TRADEMARK LAW EXPERT OF THE YEAR IN GREECE DR. HELEN G. PAPACONSTANTINOU AND PARTNERS Eva Yazitzoglou, Managing Partner Miranda Theodoridou, Partner Maria Athanassiadou, Partner Fotini Kardiopoulis, Partner Tel: +30 210 3626624 mail@hplaw.biz www.hplawfirm.com Dr. Helen G. Papaconstantinou and Partners (HP&P) is a leading full-service IP law firm with a history that spans over a century. HP&P combines a deep knowledge of all aspects of the IP field with a thorough understanding of its clients’ needs within the ever-evolving and challenging innovation environment of international markets. Its litigation team provides tailored advice to a broad range of disputes by devising fully-integrated solutions and coherent strategies. The firm’s partners are Eva Yazitzoglou (Managing Partner), Miranda Theodoridou, Maria Athanassiadou and Fotini Kardiopoulis.
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Fruit Varieties, and regularly contribute to important and internationally recognised IP resources, such as the World Trademark Review, IAM, Wolters Kluwer Manual IP, Katzarov’s Manual on Industrial Property and several INTA resources. The HP&P client base covers a broad spectrum of businesses in all industries and sectors. Its clients range from large international companies and market leaders to small local businesses and startups, represented either directly by the firm or indirectly through trademark and patent agents and practices all over the world.
• domain names; • alternative dispute resolution and mediation; • internet law, electronic forms of payment, online contracts and services; • competition, advertising and consumer protection law. HP&P is consistently ranked among the top IP law firms in Greece by international legal directories and associations, e.g. Corporate INTL, GLE, IAM Patent 1000, IPSTARS, Legal 500, WTR 1000.
HP&P serves its foreign clients in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian.
HP&P holds an ISO 9001:2015 certification.
The firm’s services cover the following:
• Patents
HP&P is registered with the Athens Bar Association and is a member of the Greek Association of Law Firms.
• national, EU and international trademarks;
11 fully qualified lawyers and 21 paralegals and support staff provide legal and administrative services of excellent quality. All lawyers are members of the Athens Bar Association, and almost all are admitted to practice before the Supreme Court and the Council of State. Two of them are European patent attorneys. They are all active members of key international associations, including the European Patent Institute, the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys, the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, the International Trademark Association (INTA), the European Communities Trademark Association, the Pharmaceutical Trademarks Group, MARQUES and the International Community of Breeders of Asexually Reproduced Ornamental and
• European patent validations;
GLE & GAE Awards 2022
• trade secrets;
• national, European and Patent Cooperation Treaty patents; • utility models; • supplementary protection certificates; • plant variety rights; • national, Community and international designs; • geographical indications and designations of origin;
Practice Areas • Utility Models • SPCs • Plant Breeders’ Rights • Trademarks • Designs • Copyright • Anti-Counterfeiting & Anti-Piracy • Litigation • Licensing • Franchising
• copyright and protection of artistic works;
• Commercial and Corporate Services
• exploitation of IP rights;
• Internet
• licensing and franchising;
• E-Commerce and Domain Names
• due diligence searches and related consultancy and monitoring;
• Competition Law
• litigation involving all aspects of IP law;
• Foreign Jurisdictions
• IP consultancy;
• Consultancy
• anti-piracy, anti-counterfeiting, customs monitoring and border measures;
• Advertising / Consumer Protection