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Iwona Jakubiak vel Wojtczak

Patent and trademark attorney, EUIPO representative, lawyer

Partner

Highly experienced in trademark and design protection, skillful negotiator and strategist.

She focuses on IP protection strategies and their implementation, which includes i.a. trademark searches, prosecution, representation in disputes before offices and negotiations connected with them, as well as management of large trademark portfolios.

Passionate about creating new IP services responsive to client’s needs and drafting procedures aimed at the improvement of quality of services.

Provides complex IP services for various industries, including babies products manufacturers, food producers, furniture producers and the defense industry.

Expert – arbitrator of the arbitration court at the Poznań International Fair.

Graduate of the Law Faculty of the University of Łódź (Poland).

Winner of the Polish Office of Consumer and Competition Protection competition for the best master’s thesis in consumer protection and second place in the Wolters Kluwer Polska and Przegląd Prawa Handlowego competition for master’s theses in commercial law.

Manager of the office in Poznań.

He also currently serves as a lecturer in the postgraduate course  LLM “Law of New Technologies” at SWPS University in Poznań.

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Bartosz Fert

Patent and trademark attorney, EUIPO representative, lawyer

Partner

Specialist in intellectual property law. Extensive experience in IPR litigation and prosecution in the European Union Intellectual Property Office in Alicante and Polish Patent Office in Warsaw. Translator of technical English into Polish. Currently focused on handling court cases in patent, trade mark and design matters, including cases before the Polish intellectual property courts and the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.

As the Chairman of ECTA International Trade Committee, co-ordinates the work of an experienced team, following the trade negotiations between the European Union and third countries, from the scope of intellectual property.

Expert–arbitrator at the Poznań International Fair, responsible for judging intellectual property cases occurring during the trade shows in Poznań (Poland).

Vice-Chair of the Disciplinary Court of the Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys – body responsible for adjudicating disciplinary cases against Polish patent and trademark attorneys.

Graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland), Post-Diploma Studies in Copyright, Publishing and Press Law at Jagiellonian University (Poland), participant in a course in intellectual property and foreign trade under the International Business and Trade Summer Law Program of D.C.-based Columbus School of Law, and Harvard Copyright X.

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Marcin Wróblewski

European patent and trademark attorney (EQE), patent and trademark attorney, professional representative before EUIPO, engineer’s degree in chemistry
Partner

Graduate of the Technical University of Łódź (Poland) with a master’s degree in engineering, specialization –food chemistry. In 2018 successfully passed the European Qualifying Examination (EQE) exam before the European Patent Office in Munich, thereby obtaining the title of the European Patent and Trademark Attorney.

Specialist in protection of technical solutions, especially in the field of chemistry, food technology and mechanics. He conducts proceedings before the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland, EPO (European Patent Office), and WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) International Bureau.

Member of the EPI – Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office.

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Łukasz Bogdan

Patent and trademark attorney, electronics engineer

Counsel

Specialist in electronics, telecommunications and computer science.

Coordinator of the ‘Basic Training Course in European Patent Law’ conducted by the Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) of the University of Strasbourg. A Top 500 Innovators scholar at the Hass School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.

Graduate of the Electronics and Telecommunications at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow.

He is in certification process for European Patent and Trademark Attorney (4 out of 5 EQE exams passed).

Founder of the education platform eqelibrium.org and a Member of Council of Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys.

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Karolina Bogusz

Patent attorney trainee, lawyer, chemical technology engineer

Associate

Graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland) and Chemical Technology at the Poznań University of Technology (Poland).

Experienced in industrial property cases. She is particularly interested in patent infringement cases. Currently patent attorney trainee.

Was a member of the European Law Students’ Association ELSA. On behalf of the association she participated in the session of the WIPO committee on the law of patents in Geneva (Switzerland). She was involved in the organization of the projects in the field of intellectual property law – summer law schools, conferences and workshops.

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Adrian Fronk

Patent and trademark attorney, EUIPO representative, engineer’s degree in electrical engineering, EQE Candidate

Associate

Specialist in electrical engineering, in particular electromechanical switches. Extensive experience in patent drafting and patent searches.

