Michal Gajdus
Counsel
Warsaw
Michal Gajdus
Counsel
Warsaw
Contact Details
Michał specialises in commercial and IP litigation. He has experience in a wide range of commercial disputes before international courts and arbitration tribunals, as well as before domestic courts and regulatory bodies.
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
MA, the Law Faculty of the University of Warsaw, 2013
BA, International Commercial Relations, the Institute of International Relations of the University of Warsaw, 2011
Ph.D in Law, the Law Faculty of the University of Warsaw, in progress
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Experience highlights
Advising one of the largest international pharmaceutical companies in a ground-breaking enforcement and defence of a dosage regime patent before the Polish general courts in numerous simultaneous litigation proceedings
Advising an international telecom operator in the proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union regarding its sales system
Advising a leading pharmaceutical company in invalidity proceedings before the Polish Patent Office regarding a patent that protects one of the client’s most prominent pharmaceutical products in Poland
Advising a leading oil & gas company in a case involving a declaratory action to establish that the client is entitled to a patent that was wrongly granted to the defendant, and to determine the right to this patent
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
MA, the Law Faculty of the University of Warsaw, 2013
BA, International Commercial Relations, the Institute of International Relations of the University of Warsaw, 2011
Ph.D in Law, the Law Faculty of the University of Warsaw, in progress
Other noteworthy experience
Advising:
- A leading pharmaceutical company in proceedings involving the defence of a patent against infringement by three pharmaceutical companies that simultaneously offered and marketed products with virtually identical compositions compared to the product protected by the patent
- A leading international telecom operator in an unfair competition dispute with its competitor
- A leading gas and oil company in a patent infringement dispute involving one of the highest-ever damage claims in the CEE region
- An international bank in a real estate dispute with the state
- An international life sciences company in a regulatory dispute with the national medicines agency
- A leading international pharmaceutical company in a cross-jurisdiction patent infringement dispute concerning an experimental medicinal device
- One of the largest Polish insurance companies in several protection of reputation disputes with the media
- An innovative international pharmaceutical company in an unfair competition dispute concerning the marketing and advertisement of its products
Pro bono
- Michał is deeply committed to pro bono activities. He is representing Polish judges in a total number of 58 on-going court proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Court of Human Rights, the Supreme Court of Justice, the Supreme Administrative Court, the general courts and the so-called “Disciplinary Chamber”. He was also involved in representing women who were for protesting against the abortion ban in Poland in 2020.
Recognition
Exceptionally intelligent and engaged attorney
Legal 500, 2022
Very responsive, creative and business-oriented
Legal 500, 2022
Clearly outstanding (…) dedicated to the matter, highly professional, highly experienced
Legal 500, 2022
Awards & accolades
PBCI Award
Access to Justice, 2021
