Gajdus

Michał Gajdus

Counsel
Advocate
About

Michał Gajdus is an experienced advocate, specialising in intellectual property and civil law, with particular expertise in IP and commercial litigation.

He has a proven track record in complex IP contentious cases and strategic commercial and impact litigation before Polish courts and authorities, as well as before international arbitration tribunals, the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights. He advises top-tier clients from all major sectors, including life sciences, energy, finance, banking, telecoms, insurance and real estate. He has been a leading lawyer in numerous precedent-setting cases concerning intellectual property with a particular level of technical complexity.

Michał’s work has earned him numerous recognitions and accolades in legal rankings as a leading IP litigator, including Recommended Lawyer in Dispute Resolution (Legal 500, 2019 - 2022), Recommended Lawyer in IP (Legal 500, 2018 - 2022), Rising Star (Managing IP, 2022 - 2023) and Ranked Bronze in Litigation (IAM, 2022).

He is also heavily involved in pro bono work, primarily focusing on protecting the rule of law in Poland. He has represented independent Polish judges in unprecedented proceedings before the CJEU, ECHR and the European Commission (securing numerous interim measures granted by the ECHR) and has acted as their defence attorney before the Polish Supreme Court and general courts. He was also involved in providing legal aid to Ukrainian war refugees in Warsaw.

Bar admissionsAdvocate (Adwokat) registered with the Warsaw Bar Association of Advocates (Okręgowa Izba Adwokacka w Warszawie)

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising a multi-utility company in patent disputes concerning a one-of-a-kind industrial unit.
  • Advising a company specialising in obtaining EU funds in a dispute with one of its contractors regarding copyright and know-how.
  • Advising a global pharmaceutical and healthcare company on defending the patent and the supplementary protection certificate which protects a category-defining medicinal product.
  • Advising an international life sciences company in infringement proceedings concerning the breakthrough subsequent medical use of a known substance.
  • Advising a leading global healthcare company on defending a suite of patents and supplementary protection certificates which protect one of the client’s key medicinal products used to treat one of the most common endocrine diseases.
  • Advising a global pharmaceutical and healthcare company on defending the patent which protects one of the most common veterinary products for dogs.
  • Advising an international pharmaceutical company that develops innovative drugs in preliminary injunction proceedings against leading generic companies in Poland concerning a birth control product.
  • Advising a global photo-optical company in preliminary injunction proceedings to gather information on the opponent’s network of distributors for the purpose of trademark infringement proceedings.
Education
  • University of Warsaw, Master of Laws, 2013
  • University of Warsaw, Bachelor of Arts in International Trade Relations, 2011
Languages
  • Polish
  • English
  • French

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

  • Rising Star by Managing IP, 2022 - 2023
  • Ranked Bronze in Litigation by IAM, 2022
  • Recommended Lawyer in IP by Legal 500, 2018 - 2022
  • Recommended Lawyer in Dispute Resolution by Legal 500, 2019 - 2022

Prior Experience

  • September 2023 - present, Counsel, DLA Piper, Warsaw
  • July 2015 – July 2023, Counsel/Senior Associate/Associate, law firm, Warsaw
  • August 2013 – June 2015, Associate, DLA Piper, Warsaw

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