Graduate of Electrical Engineering at the Technical University in Łódź (Poland). Graduate of the course “Basic Training Course in European Patent Law” conducted by the Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) of the University of Strasbourg (France).

Passing the European Qualifying Examination (main exam) before the European Patent Office.

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Tomasz Kalociński

Mechanical engineer

Technical assistant

Experienced in designing, prototyping and testing of powertrain systems. He started his professional career as a Mechanical Engineer for a Formula One Team winning two Constructors Championships with them. He did his engineering placements in BOSMAL Automotive Research and Development Institute and in an Institute of Internal Combustion Engines and Transport at Poznan University of Technology. Specialises in engineering trainings in a subjects of design and diagnostics of internal combustion engines as well as electric and hybrid powertrain solutions.

He obtained MSc Advanced Mechanical Engineering from Cranfield University in the UK and graduated from Poznan University of Technology in Poland pursuing a BSc Eng Mechanical Engineering. Received Prime Minister’s of Poland Development Scholarship. Co-Founder of the PUT Motorsport –student team taking part in an international engineering contest Formula Student. Participant of Formula Student development meetings at MIT and Columbia University.

Associate member of Polish Scientific Society of Internal Combustion Engines as well as British IMechE – Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

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Anna Bień

Patent and trademark attorney trainee, lawyer

Associate

A law graduate at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland). Her master’s thesis focused on protection of trade marks with a low degree of distinctiveness. She has also graduated from German and French Philology at the Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures of the same university.

As a participant of the Erasmus student exchange programme she had the opportunity to study at universities in Vienna (Austria) and Potsdam (Germany). She gained professional experience in law firms in both Poland and Germany. She is currently a trainee at the Polish Chamber of Trademark and Patent Attorneys in Warsaw.

Anna is fluent in English, German and French.

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Anna Paczyńska

Assistant, drafter

Responsible for drawing documentation, language support and text editing.

Graduate of the Faculty of Interior Architecture and Design of University of the Arts Poznań (Poland), the Institute of Romance Studies of Adam Mickiewicz University (Poland) and Erasmus Exchange Program at the University of Valladolid (Spain).

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Aleksandra Frala

Office manager

Administrative support of the office.

Graduate of Journalism and Social Communication at the University of Adam Mickiewicz, specializing in business communication management. She gained her experience working in many business fields such as marketing or hotel industry.

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Julia Lewandowska

Lawyer, trainee attorney-at-law

Associate

A law graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland). Her master’s thesis focused on the notion of communication to the public in the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union. Since 2021 she has been enrolled with the Poznań Bar of Attorneys-at-Law as a trainee attorney-at-law.

She built her work experience mainly by working in the intellectual property department in one of the leading law firms in Poland focusing on copyright law, trademark law and competition law.

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Wiktor Dzięcioł

Patent attorney trainee, lawyer

Junior Associate

Law graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Mr. Dzięcioł gained professional experience in cases related to copyright law, industrial property law, unfair competition and the law of new technologies in leading law firms.

Participant of the School of Intellectual Property Law at the H. Grocjusz Centre for Intellectual Property Law and Kraków Intellectual Property Law Summer School organized by the Jagiellonian University in cooperation with WIPO. Mr. Dzięcioł also took part in WIPO-University of Geneva Summer School on Intellectual Property.

Fluent speaker of English.

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Barbara Komorowska

Lawyer

Legal assistant

A law gradute at the Department of Finance and Law at Cracow University of Economics (Poland). She has been awarded a Rector’s scholarship for the best students. Concurrently, she studies Culture, Communication and Globalization at Aalborg University in Denmark where she develops in the field of communications and marketing.

Fluent English speaker. She also speaks French.

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Marcin Szyniec

Patent and trademark attorney, EUIPO representative, lawyer, EQE Candidate

Associate

Specializes in protection of technical solutions. He has experience of conducting litigation before the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland (UPRP) and administrative courts, both in patent and trademark matters. In addition, he conducts trademark application and registration proceedings before the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland (UPRP), the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Associated with the protection of industrial property since 2010. Entered on the list of patent and trademark attorneys after passing the qualification exam with distinction in 2016. A graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Silesia (Poland). He gained experience in a leading Silesian patent and trademark attorney office.

