Agnieszka Zwierzyńska

senior associate

adwokat

@show email agnieszka.zwierzynska@laszczuk.pl

show phone +48 22 351 00 67

• intellectual property | telecommunication | new technologies | protection of privacy
• direct selling
• corporate law
• competition | public producement

Specialises in intellectual property law, unfair competition law and new technologies and e-commerce law. For almost 15 years, she has been advising clients from the IT, TV, advertising, pharmaceutical and food sectors, among others, with regard to agreements on transfer of copyright, license agreements, implementation agreements and other agreements related to intellectual property. She represents large corporations in disputes related to intellectual and industrial property (especially patents and trademarks), trade name infringements and unfair competition. She has also advised on trademark protection, product names and designations as well as in proceedings related to introduction into a customs area goods infringing intellectual property rights. Her experience covers also advice on personal data protection, including GDRP. She represented clients in negotiations on internet domains, also before the Arbitration Court for Internet Domains. Education and experience Agnieszka has been with Łaszczuk & Partners since 2018. Earlier for many years she worked with one of the largest Polish law firms advising on issues related to intellectual property and new technologies. Agnieszka graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw in 2004. Beneficiary of Stefan Batory Foundation scholarship. Studied at Law Faculty of Paris VIII University within the Erasmus-Sokrates program and Centre for French Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw. She was admitted to the practice of law as an advocate in 2010.

experience

• Representing a client from the IT industry in negotiations with a leading Polish bank from an international group for a contract to deliver and launch an IT system for about PLN 40 million

• Representing a company from the fuels sector as the plaintiff in a patent infringement dispute with one of the largest petroleum groups in Central & Eastern Europe, with an amount in dispute of about PLN 247 million; the court of first instance issued an unprecedented order securing evidence for the plaintiff

• Representing a company from the food industry as the plaintiff in an unfair competition case involving slotting fees, ending in issuance of a judgment awarding our client’s entire claim

• Ongoing support for a producer of television programming, part of an international group, on negotiation and drafting of contracts connected to television productions

• Representing world-renowned producers of perfume and cosmetics in criminal proceedings over marketing in Poland of large quantities of counterfeit goods infringing the clients’ trademarks, including cooperation with customs officials and participation in investigative and judicial proceedings as counsel to the injured party

• Ongoing advice for leading companies in a range of industries on e-marketing and data protection

education

• Qualified as an advocate

• Department of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw

• Department of Law at the Uniwersytet Paris VIII

• Centrum Prawa Francuskiego