At DLA Piper Giziński Kycia sp.k., the IP practice has experience handling matters related to patents, trade marks, copyrights and unfair competition disputes. The team is skilled at advising clients in the fashion, new technologies and industrial sectors, as well as highly regulated industries, such as banking, insurance and healthcare. Practice head Ewa Kurowska-Tober frequently advises on brand protection, including trade mark and design protection. Krystian Maciaszek is a key contact for IP litigation, alongside Olga Leśniewska and Alicja Wolny.

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Key clients

  • Benjamin Moore & Co, B. M. Polska
  • ODDER SIDE
  • Pro
  • PZU
  • Republic Technologies International
  • Sepio
  • Shoko
  • Spin Master
  • Żabka (a portfolio company of CVC Capital Partners).
  • ExploRNA
  • Ty Inc.

Work highlights

  • Advising Spin Master on the protection of its IP rights.
  • Assisting Odder Side, which was the victim of an identical trade mark registration which was filed for partially similar services to the goods for which the client's earlier trade mark was filed.
  • Advising ExploRNA Therapeutics on IP transactional issues in relation to mRNA technology.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Ewa Kurowska-Tober

Other key lawyers

Krystian Maciaszek, Olga Leśniewska, Alicja Wolny, Michał Gajdus