The Legal and Patent Office offers services in obtaining:
- Patents and Utility Models,
- Industrial Designs,
- Trade Marks.
And in the following areas:
- Author's Rights,Copyrights,
- Unfair Competition,
- Registration, maintenance and protection of internet domain names,
- Geographical Indications,
- Customs procedures,
- Valuation of Intellectual Property Rights,
- Training in Intellectual Property.
I. Patents and Utility Models:
- Advice on the possibility of obtaining protection,
- Research on patentability in national and international databases,
- Literature searches, research into prior art,
- Compiling information about exclusive rights granted,
- Preparing an opinion on patentability,
- Comprehensive preparation of patent applications to the National Patent Office (Urząd Patentowy RP) from different areas of technology, in collaboration with industry experts,
- Preparing application documents for inventions under Patent Cooperation Treaty international and European patents in the European Patent Office,
- Validation of European patents in Poland,
- Comprehensive preparation of utility model applications under the national body The National Patent Office (Urząd Patentowy RP),
- Renewal of exclusive rights and payment of fees,
- Making changes to the registers,
- Legal and expert opinion,
- Preparing warning letters regarding violations of patents and utility models,
- Conducting litigations before The National Patent Office (Urząd Patentowy RP) and administrative courts,
- Conducting civil proceedings regarding the protection of patents and utility models from violations,
- Preparing contracts in the areas of commercialisation and implementation of patents and utility models,
- Conducting mediation and negotiation leading to the amicable settlement of cases,
- Drawing up professional translations of patent documents.
II. Industrial Designs:
- Research on suitability for registration in national and international databases,
- Preparing an opinion on suitability for registration of industrial designs,
- Applications for industrial designs to The National Patent Office (Urząd Patentowy RP) and community industrial designs to The Office of Harmonization for the Internal Market of the European Union (OHIM),
- Renewal of exclusive rights and payment of fees at home and abroad,
- Making changes to the national and community design registers,
- Legal and expert opinion and advice,
- Preparing warning letters regarding violations of exclusive rights and actions leading to unfair competition,
- Conducting litigations before the National Patent Office (Urząd Patentowy RP); The Office of Harmonization for the Internal Market of the European Union (OHIM); The Community Court for Trade Marks and Designs and the administrative courts,
- Conducting civil proceedings regarding the protection of exclusive rights from violation,
- Conducting civil proceedings to fight against unfair competition,
- Preparing contracts in the area of industrial designs,
- Conducting mediation and negotiation leading to the amicable settlement of cases.
III. Trade Marks:
- Research on suitability for registration in national and international databases,
- Preparing an opinion on suitability for registration of trademarks,
- Applications for national trade marks to The National Patent Office (Urząd Patentowy RP), international trade marks to The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and community trade marks to The Office of Harmonization for the Internal Market of the European Union (OHIM),
- Renewal of exclusive rights and payment of fees at home and abroad,
- Making changes to the national and community registers,
- Conducting litigations before the National Patent Office (Urząd Patentowy RP); The Office of Harmonization for the Internal Market of the European Union (OHIM); The Community Court for Trade Marks and Designs; the administrative courts; and The Court of Justice of the European Union (TSUE),
- Conducting proceedings in the area of trade marks before the administrative courts of the I and II instance (WSA, NSA),
- Conducting civil proceedings regarding the protection of exclusive rights from violation,
- Drafting warning letters in cases of violation of exclusive rights to trade marks and action leading to unfair competition,
- Conducting civil proceedings regarding the protection of exclusive rights before the courts of general jurisdiction,
- Conducting civil litigation relating to unfair competition,
- Preparing contracts in the area of trade marks,
- Conducting mediation and negotiation leading to the amicable settlement of cases,
- The protection of trade marks abroad.
IV. Copyright:
- Advice, legal and expert opinion in the area of copyright,
- Preparing contracts dealing with the transfer of authors' rights including regulating the rights of authors, to dispose proprietary copyrights including rights of the authors,
- Taking action to protect personal and proprietary authors' rights,
- Conducting civil litigation relating to protection against the violation of personal rights in addition to personal and proprietary authors' rights.
V. Unfair Competition:
- Advice in dealing with issues regarding unfair competition,
- Preparing analyses related to the manifestation of unfair competition,
- Preparing legal opinions and reports,
- Leading negotiations,
- Representing clients in disputes, including those in court, in the area of unfair competition.
VI. Internet Domains:
- Research into suitability for registration,
- Registration of internet domain names,
- Renewal of registration, payment of fees,
- Drafting warning letters regarding internet domain names,
- Conducting proceedings before the national courts of arbitration relating to the violation of rights to Polish internet domain names (.pl),
- Advice, legal and expert opinion in the area of internet domain names,
- Preparing contracts relating to internet domains,
- Conducting mediation and negotiation leading to the amicable settlement of cases.
VII. Geographical Indications:
- Registration of geographical indications in the National Patent Office (Urząd Patentowy RP),
- Registration of geographical indications of agricultural products and foodstuffs,
- Registration of geographical indications of alcoholic drinks,
- Registration of names of specific character of agricultural products and foodstuffs,
- Entry onto the list of traditional products,
- Protection of exclusive rights granted,
- Protection of indications against violation,
- Advice, legal and expert opinion,
- Services related to the protection of geographical indications against unfair competition.
VIII. Customs Procedures:
- Preparation of applications for protection at the border (both in Poland and other countries of the European Union), requests for extension of protection,
- Conducting mediation and negotiation leading to the amicable settlement of cases,
- Drafting of warning letters,
- Conducting summary proceedings including the preparation of applications for the destruction of goods,
- Conducting civil proceedings relating to the protection of intellectual property rights before the courts of general jurisdiction.
IX. Valuation of intellectual property rights
X. Training in intellectual property
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