The IP practice at CMS has ample experience handling trade mark enforcement, patent disputes, portfolio management and criminal prosecutions against producers of false products. Sectors of focus include luxury goods, pharmaceuticals, technology, automotive and media. Led by Tomasz Koryzma, the team benefits from his expertise in IP enforcement. Aleksandra Kuźnicka-Cholewa is also an active member of the practice.
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‘Credible and confident. Information received from them is correct. They keep their promises. They are responsive and available fast. They do the job fast. They communicate clearly and briefly.’
‘Strong support and prompt answers.’
'What makes the team unique is the level of responsiveness and time spent to finish the task.'
'With respect to the IP practice, I have been working mostly with Aleksandra Kuźnicka-Cholewa. Aleksandra provides her advice in accordance with the recent case law, highest professional standards and, crucially, industry specific knowledge. It is also of importance that Aleksandra demonstrates advanced knowledge of English. During negotiations she is always good-tempered and shows respect towards the interlocutor.'
Key clients
- L’Oréal
- ITP/ Matex Lab Switzerland
- HP Enterprise
- HP Inc.
- Sky International AG
- Syngenta
- eBay. Inc
Work highlights
- Assisting L’Oréal with its IP enforcement strategy in Poland, including acting as an exclusive anti-counterfeiting advisor and handling all customs and criminal seizures related to all L’Oréal brands.
- Advising a major company operating in the aesthetical and biomedical cosmetics sector on its global brand protection, which includes assisting with the registration of its key international trade mark in a variety of jurisdictions all over the world, including in the EUIPO, Bahrain, Israel, Colombia, India, Brazil, China, and Australia.
- Assisting Sky with its significant portfolio of rights, which extends to over 3000 trade marks across more than 150 territories, including Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and Russia.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Tomasz Koryzma