Michal BOHACZEWSKI

LANGUAGES SPOKEN

PRACTICE AREAS 

• Intellectual property

SPECIALTIES

• Trade Mark Law
• Copyright Law
• Design Law
• Unfair Competition Law
• Patent Law

INDUSTRY SECTORS

• Luxury & Fashion, Media & Communication, Internet & Digital Activities

ASSOCIATIONS AND TEACHING ACTIVITIES

• Lecturer at Stockholm University, Sweden (LLM in Intellectual Property Law, since 2021)
• Lecturer at Glion Institute of Higher Education, Switzerland (2025)
• Associate Professor at the University of Warsaw, Poland (from 2018 to 2021)
• Member of APRAM

PUBLICATIONS

• Monographs
  • ’L’atteinte à la marque renommée’, LexisNexis, coll. CEIPI, Strasbourg 2022
  • ‘Special Protection of Trade Marks with a Reputation under European Union Law’, Kluwer Law International, Alphen aan den Rijn 2020
  • ‘Naruszenie prawa ochronnego na renomowany znak towarowy’ [Infringement of a trade mark with a reputation], C.H. Beck, Warsaw 2019
• Articles in legal journals and contributions to collective works
  • ‘The legal protection of luxury fashion brands: EU trade mark law perspective’, in: ‘The Handbook of Fashion Law’, E. Rosati and I. Calboli (eds), Oxford University Press (2025), p. 344-367
  • ‘Extended protection of reputed trade marks from an international perspective’, review of: ‘Trade Mark Dilution and Free Riding’, by DR Bereskin (ed), Elgar Intellectual Property Law and Practice series, Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 2025, vol 20, Issue 2, p. 124-127
  • ‘Extending Trade Mark Protection under EU Law: About the External Transit, Preparatory Acts and Reproduction of Trade Marks in Reference Works’, IIC International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 2024, vol 55, p. 927-953
  • ‘Territorial Scope of the Prohibition Against Infringement of an EU Trade Mark with a Reputation’, European Intellectual Property Review 2024, vol 46, issue 1, p. 19-24
  • ‘Abusive Trade Mark Filings: Some Recent Applications of the Concept of Bad Faith in the Case Law of the Court of Justice and General Court’, IIC International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 2023, vol 54, p. 1203-1225
  • Review of: ‘Les marques contraires à l’ordre public ou aux bonnes mœurs. Étude du droit des marques suisse dans une perspective de droit comparé’, by Boris Catzeflis, Schluthess, Geneva/Zurich 2022, GRUR International 2023, vol 72, p. 999-1004
  • ‘Defining “trade mark use” in EU law: we should ask more questions to the Court of Justice’, Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 2022, vol 17, issue 2, p. 79-80
  • ‘Lack of distinctiveness or reputation of the earlier trade mark at the filing date of the later trade mark: on Articles 8 and 18 of Trade Mark Directive 2015/2436’, Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 2022, vol 17, issue 1, p. 27-34
  • ‘O nowych zastosowaniach przepisów dotyczących złej wiary jako podstawy unieważnienia prawa do znaku towarowego’ [New applications of the provisions on bad faith as a ground for trade mark invalidity], in: ‘In varietate concordia. Księga jubileuszowa Profesora Ryszarda Skubisza’ [Contributions in honour of Professor Ryszard Skubisz], C.H. Beck, Warsaw 2022, p. 323-337
  • ‘Preclusion due to tolerance: conditions for applying the acquiescence rule in trade mark law’, Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 2021, vol 16, issue 8, p. 869-877
  • Commentary on the Polish Law on Industrial Property, vol A and vol B, L. Zelechowski (ed), C.H. Beck, Warsaw 2021, commented articles: art. 70 (patent exhaustion), vol A, p. 659-675; art. 132 (grounds for invalidity: reputed and well-known trade marks), vol B, p. 231-283; art. 154 (types of trade mark use), vol B, p. 441-463; art. 155 (trade mark exhaustion), vol B, p. 463-505; art. 157 (lack of use exception), vol B, p. 559-561; art. 161 (trade marks registered by an agent), vol B, p. 585-597; art. 163 (trade mark licence agreements), vol B, p. 618-660; art. from 164 to 173 (trade mark invalidity and revocation), vol B, p. 660-773; art. 296 (trade mark infringement: reputed marks, preparatory acts, external transit, liability of the intermediaries, liability of the licensees), vol B, p. 1254-1264 and 1294-1327; art. 301 (infringement of a well-known trade mark), vol B, p. 1333-1339
