Krystyna Szczepanowska-Kozlowska
Partner
Warsaw
Krystyna Szczepanowska-Kozlowska
Partner
Warsaw
Contact details
Professor Szczepanowska-Kozlowska heads Warsaw’s Intellectual Property practice. She specialises in litigation, both in intellectual property law and in business and arbitration disputes, representing clients before the common courts and administrative courts.
She also advises clients on non-contentious matters, especially in civil law, intellectual property and new technologies law. Moreover, Krystyna Szczepanowska-Kozłowska has been listed as an arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce since 2003 and has taken part in numerous international cases as counsel or arbitrator.
She is also a member of the Faculty of Law at the University of Warsaw where she heads the Department of Intellectual Property Law and Intangible Assets. She is the author of numerous academic publications.
Qualifications
Professional
Appointed as a Member of the Arbitral Council for the years 2019-2022
Listed as an arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration, the Polish Chamber of Commerce, 2003
Admitted as an attorney-at-law, Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law, 1993
Academic
Professor, University of Warsaw, 2013
PhD, University of Warsaw, 1996
Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw, 1989
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Qualifications
Professional
Appointed as a Member of the Arbitral Council for the years 2019-2022
Listed as an arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration, the Polish Chamber of Commerce, 2003
Admitted as an attorney-at-law, Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law, 1993
Academic
Professor, University of Warsaw, 2013
PhD, University of Warsaw, 1996
Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw, 1989
Published work
Monographies:
- Industrial property and its protection. published by LexisNexis, Warsaw 2014 , co-author with E. Nowińska and U. Promińska
Własność przemysłowa i jej ochrona, wyd. LexisNexis Warszawa 2014, wspólnie z E. Nowińska i U. Promińska - Licence agreements in industrial property law, published by LexisNexis, Warsaw 2011, pages 1-328
Umowy licencyjne w prawie własności przemysłowej, wyd. LexisNexis, Warszawa 2011, s. 1-328 - The exhaustion of industrial property law. Patent and the protective right over the trademark Wyd. CH Beck, Warszawa 2003, s. 1-369
Wyczerpanie praw własności przemysłowej. Patent i prawo ochronne na znak towarowy. Wyd. CH Beck, Warszawa 2003, s. 1-369 - The European patent. Subjective scope of protection, published by Konieczny i Kruszewski, Warsaw 1998, pages 1-127
Patent europejski. Przedmiotowy zakres ochrony, wyd. Konieczny i Kruszewski, Warszawa 1998, s. 1-127
Chapters in monographic studies:
- Absolute obstacles to registration, System of Private Law, volume 14B, Warsaw 2012, pages 563–653
Bezwzględne przeszkody rejestracji, System Prawa Prywatnego, tom 14B, Warszawa 2012, s. 563–653 - Cessation of the protective right, System of Private Law, volume 14B, Warsaw 2012, pages 1147–1211
Ustanie prawa ochronnego, Systemie Prawa Prywatnego, tom 14B, Warszawa 2012, s. 1147-1211 - Infringement of the right from the registration of an industrial design, System of Private Law, volume 14B, Warsaw 2012, pages 241-281
Naruszenie prawa z rejestracji wzoru przemysłowego, Systemie Prawa Prywatnego, tom 14B, Warszawa 2012, s. 241-281
Recognition
Krystyna Szczepanowska-Kozłowska and Michal Gajdus are clearly outstanding. Both are dedicated to the matter, highly professional, highly experienced, stick to timelines, easy accessible and highly responsive, easy to work with also in a larger (cross-border) team. It is a pleasure to work with them.
Legal 500, 2022
Top-ranked Krystyna Szczepanowska-Kozłowska elicits high praise for her broad IP practice which covers trade mark and patent protection, with a particular focus on contentious patent cases. She is also a well-respected academic."
Chambers Europe, 2023
Awards and accolades
Leading Individual
Legal 500, 2022 (Intellectual Property)
Patent Star
IP Stars, The guide to the world’s leading IP firms and practitioners, 2022
Band 1 Intellectual Property Lawyer in Poland
Chambers Europe, 2023, Chambers Global, 2023
