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Patpol’s Trademark Attorneys Marked by WIPR Leaders 2019

This Sunday, April 26, the world will celebrate the World Intellectual Property Day. To spread the knowledge on intellectual property as widely as possible Patpol and Patpol Legal experts organize a hotline day in which anyone interested in exploring issues of IP protection can ask a question and get a quick credible answer.

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This Sunday, April 26, the world will celebrate the World Intellectual Property Day. To spread the knowledge on intellectual property as widely as possible Patpol and Patpol Legal experts organize a hotline day in which anyone interested in exploring issues of IP protection can ask a question and get a quick credible answer.

We are proud to inform that our experts and long-time practitioners in the area of trademark and industrial design protection, Izabella Dudek-Urbanowicz, Managing Director and Joanna Piłka, Head of the Trade Marks and Designs Department, have been recommended professionals in Poland according to the prestigious World Intellectual Property Review Leaders (WIPR Leaders) guide. The list of professionals, WIPR Leaders, was selected after a four-month nomination process, during which opinions from 12,000 IP specialists in the world were collected.

Stemming from a four month nomination period in which WIPR Leaders – research team sought views from 12,000 IP professionals, they vetted every nominated lawyer or trade mark attorney for suitability by exploring their work. This meant looking at practice history, industry expertise and notable cases, as well as any additional activities, such as writing and teaching responsibilities, which have allowed the lawyers to shape and influence other and future IP practitioners.

WIPR Leaders – distinction for our experts motivates us to further improve our business and create a better business environment for IP industry.

Should intellectual property of start-ups be protected?

Dr. Agnieszka Żebrowska-Kucharzyk, patent attorney and Piotr Jeżółkowski, attorney-at-law, answer questions about the IP protection of start-ups in an interview on the Onet Business Insider portal.

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Dr. Agnieszka Żebrowska-Kucharzyk, patent attorney and Piotr Jeżółkowski, attorney-at-law, answer questions about the IP protection of start-ups in an interview on the Onet Business Insider portal.

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Trading on a good name

Among all the trademarks commonly used, one can select a group of marks that are not only capable of distinguishing the goods or services in respect of their source of origin but also embody consumers? ideas about the products marked by them.

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Among all the trademarks commonly used, one can select a group of marks that are not only capable of distinguishing the goods or services in respect of their source of origin but also embody consumers – ideas about the products marked by them.

What is more, these marks may carry some additional value that is independent of the goods or services to which they are attached.

What is characteristic of these trademarks, apart from being designations of origin and quality of the goods or services to which they are attached, is that they also perform an advertising function.

Therefore, for average consumers, they carry a whole set of positive associations surrounding the mark itself, which is called “reputation”, so they are frequently referred to as “trademarks with reputation”.

We invite you to download and read the article of Agnieszka Skrzypczak, which appeared in the World Intellectual Property Review, September/October 2014.

The full version of the article is available here: Trading on a good name

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