*About me
Lavinia Brancusi
I am an IP specialist with expertise in the industrial property law and with an extensive knowledge of different areas of civil law.
Dr habil. at Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Law Studies in Warsaw, with the monograph ‘EU Trade Mark Law and Product Protection: A Comparative Analysis of Trade Mark Functionality’, published by Routledge (2023), which won the IPKat ‘Best Book on Trade Mark Law in 2023’ award. My current research focuses on the new EU design package, spare parts and the right to repair, trade dress protection by various IPRs and its interface with competition law.
*ACTIVITIES
Activities
At Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Legal Studies, New Technologies Law Center, in the academic year 2024/2025 delivering lectures on design and trade mark protection in the realm of new technologies.
Since 2011 counselling to IP departments of reputable Warsaw law firms in matters related to product protection, at all stages of proceedings.
Participating at local and international research projects and legal studies concluded with publishing books and specialist/expert publications more at “Publications”
Frequently invited speaker at lectures and conferences organized by the Polish Patent Office, and at workshops and conferences organized by other Polish Universities, such as in Cracow, Poznan, Lublin, more at “Presentations”
Frequently invited speaker at lectures and conferences organized by the Polish Patent Office, and at workshops and conferences organized by other Polish Universities, such as in Cracow, Poznan, Lublin, more at “Presentations”
Collaborated with the Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys where I delivered lectures and workshops for patent & trademark attorney trainees.