Marek Passowicz European Patent Attorney   Paweł Górnicki European Patent Attorney Anna Wachowiak European Patent Attorney Elżbieta Czosnowska Patent Attorney Anna Kasperowicz Patent Attorney Agata Górnicka Patent Attorney Emilia Domagała Office Manager Marcin Górnicki Paralegal Justyna Targoszyńska Assistant of Patent Attorney Reyhan Firynowicz Part-Qualified European Patent  Attorney  Piotr Passowicz Associate – Tax Advisor

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Under the Art. 4.1 and 9.1 of the Polish Act of 15 Nov 2002 on patent attorneys, a patent attorney provides professional advice and represents – Polish and non-Polish – natural and legal persons, as well as organizations in any and all industrial property matters. Art. 1.2 of Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial

What is copyright? Copyright is an exclusive right to exercise control over copying and other exploitation of the works for a specific period of time. In Poland belonging to the civil law jurisdiction, under the Polish Copyright and Related Rights Act, copyright is divided into: moral copyrights: rights of creators of copyrighted works of atribution,

This is our design! By registering an industrial design the owner may prevent others from commercially using the design without his authorization in a country where it is registered. What is an industrial design? The Art. 102 of the Act of 30 June 2000 – Industrial Property Law stipulates that: “1. Any new and having

This is our brand! If you have already started supplying products or services, or you are now planning to do so in the future, under a particular brand and you wish the public to recognise that product or those services as yours alone and prevent others from using that mark in relation to their products

This is our utility model! By registering a utility model the owner may prevent others from commercially using the model without his authorization for a limited period of time in a country where it is registered. What is a utility model? The definition of a utility model differs from one country to another (where such

A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent. Patent protection means that the invention cannot be commercially made, used, distributed or sold without the patent owner’s consent. In Poland, patent rights can be enforced in a court which may stop patent infringement. What kinds of inventions can be protected? Under

Krajowe urzędy patentowe: Urząd Patentowy RP Urząd Patentowy USA (USPO) Pełna lista krajowych urzędów patentowych: tutaj. Regionalne urzędy patentowe: Europejski Urząd Patentowy (EPO) Światowa Organizacja Własności Intelektualnej (WIPO) Urząd Unii Europejskiej ds. Własności Intelektualnej – (EUPIO) Profesjonalne organizacje: Polska Izba Rzeczników Patentowych (PIRP) Organizacja Europejskich Rzeczników Patentowych EPO Międzynarodowe Stowarzyszenie ds. Ochrony Własności Intelektualnej (AIPPI)

Act of 30 June 2000 Industrial Property Law Act of 14 March 2003 on filing of European patent applications and the effects of European patents in the Republic of Poland Act of 4 February 1994 on Copyright and Related Rights Secondary legislation: Regulation of the Prime Minister of 17 September 2001 on filing and processing

Almost 100 years of tradition  Patent attorneys of two Poznań patent offices: DR ANDRZEJ AU & CO., S.C., operating since 1990, and PATENT-SERVICE, Paweł Górnicki, operating since 1990, have organised to work jointly in the field of industrial and intellectual property rights and related direct representation of and assistance for domestic and foreign customers in

General power of attorney (to perform any IP object related acts) Specific power of attorney: Trade Mark (to perform acts related to a specific trade mark) Specific power of attorney: Industrial Design (to perform acts related to a specific industrial design) Specific power of attorney: Utility Design (to perform acts related to a specific utility