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Mgr. Halina Makovníková
Attorney at Law
Halina Makovníková is an attorney at law with more than 20 years of professional experience in the field of intellectual property.
Main areas of practice
- Trademark registration search services
- Advising on the registration of intellectual property rights, including the selection of an appropriate substantive and territorial strategy
- Litigation proceedings before registration offices (UPV SR, UPV CR, EUIPO and WIPO)
- International registration proceedings management and administration of clients' IP portfolios
Halina graduated with a Master's degree in Law from the Faculty of Law of Comenius University in Bratislava (Mgr. 2005). Since 2002, she has been a member of the IP department at Brichta & Partners. She passed the bar exam in 2010.
Languages
slovak
,
english
,
german
,
- Assisting clients with new designations or rebranding and related advice and strategy related to the selection of appropriate legal protection, including searches for new designations.
- Representing clients in registration proceedings before the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic, UPV of the Czech Republic, EUIPO and WIPO and managing foreign national proceedings for clients including the USA, Great Britain, South Korea, Canada, Japan and other major markets of the world.
- Representing clients in litigation proceedings (oppositions, motions for revocation and motions for declaration of invalidity of trademarks) before the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic and the EUIPO.
- Advising on the territorial extension of protection through trademarks based on the business needs of the client and the subsequent management of rights in these territories.
- Elaboration of analyses and opinions concerning registered intellectual property rights, in particular risk analysis and potential conflict of signs, including estimation of possible success in the case.
- Comprehensive management of the intellectual property rights portfolio within client projects covering all major economic regions of the world, including litigation proceedings before registration offices and their management abroad through local representatives at regional level.
Profil
Halina Makovníková is an attorney at law with more than 20 years of professional experience in the field of intellectual property.
Hlavné oblasti praxe
- Trademark registration search services
- Advising on the registration of intellectual property rights, including the selection of an appropriate substantive and territorial strategy
- Litigation proceedings before registration offices (UPV SR, UPV CR, EUIPO and WIPO)
- International registration proceedings management and administration of clients' IP portfolios
Halina graduated with a Master's degree in Law from the Faculty of Law of Comenius University in Bratislava (Mgr. 2005). Since 2002, she has been a member of the IP department at Brichta & Partners. She passed the bar exam in 2010.
Jazyky
slovak
,
english
,
german
,
Skúsenosti
- Assisting clients with new designations or rebranding and related advice and strategy related to the selection of appropriate legal protection, including searches for new designations.
- Representing clients in registration proceedings before the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic, UPV of the Czech Republic, EUIPO and WIPO and managing foreign national proceedings for clients including the USA, Great Britain, South Korea, Canada, Japan and other major markets of the world.
- Representing clients in litigation proceedings (oppositions, motions for revocation and motions for declaration of invalidity of trademarks) before the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic and the EUIPO.
- Advising on the territorial extension of protection through trademarks based on the business needs of the client and the subsequent management of rights in these territories.
- Elaboration of analyses and opinions concerning registered intellectual property rights, in particular risk analysis and potential conflict of signs, including estimation of possible success in the case.
- Comprehensive management of the intellectual property rights portfolio within client projects covering all major economic regions of the world, including litigation proceedings before registration offices and their management abroad through local representatives at regional level.
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