Patent Opposition & Invalidation

• represent clients in patent invalidation proceedings in the Polish and European Patent Office & in administrative courts
• combine law & science by bringing together technical patent attorneys and skilled attorneys which permits us to navigate both substantive and procedural aspects of proceedings
• Have acted in several breakthrough cases, including in the Supreme Administrative Court, on points of law as evidence preclusion, state-of-art, or problem-solution approaches
• monitor jurisprudence of the Polish Patent Office on an ongoing basis
• are experienced in multinational innovative and generic patent disputes and formulate strategies that take into account developments in other jurisdictions

Our team members have advised, acted for or represented:

• an international generic pharma company in patent invalidation proceedings re. multiple sclerosis dosage regimen patents
• an innovative pharma company in several patent invalidation proceedings re. second medical use patents concerning blockbuster drug
• an innovative pharma company in the Supreme Administrative Court in patent prosecution proceedings re. a medicinal product for cancer treatment
• a Polish university in patent invalidation proceedings re. a copper purification method
• a company from the energy sector on opposition proceedings in the EPO re. a patent on fuels
• a producer of ice rinks in a patent invalidation matter concerning a patent in the area of mechanics
• for a global producer of industrial minerals in a patent revocation case about a method for obtaining fertilizer
• for a large pharma company in Supplementary Protection Certificate revocation proceedings