Poland
Lawyers
Marcin Przybysz
Dentons, Poland
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Work Department
Intellectual Property and Technology
Position
Marcin Przybysz, advocate, senior associate in Dentons’ Warsaw office, is a member of the Intellectual Property and New Technologies Practice Group.
He regularly advises global and local clients on the intellectual property rights protection, which includes developing IP strategies, combating and litigating infringements on all court levels, negotiating transfers and licensing of digital products and new technologies, as well as conducting due diligence audits for the purposes of transactions. He has also advised clients on data protection compliance, including on the GDPR, with a particular focus on e-commerce and online gaming sectors.
Marcin has extensive experience in working for global video gaming sector companies, including as an in-house lawyer seconded to a sister company of Poland’s largest video game developer, where he advised on various aspects of operation of a digital distribution platform, in particular in connection with the licensing of IP rights, privacy, consumer protection, marketing campaigns and collaboration with influencers.
Experience
- Leading social media app provider: Regular advice on brand protection and combating infringements, including trademark litigation and domain arbitration as a result of which the client won back its .pl domain.
- Developer and operator of a popular online game: Advice on a lawsuit against a defendant accused of infringing copyrights to certain game elements and enabling unauthorized online gaming.
- Video games distributor: Negotiating a licensing of a video games portfolio and strategic partnership with a global video gaming partner.
- Developer of popular MMOG video games: Reviewing user agreements and privacy-related policies, as well as advising on the implementation of a monetization scheme, including in terms of compliance with consumer and gambling laws.
- Global streaming service provider: Advising on data privacy, consumer protection and marketing campaign compliance, as well as conducting litigation concerning similar trademark filings made by competitors.
- Mobility as a Service app provider: Advising on an investment agreement and a transaction involving sale of rights to the application.
- Global FMCG manufacturer: Conducting a number of proceedings before the Polish Patent Office, administrative courts (incl. the Supreme Administrative Court), concerning similar trademark filings made by a supermarket chain.
- Global FMCG manufacturer: Litigating and pursuing claims in connection with placing products using the client's 3D trademark on the market by the competitor.
- Leading lighting manufacturers: Conducting a number of court proceedings and pursuing claims in connection with placing products using the clients’ Community designs on the market by their competitors.
- Airlines: Managing a trademark portfolio.
Career
Senior Associate, Dentons, Warsaw, 2022 to date
Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing, Warsaw, 2016–2022
Senior Legal Counsel (seconded), GOG.com (CD Projekt capital group), Warsaw, 2020–2021
Associate, Taylor Wessing, Warsaw, 2013–2016
Intern, Taylor Wessing, Warsaw, 2013
Languages
Polish, English