Baker McKenzie Krzyżowski i Wspólnicy Sp.k.‘s IP practice encompasses all areas of enforcement and protection of copyrights, patents, trade marks, and designs. It also undertakes licensing matters and transactions, as well as prosecutions before a number of different courts. In addition, the team handles portfolios for international clients who are active in the pharmaceutical, tobacco, and FMCG industries. Marcin Fijałkowski heads the department with the support of senior of counsel Marek Rosiński. Other key members of the team include senior associate Katarzyna Tobiasz-Dumania, who ‘is a patent attorney with outstanding knowledge’, and counsel Jakub Falkowski, who heads the innovation team.

The practice at Bird & Bird Szepietowski i wspólnicy sp. k. has a wide-ranging offering, covering the entire spectrum of soft and hard IP work for domestic and international clients. This includes patent, trade mark, and design litigation and prosecution, anti-counterfeiting, opposition, and invalidation procedures, brand management, and licensing, as well as transactions and unfair competition matters. Sectors of focus for the group include electronics, life sciences, aviation, telecoms, media, sports, and FMCG. The team is co-led by experienced IP litigators Marta Koremba and Piotr Dynowski, internet and digital transformation expert Paweł Lipski, and commercial lawyer Tomasz Zalewski; they are praised as ‘experts in their field’.

The IP department at Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak supports local and international clients in complex litigation proceedings regarding trade marks, patents, design rights, and copyright, as well as acting in domain name infringement cases. Its offering also includes software protection for clients in the IT industry, managing international IP portfolios, transactions, and unfair competition matters. IP specialist Szymon Gogulski and life sciences expert Ewa Skrzydło-Tefelska jointly head the team with the support of senior counsel Marek Oleksyn, who is experienced in representing clients before the CJEU and EUIPO.

For Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners, IP is a key focus and the team advises both Polish and international clients on a range of mandates, including trade mark, patent, and copyright protection and enforcement matters, as well as unfair competition cases. Co-founder of the firm Pawel Podrecki oversees the team from Warsaw. Other key names include Beata Matusiewicz-Kulig in Kraków; as head of the dispute resolution department, she is particularly active in IP litigation. Also in Kraków, Tomasz Targosz is skilled in patent and copyright law matters. Warsaw-based Anna Sokołowska-Ławniczak leads the brand management offering.

Włodzimierz Szoszuk and Anna Pompe-Ciszewska jointly lead the IP team at Wardynski & Partners, which supports clients with acquisition and maintenance of IP assets, especially trade marks and designs. Anti-counterfeiting and unfair competition cases are also within the team’s capabilities, in addition to IP-related transactions. Monika Wieczorkowska specialises in managing large trade mark portfolios, while Lena Marcinoska-Boulangé is notable for handling trade mark cases involving colour combinations and the protection of 3D shapes.

Allen & Overy, A. Pedzich sp. k.‘s IP practice has a strong focus on complex litigation, enforcement, and invalidity proceedings, especially involving patents. It is also highly adept in non-contentious, transactional mandates. Large international pharmaceutical companies are counted within the team’s roster; such clients are benefited by the firm’s global network of offices. Krystyna Szczepanowska-Kozlowska chairs the group and is an expert in IP litigation. Counsel Michał Gajdus is significantly experienced in contentious proceedings, while senior associate Justyna Ostrowska is noted for her transactional advice.

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang Posniak i Bejm sp.k.‘s IP team has a strong focus on the fashion and luxury goods, chemical and pharmaceutical, and technology sectors, as well as the automotive and media industries. Trade mark enforcement and prosecution is a core area for the group, and its offering also includes handling portfolio management for global clients. Practice head Tomasz Koryzma is an IP enforcement specialist, and is ably supported by senior associate Aleksandra Kuźnicka-Cholewa; both practitioners are praised as ‘true professionals in the field of their expertise’.

The IP team at Dentons regularly handles trade mark and patent prosecutions and enforcement matters, as well as assisting clients with licensing and transactional advisory work. Managing large trade mark portfolios is also within the group’s capabilities. Companies from the FMCG and media sectors sit within the team’s client roster. Practice head Karol Laskowski was appointed co-head of the firm’s European TMT group, and is supported by counsel and ‘excellent trade mark attorney’ Marek Trojnarski, and counsel and patent attorney Aleksandra Politańska-Kunicka.

