Aleksandra Kuźnicka-Cholewa

Practice Areas

IP, IT

Career

Aleksandra Kuźnicka-Cholewa is an attorney-at-law, a doctor of law, and a Counsel in IP/TMC practice at CMS.

She specialises in intellectual property law (in particular in patents, SEPs and FRAND related issues) and represents clients in court cases concerning such issues as infringements of patents, trademarks, copyrights and moral rights, as well as issues related to counteracting unfair competition. Aleksandra represents clients in proceedings before the Polish Patent Office concerning patent and trademark invalidation. She also assists clients in drafting and negotiating complex IP-related agreements, including technology assignment and licensing agreements. Aleksandra is also involved in setting up an IP protection strategy for clients in various sectors.

Her experience includes advice for international, innovative companies on issues related to enforcing their IP rights (and specifically patents) in Poland, parallel imports, and granting supplementary protection certificates, including representation in court proceedings. Aleksandra also advises clients on commercialising the results of research and development work in relation to IP rights.

Aleksandra has over 12 years of experience in providing professional IP advice that she has gained at leading international and Polish law offices. Aleksandra has been also a member of the European Commission’s group of experts on licensing and valuation of standard essential patents, as well as an author of various publications in the field of IP and a lecturer on postgraduate studies on new technologies.

Professional Memberships

Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law

Personal

Doctor of Laws (Ph.D.), Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), Warsaw (2020)

Master of Laws, The Jagiellonian University in Cracow – Faculty of Law and Administration (2010)

Master of Laws, University in Poitiers (France), Specialisation: French and European Business Law (2013)