Joanna Matczuk

Education

• Polish Patent and Trademark Attorneys Chamber – patent attorney’s course (2016-2018);
• Advocates’ Chamber in Warsaw – advocate’s course (2009-2012);
• University of Wrocław, Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics – Ph.D./ Doctor of Laws (2019);
• Queen Mary University of London – Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Intellectual Property (2012-2013);
• University of Wrocław / Humboldt Universität zu Berlin – School of German Law (2005-2006);
• Universität Mannheim Faculty of Law – Socrates – Erasmus Programme (2005-2006);
• University of Wrocław, Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics – Master of Laws (2002-2007).

Professional career

IP Boutique ‒ Joanna Matczuk Kancelaria Adwokata i Rzecznika Patentowego ‒ Owner −sole proprietorship, patent attorney and attorney-at-law;

legal services for technological and creative industries, running projects in the field of intellectual property and new technologies, registrations of IP rights, representating clients before the Polish Patent Office, EUIPO and WIPO, intellectual property management, Internet law, e-commerce, litigation
January 2014 – currently
various IP cases, registration of IPR, IP management

esb Matczuk, Matuszak-Leśny Adwokaci i Radcowie Prawni sp.p., Warsaw – Managing Partner October 2017 – February 2020

management of the Intellectual Property’s area in the law firm, intellectual property, including industrial property (trademarks, industrial designs), IT and new technologies, Internet law, personal data

Sójka Maciak Mataczyński Adwokaci sp.k., Warsaw − Partner July 2016 – July 2017

co-management of the Intellectual Property Department, commercialization of intellectual property, R&D, support for entrepreneurs and litigation in the field of copyrights, support for IT implementations and new technologies, personal data, trademarks, unfair competition, legal support for NCBiR’s projects and technology parks

New Media Ventures sp. z o. o., Warsaw − Head of Legal September 2014 – February 2018

management of the Legal Department, ongoing services for the company covering all aspects of its activities, Internet law, e-commerce, B2C area, consumer law, intellectual property, new technologies, IT, Big Data, media law, marketing and advertising

Bartkowiak Wojciechowski Hałupczak Springer sp.j. Warsaw − Senior Associate May 2014 – June 2016

investor agreements, due diligence of technology companies, technology transfers, consulting for investment funds, services for entities from creative industries, intellectual property, IT, new technologies, Internet law, civil law, commercial law

Drzewiecki, Tomaszek i Wspólnicy sp. k., Warsaw – Associate (Aplikant adwokacki) September 2010 – September 2012

court proceedings, intellectual property, unfair competition, commercial law, civil law, Internet law, personal data protection

ICAN Spółka z ograniczona odpowiedzialnością Sp.k. (Harvard Business Review Polska Publisher), Warsaw – In house lawyer May 2009 – January 2012

creation of the Legal Department, day-to-day services for the company covering all aspects of its operations, intellectual property, new technologies, media law, IT, marketing and advertising, personal data protection, unfair competition, databases, license agreements, litigation

Selected internships abroad

Claim Today Solicitors – Personal Injury Specialists, Birmingham (02/2008 – 05/2008); GLDP –Gütter Maier Damm & Partner – Law Firm, Mannheim (08/2007 – 10/2007); legal internship in courts and offices in London inter alia Central Court, Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) (08/2006);

Kompleksowa praktyka – courts and state authorities in Mannheim (08/2006)

Membership in organizations

• Warsaw Bar Association (attorney-at-law);
• Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys (Patent Attorney);
• Vice-President of the Industrial Property Law Section at the District Bar Council in Warsaw (2017 – present);
• Member of the Editorial Board of European Copyright and Design Reports (2015 – currently).

Publications

1. The Principle of Dichotomy in Literary Works, monography, Beck, Warsaw 2020.
2. The Right to Culture vs. Copyright – Inevitable Conflict or Hope for Conciliation?, Scientific Journals of the Jagiellonian University, No. 2015/1, pp. 36-51.
3. The legality of patent settlements on the U.S. market in the light of the law competition, Wrocław Court Studies, July-September 3/2014, p. 45.
4. E-death and what’s next?, European Law in Practice, No. 8 (110) August 2013, p. 59.
5. Live streaming according to the CJEU, or what is hidden under the guise of public sharing?
6. European Law in Practice, No. 67 (108/109) June/July 2013, p. 77.