DLA Piper Giziński Kycia sp.k. handles the full spectrum of IP law matters, covering trade marks, designs, patents, copyright, and unfair competition disputes. Assisting with the commercialisation of IP rights is an area of strength. Sectors of focus inlcude fashion, new technologies, and highly regulated industries such as banking, insurance, and healthcare. Ewa Kurowska-Tober leads the practice with expertise in brand protection and the IP elements of M&A transactions. Counsel Krystian Maciaszek specialises in IP litigation, representing both local and international clients. Other notables names in the team include senior associates Olga Leśniewska and Alicja Woln.

The IP department at DWF Poland Jamka Sp.k provides audio-visual producers, publishers, broadcasters, artists, and owners of brands with ‘strategic and practical’ advice on cross-border projects and litigation involving trade marks and copyright. The team is also involved with transactional mandates and unfair competition law cases. Team leader Oskar Tułodziecki is highly praised by clients as an ‘excellent litigator’, and a key part of his practice involves anti-counterfeiting mandates. He is supported by transactional expert Anna Wietrzyńska-Ciołkowsk and Marta Wysokińska, who was promoted to local partner at the start of 2023.

Hasik, Rheims & Partners is an IP and media law boutique, noted for providing ‘stellar legal advice’ on complex copyright and patent disputes, anti-counterfeiting strategies, and trade mark and unfair competition enforcement matters. Another field of expertise for the firm lies in music law and assistance with copyright collective societies; Aleksandra Sewerynik is particularly active in this area. Daniel Hasik, Eric Rheims and ‘brilliant copyright expert’ Anna Kruszewska co-head the practice. Patent litigator Norbert Walasek and senior associate Joanna Woźniak are also key members of the team.

Kochanski & Partners‘ IP team is highly adept in the defence of trade marks and patents for clients active in the pharmaceutical, media and FMCG sectors. It also has expertise in domain name matters and IP-related M&A transactions, and represents clients before the common and administrative courts and the Polish Patent Office. The practice is chaired by founder and senior managing partner Piotr Kochanski, alongside Karolina Marciniszyn and Krzysztof Zieba, the last of whom also heads the dedicated FMCG, retail, automotive and trade, and distribution group.

The boutique law firm Czyzewscy Kancelaria Adwokacka has a strong emphasis on soft IP law, including copyright mandates, personal rights issues, and unfair competition cases. Its clients include companies in the film, TV, publishing, video games, and music industries. Krzysztof Czyżewski leads the practice, supported by senior associate Dariusz Tarabasz.

The IP department at Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka has particular strengths in copyright matters relating to architectural works, computer programmes, films, and music. It advises clients on registering and monitoring EU trade marks and community designs, as well as related disputes covering patents and copyrights. Experienced practitioner Aleksandra Auleytner leads the team.

Specialist IP firm JWP Patent & Trademark Attorneys sp.k. is active in helping clients protect and maximise their IP assets. The offering encompasses IP strategy advice, portfolio management, filing for registration, litigation, and transactional mandates involving copyright, patents, trade marks, and designs. Key members of the group include managing partner and head of the IP litigation department Dorota Rzazewska, head of the life sciences patent group Piotr Godlewski, and head of the trade mark practice Magdalena Maksimowska. Tomasz Grucelski is also an experienced IP litigator.

Kulikowska & Kulikowski is a Warsaw-based firm entirely dedicated to IP, which is particularly notable in litigation, as well as design and trade mark applications. Co-founder Jarosław Kulikowski leads the trade mark practice, while the patent team is jointly led by his counterpart Paweł Kulikowski and Alicja Piotrowicz. Other recommended names include patent attorney Monika Witkowska, Monika Chimiak, who undertakes unfair competition matters conducted before common and administrative courts, and Beata Wojtkowska, who specialises in trade mark protection matters.