  • ‘Conflicts between Trade Mark Rights and Freedom of Expression under EU Trade Mark Law: Reality or Illusion?’, IIC International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 2020, vol 51, issue 7, p. 856- 877
  • ‘Używanie znaku towarowego przez licencjobiorcę’ [Use of the trade mark by a licensee], in: ‘Księga jubileuszowa dedykowana Profesorowi Adamowi Brzozowskiemu’ [Contributions in honour of Professor Adam Brzozowski], C.H. Beck, Warsaw 2020, p. 51-66
  • ‘Les conflits entre les marques déposées et les marques d’usage en droit polonais : primauté du dépôt ou primauté de l’usage ?’, Revue Francophone de la Propriété Intellectuelle 2019, issue 9, p. 64-67
  • ‘Ochrona nazw pochodzenia i oznaczeń geograficznych przed użyciem dla produktów nieporównywalnych – glosa do wyroku Trybunału Sprawiedliwości z 20.12.2017 r., C-393/16, Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne’ [Protection of designations of origin and geographical indications against their use for incomparable products – commentary on the judgment of the Court of Justice of 20 December 2017, C-393/16, Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne], Glosa (Wolters Kluwer) 2019, issue 4, p. 87-105
  • ‘Problem kwalifikacji używania znaku towarowego przez uprawnionego jako czynu nieuczciwej konkurencji’ [Problem of qualifying the use of a trade mark by the proprietor as an act of unfair competition], Przegląd Prawa Handlowego (Wolters Kluwer) 2019, issue 7, p. 13-21
  • ‘Ustanie prawa ochronnego na znak towarowy mylący’ [Loss of the right to a deceptive trade mark], Przegląd Prawa Handlowego (Wolters Kluwer) 2016, issue 2, p. 35-42
  • ‘Usage de nom comme contrefaçon de marque en droit de l’Union européenne’, Les cahiers de propriété intellectuelle (Éditions Yvon Blais) 2015, vol 27, issue 1, p. 61-94
  • ‘Podmiot praw autorskich w ujęciu kolizyjnoprawnym’ [The copyright holder under private international law], Glosa 2015 (Wolters Kluwer), issue 3, p. 89-102
  • ‘Zakres prawa ochronnego na znak towarowy a uprawnienia osób trzecich związane z używaniem nazwiska i nazw handlowych’ [The scope of trade mark rights in relation to the rights of third parties relating to the use of surnames and trade names], Universitas Iagellonica Cracoviensis Acta Scientiarum (Wolters Kluwer) 2015, issue 3, p. 50-83
  • ‘La multiplication des ingérences légitimes dans ou par la propriété intellectuelle’, Légipresse 2014, issue 319, p. 473-477 (with Alexandra Mazeyrac and Arnaud Okraj)
  • ‘Jurysdykcja krajowa w sprawach o naruszenie praw autorskich w Internecie’ [Competent jurisdiction in matters of copyright infringement on the Internet], Glosa (Wolters Kluwer) 2014, issue 3, p. 89- 102
  • ‘Étendue territoriale de l’usage sérieux de la marque communautaire’, Revue de droit d’Ottawa 2013, vol 45, issue 1, p. 1-19
  • ‘Aspekt terytorialny obowiązku rzeczywistego używania wspólnotowego znaku towarowego’ [Territorial aspect of genuine use of the Community trade mark], Monitor Prawniczy (C.H. Beck) 2013, issue 18, p. 962-970
  • ‘Pojęcie znaku towarowego powszechnie znanego oraz renomowanego na tle code de la propriété intellectuelle oraz ustawy – Prawo własności przemysłowej’ [Concepts of reputed trade mark and well-known trade mark under the Intellectual Property Code and the Polish Industrial Property Law], Przegląd Prawa Handlowego (Wolters Kluwer) 2012, issue 11, p. 33-42

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• AGIL’IT (since 2026) – Partner of AARPI AGIL’IT (Intellectual Property department)
• Richemont International SA – Geneva (2021-2025) – Senior Intellectual Property Counsel (Cartier and Baume & Mercier)
• Baker McKenzie – Warsaw and Zurich (2017-2020) – Associate (Intellectual Property department)
• Dechert LLP – Paris (2015-2017) – Lawyer (Intellectual Property department)
• Wardynski & Partners – Warsaw (2014-2015) – Lawyer (Intellectual Property department)
• Paris Bar and Warsaw Bar (in omission)
• Doctorate in Private Law at the University Paris II Panthéon-Assas and the University of Warsaw (2017)
• Master 2 Literary, Artistic and Industrial Property Law at the University Paris II Panthéon-Assas (2014)
• Master in Law (summa cum laude) at the University of Warsaw (2013)