Published: 05 May 2016

 

World Intellectual Property Day 2016 OR all that you wanted to know about IP!

 

 

You have an idea but you do not know how to protect your rights...

You have a product and want to protect it against the use by unfair competitors...

You are planning a new venture and you would like to avoid infringing the rights of the others...

 

 

Answers to the above and many other questions may be found on 6 May 2016 directly from the experts of LES Poland!

 

Just like in the previous years, LES Poland participates in celebration of the World Intellectual Property Day, established by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and celebrated annually on April 26, since 2001. On this occasion, LES Poland will make available its experts throughout 6 May 2016 to all persons interested in the subject of the industrial property. We thus warmly encourage you to ask any questions via our Facebook profile.

 

Join us on our Facebook profile on 6 May!
 
More information:
http://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/ 
https://www.facebook.com/LicensingExecutivesSocietyPoland

Published: 21 November 2015

On 18 November 2015 LES Poland organized a whole day conference in Warsaw "Commercial Side of IP" on the subject of commercialization and valuation of intellectual property.

 

The main objective of the conference was to familiarize the participants with the practical aspects of IP valuation, in particular in the context of buying and selling, accounting, risk assessment, the development and financing of start-ups. Key aspects concerning the practice of due diligence, commercialization and IP valuation were presented by experienced practitioners and distinguished speakers:

• Mr. David R. Jarczyk, ktMINE, Chicago (USA)
• Ms. Stella Law, Crowe Horwath (HK) Consulting & Valuation Limited, (Hong Kong)
• Mr. Andrzej Półkoszek & Paulina Sommerrey, Sommerrey & Partners (Poland)
• Mr. Samir Deliormanli, Koç Holding A.Ş. (Turkey)
• Ms. Dominika Boehm, MBA, Siemens AG (Germany)
• Mr. William Edward Bird, IPLodge (Belgium)
• Dr. Dirk Groenewegen, PhD, Cells4Therapy BV, Bilthoven (the Netherlands)
• Mr. Mateusz Knecht, Industrial Development Agency (Agencja Rozwoju Przemysłu) (Poland)

 

Full program of the conference with short bio on the speakers may be found HERE.

 

The conference was chaired by members of LES Poland Dr. Marcin Pęksyk from the University of Grańsk and Mr. Michał Siciarek from the LDS Łazewski Depo & Partners law firm. Opening, introduction and closing remarks were delivered by the Secretary and the President of LES Poland – Ms. Monika Kaczmarska and Mr. Jakub Mrozowski.

From left: Marcin Pęksyk, David R. Jarczyk, Michał Wawrykiewicz, Jakub Mrozowski and Monika Kaczmarska 

 

From left: Marcin Pęksyk, David R. Jarczyk and Michał Wawrykiewicz

 

From left: Dominika Boehm, Michał Siciarek, Samir Deliormanli and William Edward Bird

 

From left: Michał Siciarek, Dirk Groenewegen and Mateusz Knecht

 

The conference has been highly popular with nearly 90 attendees, including professional representatives (attorneys & patent attorneys), in-house lawyers, entrepreneurs, members of associations of representatives, the judiciary, government agencies and academics.

  

 

From left: Marcin Pęksyk, Stella Law, Paulina Sommerrey and Andrzej Półkoszek

 

The conference was organized in cooperation with the Regional Chamber of Legal Advisers in Warsaw www.oirpwarszawa.pl with kind patronage and sponsorship of LES Benelux www.les-benelux.org, LDS Łazewski Depo & Partners law firm www.lds-ip.pl, POLSERVICE law firm www.polservice.com.pl, VISTULA University www.vistula.edu.pl and the Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys www.rzecznikpatentowy.org.pl.

 

More photos can be found on our Facebook profile HERE.