LDS Lazewski Depo & Partners' IP team handles patent, trade mark and design litigation and prosecution cases, in addition to providing day-to-day support. Managing partner Marek Łazewski is active in patent cases involving life sciences and pharmaceutical products, as well as validity and infringement proceedings. Michal Siciarek is also a key name, and has expertise in copyright and unfair competition proceedings. In 2022, Sebastian Walkiewicz and Marta Sznajder joined in the team from AOMB Polska and Bird & Bird Szepietowski i wspólnicy sp. k., respectively.

Established in 2018, Patpol Legal specialises in IP law and is particularly active in anti-counterfeiting claims, patent and copyright infringement and unfair competition proceedings, and parallel import cases. The firm also devises IP protection programmes for its clients. Practice head and unfair competition expert Dariusz Piróg leads a team of ‘IP specialists’, including associates Alicja Rytel and Jakub Słupski.

The IP team at WKB Lawyers is adept at advising clients in the media sector and the online services industry. Senior partner and co-founder of the firm Agnieszka Wiercińska-Krużewska sits at the helm of the practice, and advises on all aspects of IP protection enforcement, including those relating to copyright and industrial property. Other key members of the team include managing associates Paulina Maślak-Stępnikowska and Aleksandra Bączykowska.

Drzewiecki, Tomaszek i Wspólnicy sp.j.‘s IP department is led by founder and managing parter Andrzej Tomaszek. He represents both Polish and foreign manufacturers and distributors from the food, automotive, electronic, construction, textile, pharmaceutical, and entertainment industries in court proceedings. Krzysztof Szczecina and Justyna Karsz-Piwko are also core team members.

EY Law's IP team advises clients alongside the firms business, transactional, and regulatory teams. It is well-known for handling a range of mandates, including litigation regarding trademark and copyright infringements for clients in the retail and manufacturing industries, strategic portfolio counselling, and trade secrets. It also undertakes IP-related transactions. Justyna Wilczynska-Baraniak leads the practice.

Established in 2015, Fert Jakubiak Wróblewski Patent and Trademark Attorneys specialises in IP law and is very active in the registration and protection of trade marks, designs, and patents. The team also undertakes proceedings before the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland, EPO, and WIPO International Bureau. Łódź-based Marcin Wróblewski acts as one of the team leads, alongside Bartosz Fert and Iwona Jakubiak vel Wojtczak in Poznań.

RKKW – Kwasnicki, Wrobel & Partners‘ IP department supports domestic and foreign entrepreneurs from the media, IT, food, cosmetics, textiles, and automotive sectors with the protection of trade marks, patents, industrial designs, and copyright. It also represents them in unfair competition cases, negotiates license agreements, and handles copyright transfer agreements. Aneta Pankowska leads the practice.

Polish IP boutique SDP Sierżant Dudziński specialises in litigation, especially patent prosecution and invalidation cases. Other particular areas of focus include pharmaceutical-related trade mark cases and copyright matters in the fashion industry. Experienced litigator David Sierżant and patent law expert Krzysztof Dudziński jointly lead the team.

The IP group at SMM Legal represents clients that are active in the energy, research and development, telecoms, banking and healthcare sectors. The team assists clients with transactional, regulatory, and contentious mandates, in addition to managing trade mark portfolios. Rafał Sikorski chairs the practice from Poznań, and has expertise in unfair competition cases.

Taylor Wessing Poland‘s IP practice offers advisory, regulatory, and litigation services, as well as trade mark portfolio management, for clients in the gaming, e-commerce, energy, telecoms, healthcare, and food sectors. Practice head Przemyslaw Walasek is strong in internet trade mark infringement cases. In January 2022, senior associate Bartosz Świdrak joined the team from Fairfield, bringing with him expertise in the life sciences industry.

The IP department at Wolf Theiss sits within the firm’s global practice and offers clients advice on patent, trade mark, and copyright litigation, as well as unfair competition law, internet domain name recovery, and personal data security. It also assists clients with protection strategies, transfer agreement structuring, and IP-related transactions. Jakub Pietrasik, who was promoted to counsel in May 2022, leads the team. Also at counsel level, Marcin Rudnik is another recommended name.