Patent attorney – intellectual property protection specialist

Patent attorney – intellectual property protection specialist

A patent attorney is a profession with over a hundred years of tradition in Poland, which plays a key role in the protection of intellectual property. In this article, we will tell you who a patent attorney is, what their tasks are, and how they can help entrepreneurs successfully apply for patents, registration of industrial designs, and protection of trademarks.

 

Who is a patent attorney?

A patent attorney is a professional representative who provides clients with legal and technical assistance in matters of industrial property. In addition to patent advice and assistance in the field of trademarks and designs, a patent attorney also supports clients in combating unfair competition. They can also advise on copyright law.

A patent attorney may have completed technical studies – for example, at the Patentbox IP firm, two patent attorneys are masters of engineering (industrial architecture and electro-automatics). Such education is very useful when conducting patent research, preparing descriptions and conducting proceedings before the patent office.

On the Patentbox’s team there is also a patent attorney with a law degree, but they do not have the title of patent lawyer – they also use the term patent attorney.

A patent attorney performs a profession of public trust and is covered – like an attorney or legal adviser – by professional secrecy. Just as attorneys-at-law have “attorney-at-law privilege”, so do patent attorneys.

 

Who can be a patent attorney?

A person with a higher education who completes a 3-year patent attorney apprenticeship and passes a state exam in legal and technical issues can become a patent attorney. Technical education is particularly useful because a patent attorney can conduct research, prepare descriptions and file invention applications.

 

What do patent attorneys do?

They can deal with obtaining and maintaining protection of trademarks, industrial and utility models and inventions. Patent attorneys draft patent applications, run patent searches and deal with patent prosecutions before patent offices.

In Poland, patent attorneys are also in charge of trademark and design protection. They run trademark seaches and are in charge of trademark and design prosecution before the intellectual property offices.

Patent attorneys would also advise on unfair competition and copyright matters. They would draft intellectual property license or transfer agreements.

A Polish patent attorney can represent their clients before the Polish Patent Office, the EUIPO in Alicante and the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, as well as before Polish common courts in cases related to copyright, unfair competition and protection of industrial property.

 

A patent attorney is your best advisor in intellectual property matters

Thanks to the specialist knowledge and experience of a patent attorney, a patent law firm’s client can be sure that their case would be handled professionally.

 

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