors from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw (in 2015) . In addition, he spent a year on scholarship at the law faculty of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich (Germany). He is also a graduate of the Center for American Law Studies co-organized by the Levin College of Law – University of Florida and the University of Warsaw (summa cum laude). In 2021 he also graduated from the post-graduate studies “New Technologies Law” organized by the Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Activities and membership:

Member of the District Chamber of Attorneys-at-Law in Warsaw. Member of AIPPI – International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property since 2021, including a membership in the Standing Committee on Information Technology and Internet since 2023. He also participates in industry events and conferences of organizations of intellectual property law professionals – including Young EPLAW (European Patent Lawyers Association) congresses and INTA (International Trademark Association) events.

Languages:

English, German

Hobby:

Cooking, tennis, American football

Adam Kudaj

Ph.D., 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

Anna Sawicz

Advocate
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Specialization and professional experience:

Anna advises clients on a wide range of intellectual property matters. She specialize in industrial property rights protection, copyright and unfair competition issues.

This includes assisting clients in proceedings before the Polish Patent Office, EUIPO and in litigation before Polish courts for infringement.

Anna has extensive experience in all aspects of brand protection and portfolio management.  Assisting clients in developing and implementing global trademark and design protection and licensing strategies. She also specialize in negotiating and drafting commercial agreements, including license agreements, assignment agreements and coexistence agreements. She gained experience in Polish and international law firms.

Education:

Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw

Activities and membership in organizations:

The Warsaw Bar Association

Languages:

English

Hobbies:

Photography, travel, winemaking

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

Natalia Łaski

Attorney-at-law
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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

Magdalena Pyszka

Patent Attorney
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Practice area and professional experience:

Magdalena is a Polish patent attorney. She conducts patent research, including prior art searches, patentability assessments, and freedom-to-operate analyses using commercial databases. Additionally, she participates in filing proceedings before the Polish Patent Office (UPRP) and the European Patent Office (EPO), preparing applications for inventions and utility models. At LDS Magdalena is also responsible for verifying the descriptions for validations of European patent in the fields 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.

Barbara Stencel

European Patent Attorney
[email protected]

Practice area and professional experience:

Barbara is Polish and European Patent Attorney. She is a biotechnologist, but willingly deals with matters in other technical fields. She gained experience working in international patent law firms, learning under the supervision of some of the best patent attorneys in Poland. She was responsible for, among other things, preparing, pursuing and prosecuting patent applications until grant – both in the Polish and European procedures, as well as utility model applications.

She advised clients and prepared analyses in patent matters (including risk of infringement, FTO and patentability). She also dealt with litigation matters.

Currently, she specializes in patent prosecution and litigation, in the field of biological sciences (especially pharmacy) and mechanics.

Education:

• Graduate of the Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, majoring in Industrial Biotechnology (master’s degree in engineering, studies completed with distinction)
• European Patent Attorney (2023, EQE)
• Polish Patent Attorney (2023)

Activities and memberships:

• Member of the Committee for Profession Promotion of the Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys (PIRP)
• Member of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi)

Languages:

English, German

Hobby:

Horse riding, traveling and spending time in nature, animal welfare

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

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

Mateusz Andrzejczak

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

At LDS Mateusz is assisting in issues concerning the protection of intellectual property rights, especially related to trademarks and combating trade in counterfeit goods. Mateusz is interested in the protection of personal rights of natural persons.

Education:

Graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw. In 2023 he defended his master thesis titled “Legal problems related to the commercialization of the image” at the Chair of Commercial Law of the University of Warsaw. Participant of the School of Intellectual Property at the Center of Intellectual Property Law (“IP Centrum”) in Cracow.

Languages:

English, Spanish

Hobby:

Football, music and dance, history of the 20th century

Wiktor Górzyński

Patent attorney trainee
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Specialization and work experience:

Wiktor has gained experience already during his studies through an internship at one of the largest patent law firms in Poland where he worked on patent applications and translations verification in the fields of chemistry and biotechnology.

At the LDS law firm Wiktor is involved in litigation and application matters covering the fields of chemistry, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, and continues to train under the guidance of an experienced team of patent attorneys.

Education:

Wiktor graduated with honors in Chemical Technology from the Faculty of Chemistry at the Warsaw University of Technology. He specializes in the broad field of functional polymeric materials for both industrial and medical applications.

In 2023 Wiktor began his training as a patent attorney trainee.

Languages:

English

Hobby:

Chess, swimming, literature

Aleksandra Poniatowska

Patent attorney trainee
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Practice area and professional experience:

Aleksandra is a patent attorney trainee,  who gained experience working in international patent offices where, under the supervision of patent attorneys, she was responsible, among others, for the prosecution of patent applications and the preparation of patentability and FTO analyses.

Aleksandra is currently involved in litigation and application matters covering the fields of chemistry, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.

Education:

Graduate of Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, majoring in Biotechnology with a specialisation in Microbioanalysis (graduated with distinction).

In 2022 Aleksandra started her patent attorney training.

Languages:

English, German

Magda Klimek

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

Prior to joining the LDS team, Magda gained her professional experience in a patent law firm. She specialises in issues concerning the protection of industrial property rights, especially trademarks.

Education:

Graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Łódź. During her studies, she participated in the activities of the Law Clinic and was several times awarded the Rector’s Scholarship for the best students. In 2023 she defended her Master’s thesis – “Similarity of trademarks in the light of CJEU jurisprudence” at the Department of Economic and Commercial Law of the University of Łódź.

Languages:

English

Hobby:

hiking, cooking

Weronika Markowska

Trainee
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Practice area and professional experience:

Weronika is assisting with issues concerning the protection of industrial property rights, especially related to trademarks.

Education:

Currently studying at the Faculty of Law and Administration at University of Warsaw.

Languages:

English

Hobby:

Contemporary polish cinema, theatre, hiking

Magdalena Michałkiewicz

Certified translator
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Practice area and professional experience:

Magdalena has been a Polish into English certified translator and court interpreter since 2013 with vast experience in intellectual property related translation, which she has gained while cooperating with Warsaw law firms. Magdalena is also an experienced legal translation, legal English, business English and ESL teacher.

Education:

University of Warsaw, Institute of English Studies, 2007
University of Warsaw, Department of Italian Studies, 2008
Postgraduate diploma in legal translation from Collegium Civitas, 2012

Languages:

English, Italian, German

Hobbies:

Travelling, caravanning, mountain hiking, collecting dresses

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

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 eighteen years in one of the international law companies in Warsaw and 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:

Cats, planes, Spanish, jazz, good movie, theatre

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

Aneta Olszewska

Paralegal
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Practice area and professional experience:

Aneta at LDS handles administrative activities related to support of the legal department. She also works in the area of marketing, taking care of the correct and timely flow of information, documents and contact with clients. She participates in the preparation of proposals and supports work on current projects.

She gained experience as an paralegal in Polish and international firms.

Education:

Graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Bialystok, defending her master’s thesis in the Department of Constitutional Law entitled. “The legal and political system of the People’s Republic of China”.

Languages:

English

Hobby:

Oil painting, classical music, skiing