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Marcin Kroll is an attorney-at-law and a patent attorney. He is an expert in intellectual property protection and the broadly-understood new technologies law.

He provides comprehensive services to Polish and foreign clients in terms of protecting and combating infringements in matters related to trademarks, industrial designs, patents, copyrights and unfair competition acts. Marcin prepares and implements IP protection strategies for his clients, also with international reach. He represents them before the Polish Patent Office, EUIPO and the International Bureau of WIPO. He advises in terms of transfer and commercialization of technology, which in particular includes preparing and negotiating contracts transferring exclusive rights and license agreements. He also possesses extensive know-how in respect of due dilligence related to the analysis of the condition of an enterprise with regard to intangible assets and exclusive rights, benefits and threats resulting therefrom.

His interests also focus on issues related to new technologies law as well as personal data and privacy protection. He draws up and negotiates IT contracts, including implementation, maintenance and development license contracts. He participated in numerous IT projects, including those implemented in agile methodologies, both on the part of contractors and contracting parties.

He advises on the GDPR, personal data and privacy protection, advertising law, e-commerce and commercial law. Moreover, his experience covers competition law, in terms of both anti-trust procedures and control of concentration procedures before the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection and the European Commission.

Polish, English

He is a professional representative before the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in Alicante in respect of trademarks and designs.

Marcin is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw and has completed a course in American Law organized by the University of Warsaw in co-operation with the University of Florida Levin College of Law. He completed postgraduate studies about intellectual property rights at the Grocjusz Intellectual Property Rights Centre, Cracow. His Master's thesis was recognized in the Contest for the Best Master's Thesis on Intellectual Property organized by the Polish Patent Office.