The legal and penal protection of intellectual property is, by definition, of an auxiliary nature to the protection carried out on the grounds of civil law. However, it is not infrequent, especially in the case of obvious infringement of industrial property rights or copyrights, that a criminal sanction may be very effective.

Skubisz & Partners Law Firm lawyers have extensive knowledge combined with experience in the field of intellectual property protection under criminal law. A specific area of our Law Firm's interest is the interpretation and application of Article 305 of the Polish Industrial Property Law Act , which penalizes, among others, trade in goods bearing a counterfeit trade mark.

The Law Firm provides legal assistance both to injured party by actions constituting an infringement of intellectual property rights, as well as to persons suspected or accused of such actions.