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Radosław Szumlański

Lawyer, trainee attorney-at-law

Associate

Graduate of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland) and trainee attorney-at-law at Poznań Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law. In his master’s thesis, he focused on the issues concerning protection of works created by Artificial Intelligence.

Since the second year of studies, he has worked at various law firms in Poznań, providing services to startups and dealing with matters concerning technology law & IT, data protection and intellectual property, specifically regarding copyright and trademarks.

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Stanisław Gibalski

Lawyer, patent and trademark attorney trainee

Associate

A graduate of Faculty of Law and Administration at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland). Currently, he is a patent and trademark attorney trainee at the Polish Patent Office. As a participant of the Erasmus student exchange programme he also studied at the Universidade de Lisboa in Portugal. He has been awarded a Rector’s scholarship for the best students. He gained professional experience in a law firm and in the General Counsel to the Republic of Poland.

Finalist of the Games Industry Legal Challenge 2023 and winner of the 11th edition of the nationwide intellectual property law tournament ‘IP Challenge’. Speaker at the academic conferences on IP and IT Law.

Participant of Kraków Intellectual Property Law Summer School, as well as the 12th and 13th editions of “IP Student” course. Member of European Law Students’ Association ELSA.

Fluent English speaker. He also speaks German and French.

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Paweł Poznański

Attorney trainee, lawyer

Junior Associate

Graduate of the Faculty of Law of the University of Białystok and LL.M. studies in IP and IT at Magister Lvcentinvs (Universidad de Alicante). Currently he is an attorney trainee in the Warsaw Bar Association.

He supports the law firm in cases of prosecution and litigation of intellectual property rights.

He gained experience working in the IP departments of Polish and international law firms. He was a Pan European Seal trainee in the EUIPO. As part of the Opposition Division he was responsible for drafting opposition decisions and as part of the AG Decisions service responsible for drafting notices of grounds for refusal of application for a European Union trade mark.

As an European Law Students’ Association ELSA delegate participated at the WIPO Working Group on the International Registration of Industrial Designs.

Fluent speaker of English and Spanish.

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Michał Wróblewski

European patent and trademark attorney, patent and trademark attorney, bachelor’s degree in chemistry

Counsel

A graduate of the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Łódź (Poland), specializing in chemical technology. Polish Patent and Trademark Attorney since 1998. European Patent and Trademark Attorney since 2003. He focuses on patent proceedings, especially in the field of chemistry, biochemistry, and pharmacy.

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Tomasz Jakubiak vel Wojtczak

Attorney-at-law, founder of ULVE

Of counsel

Possesses more than a decade of experience in legal and tax advisory area, gained while working for the tax department of one of the Big Four firms. Next, he headed the legal and tax team in a large Polish advisory firm. He provides services to both Polish and foreign companies and global corporations. His client portfolio includes companies, inter alia, from the aviation, sugar industry, IT and cosmetic sectors.

Speaker at numerous training sessions and tax seminars. Author of articles on tax issues. Active participant in the consultations of legislative proposals from the area of tax and commercial law.

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Piotr Mizerski

Trainee attorney-at-law, lawyer

Junior Associate

A law graduate of University of Lodz and trainee attorney-at-law at Lodz Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law. His master’s thesis focused on the commercial use of the image of real and fictional characters.

As a participant of the Erasmus student exchange programme he had the opportunity to study at University of Cologne. He was a finalist in Telders International Law Moot Court Competition and Games Industry Legal Challenge VI. He gained experience in law firms in Lodz, dealing with matters concerning data protection, copyright and trademarks.

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Piotr Cywiński, Ph. D.

Patent and trademark attorney trainee

Technical specialist

Expert in numerous fields of technology, incl. nanotechnology, optical spectroscopy, electronics and mechanics. He has extensive experience in the preparation of patent applications as well as in carrying out patentability, state of the art and freedom to operate searches.

Graduated from the Faculty of Technical Physics, Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at the Lodz University of Technology, doctor of chemistry in nanotechnology. Intellectual property and innovation manager in international corporations as well as former examiner at the European Patent Office.

Currently, he is a patent and trademark attorney trainee at the Polish Patent Office and prepares for the European Qualifying Examination (EQE) at the European Patent Office.

