P a t e n t & T r a d e m a r k A g e n c y Prepares the application files and proceeds in the scope of industrial property protection, concerning: the inventions, utility models, design models and topography of integrated circuits in the Polish Patent Office the trademarks and geographical indications to be registered in the Polish Patent Office Makes patent searches in a domestic and foreign patent literature concerning: patentability of inventions, utility models and design models, possibility of infringements of the products to be introduced into the market, state of art, necessary to start a new production and to check the trends and a behaviour of the competitors. legal situation of trademarks Serves advises in the field of the Industrial Property protection and gives the technical and legal opinions in the range of inventiveness. Moves for the representation in any functions before the Polish Patent Office to gain and con-tinue the protection of inventions, utility models, design models and trademarks for the domestic and foreign Clients. Keeps any cases and runs an agency to gain a patent protection for the Polish corporate and individual persons in the foreign Paten Offices and carries out the international patent applications in the range of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). Gives any assistance in the licence and "know-how" negotiations and agreements. Prepares basis materials for assessment and evaluation of the industrial property objects (inventions, utility models, design models, trademarks), being the components of the property of firms and enterprises. Organises trainings, instructions and lectures in the field of the industrial property protection. Gives any assistance to detect and combat any actions of the unfair competition, according to the Polish law from April 16th, 1993 about the combating of the unfair competition. Maciej A. Klassek, M.Sc.,Eng. Patent & Trademark Attorney maciej.klassek@inventconsult.pl