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Weronika Pietrzak

Senior Administrative Assistant for Accounting

Weronika is responsible for administrative services for the office in Łódź as well as for the settlement of both offices.

Graduate at Technical University of Lódź.

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Aleksandra Jasiak-Krzemińska, Ph. D.

Patent and trademark attorney trainee

Ph.D. of natural sciences in the discipline of chemical sciences, chemist, biotechnologist

Junior Associate

Graduate of chemistry and biotechnology in 2016 with a master’s degree in chemistry.

Ph.D. thesis in the field of organic chemistry she carried out at The Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies Polish Academy of Sciences (CBMiM) in Łódź, obtaining in 2020 the academic degree of doctor of natural sciences in the discipline of chemical sciences. The author of international scientific publications and conference reports.

She pays particular attention to matters relating to the protection of innovative solutions in the fields of natural sciences, including biotechnology, biology, chemistry, medicine, pharmacy, and mechanics. Currently patent and trademark attorney trainee, preparing for the European Qualifying Examination before the European Patent Office.

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Tytus Czarnota

Legal assistant

Graduate of European Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Co-founder of the IP, Tech & Data Protection Scientific Circle of the UAM’s Faculty of Law, he has developed through cooperation with artists and designers of the European and global music scene, as well as game developers of international scope.

He has acquired expertise in programming and operating of both lighting and sound equipment in clubs and concerts, as well as advanced comprehension of video game design and monetization systems found within them.

He is fluent in English, with knowledge of German and Spanish. He cooperates with the firm’s Poznań office.

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Agnieszka Jędrzejczak

Legal assistant

A Korean Philology graduate at the Institute of Ethnolinguistics of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland). She has been awarded a Rector’s scholarship for the best students. She participated in a student exchange programme in South Korea, where she studied at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. Currently, she is a fifth-year law student in the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.

She speaks English and Korean.

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Adam Najdul

Lawyer, patent and trademark attorney trainee
Junior Associate

Graduate of law at the Faculty of Law and Administration of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. He has been awarded several times with the Rector’s scholarship for the best students. He has gained experience in law firms providing legal services for film productions.

Winner of the IP Challenge 2020, finalist of the National Civil Procedure Knowledge Competition 2022 and winner of the ITelect 2022 competition. Speaker at many academic conferences on copyright and contract law.

He is fluent in English. He cooperates with the Poznań office of the law firm.

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dr Daria Różycka, Ph.D.

Patent and trademark attorney, EUIPO representative, lawyer

Associate

Daria has experience in conducting cases in the field of copyright, industrial property, unfair competition, personal rights, know-how protection, technology transfer, e-commerce and consumer law gained in the IP and IT departments of renowned international law firms.

She specializes in litigation before the Polish Patent Office and the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), registration of trademarks and designs and litigation related to the protection of intellectual property rights before Polish courts.

She is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. She conducts classes for students and postgraduate students in civil law and intellectual property law. She holds a doctorate in social sciences in law, which she obtained on the basis of defending her doctoral dissertation entitled “Exclusion of civil liability of network service providers for user content“. She is the author of numerous scientific publications on civil law and intellectual property law.

She graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. She also completed English philology studies at the Faculty of Philology, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun (Master’s degree), Summer School in International Copyright Law at the Institute of Information Law, University of Amsterdam, Postgraduate Studies in Copyright, Press and Publishing Law at Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Postgraduate Studies in Intellectual Property Protection for Researchers at Warsaw University and Postgraduate Studies in Medical Law at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun. She did a post-doctoral internship at the Jagiellonian University.

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Mateusz Ositek

Legal assistant

Fifth-year law student at Lazarski University in Warsaw. He has been awarded several times with the Rector’s scholarship for the best students.

He gained experience in Warsaw law firms dealing mainly with commercial and tax law. Speaker at one of the national academic conferences devoted to copyright law.

Fluent English speaker. He cooperates with the law firm’s office in Warsaw.

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Magdalena Podbielska – Janicka

Attorney-at-law, lawyer

Associate

She specializes in the intellectual property law, especially trademark law and copyright law. She gained her experience in law firms and in the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland where she worked as a Trademark Examiner. At our law firm, she comprehensively deals with legal protection of brands: from registrability searches, to filing trademarks, conducting opposition proceedings and brand infringement disputes. She represents clients in proceedings before administrative and civil courts, as well as in settlement negotiations with competitors..

Graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University, as well as a course in intellectual property management and a course in collective management of copyright and related rights conducted by the World Intellectual Property Organization.

She speaks English. Associated with the office in Warsaw.

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Jan Kulpiński

Lawyer, trainee attorney-at-law

Junior Associate

Trainee attorney-at-law at Poznań Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law. A graduate in law from the Faculty of Law and Administration at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. His master’s thesis explores the relations between brands and trademarks.

He has acquired professional expertise in a specialized unit managing IP infringements at one of Europe’s leading e-commerce platforms. He is also experienced in trademark registration.

Fluent English speaker. He cooperates with the law firm’s office in Poznań.

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Nikola Kafarska

Administrative Assistant
Chief Diversity Officer (CDO)

Master’s degree student in management at WSB Merito University in Poznan. Graduate of the Bachelor’s degree in Administration at the Faculty of Law and Administration of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.
She devoted her bachelor’s thesis to the subject of Women’s Equality. She was responsible for graphic design and social-media of the 2nd National Conference in the series Law for Entrepreneurs – State Support for SMEs.

She has experience in office administration, assistant patent attorney support and computer graphics. She supports the law firm in HR department activities and administrative work.

She is fluent in English. She cooperates with the Poznań office of the law firm.

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Małgorzata Juszczak

Administrative assistant

IP Administrator

Responsible for administrative support of the office.

Active student of economics at the Poznań University of Economics and Business.

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Magda Klimek

Legal assistant, lawyer

A law graduate of Faculty of Law and Administration of University of Lodz. Several times awarded a scholarship for the best students by the Rector of the University of Lodz.

In her master’s thesis, she focused on the issue of similarity of trademarks in the CJEU case law.

She gained experience in a law office in Lodz, dealing mainly with civil cases. She worked as a volunteer in a student legal clinic – the Law Clinic of the University of Lodz.

She is fluent in English.

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Julia Pakuła

Technical Specialist, engineer’s degree in chemistry

Graduate of the Faculty of Chemistry at the Lódź University of Technology, specialising in organic and bioorganic synthesis. She has been awarded several times with the Rector’s scholarship for the best students. Currently a second-year psychology student at the University of Lódź.

She specializes in chemistry, especially organic and bioorganic chemistry. Experienced in working on patentability, FTO and state-of-the-art searches. She has completed numerous courses organized by the European Patent Office. Fluent in English.

She cooperates with the Lódź office.

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Kamil Okraska

Administrative Assistant

On a daily basis, I support the administrative team and manage the office in Łódź. I also assist with the financial settlements of the law firm.

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Małgorzata Chojnowska

Patent and trademark attorney trainee, engineer’s degree in mechatronic, EQE Candidate

Junior Associate

Graduate at Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna with engineer’s degree, specialization – automation & control and with master’s degree, specialization optoelectronics’ system.

As of 2018, tied to intellectual property protection. She specializes in protection of technical solutions, especially in field of mechatronic, optoelectronic, in particular optical fibers and optoelectronics sensors. Experienced in research and development projects and also working on patentability, FTO and state-of-the-art searches.

Currently preparing for the Polish patent attorney qualification exam before PIRP and is in the process of passing the European Qualifying Examination (EQE) before European Patent Office.

She mainly cooperates with the Lódź office of the law firm Fert Jakubiak Wróblewski Patent Attorneys.

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Zuzanna Denis

Legal assistant

Fourth year law student at the University of Gdańsk. Member of the Students Intellectual Property Law Assosiation and the European Law Students’ Association ELSA Poland. Has experience in speeches at simulated United Nations deliberations in which students learn about diplomacy and international relations.

On a daily basis, she provides ongoing support to the law firm.

She is fluent in English. She cooperates with the law firm’s office in Poznań.

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Wiktor Jarzynowski

Legal assistant

Fourth-year Law student At University of Warsaw. Member of Intellectual Property Student Club, preparing master’s thesis on copyright law.

On a daily basis he supports the law team.

Fluent English and German speaker.