Law & patent firm — Prague / Est. 1990

We protect
what is born
of an idea.

Intellectual property law, industrial rights, in particular patents and trademarks. For more than three decades we have stood behind Czech and international companies alike — from the first application to the highest-stakes disputes.

Scroll
The Čermák a spol. team · Prague
// Firm philosophy
We are created as creators — and so we create. We shape, preserve and reshape the world by its own laws and by our own design.
JUDr. Karel Čermák, Ph.D., LL.M. — Senior Partner

What we do

Comprehensive legal services across industrial and intellectual property, commercial and civil law — from searches and registration through portfolio management to the conduct of complex disputes at home and abroad.

IPIntellectual property
Searches, applications and protection strategies, together with the administration and maintenance of rights portfolios in the Czech Republic and across the world through a proven network of associated firms. We map out an effective route to securing the protection of rights, including the corresponding budgets.
PATPatents and utility models
Protection for new technical solutions — from drafting the application through proceedings before the Czech Industrial Property Office and the European Patent Office in Munich to disputes over scope, validity and revocation.
TMTrademarks
Registration and defence of brands before the Czech Industrial Property Office, EUIPO in Alicante and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, including invalidity and revocation proceedings.
DSGIndustrial designs
Protection for the aesthetic appearance of products or their parts at both Czech and European Union level, including the preparation of all the requisite documentation.
LITLitigation and representation
Representation before the ÚPV, EPO and EUIPO, the courts of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic, in administrative proceedings and before the Constitutional Court, as well as before the European courts and the European Court of Human Rights.
UCUnfair competition
Defence against misleading advertising, unauthorised use of brands, free-riding on reputation, disparagement and breach of trade secrets — chiefly by action before the civil courts.
CORCommercial law
Advice on commercial transactions, due diligence on the acquisition of companies and businesses, articles of association, entries in the Commercial Register and representation in disputes between shareholders.
CIVCivil law
Drafting of contracts and legal documents of every kind, preparation of legal opinions and position statements, and representation in litigation.

Our approach to legal counsel —
for 35 years now

Three principles underpin the way we practise law. A traditional approach, continuity and an emphasis on fundamental ethical principles have guided the firm since its foundation.

01 / toward the authorities

Foresight

In securing and registering rights. We think the protection strategy through in advance, propose both the procedure and the budget, and conduct proceedings so that the right will stand.

02 / toward contractual partners

Integrity

In the transfer and exploitation of rights. We prepare licence and assignment agreements with an emphasis on clarity, balance and lasting relationships.

03 / against infringers

Rigour

In the defence and enforcement of rights. In disputes we act with resolve — for small and medium-sized enterprises and the largest international companies alike.

Standing & recognition
1900
in practice since June
0+
specialists in law and IP
0
attorneys-at-law
0
patent attorneys

Consistently ranked among the market leaders in intellectual property. Our clients include leading Czech and international companies.

Law Firm of the Year — Czech Republic · Intellectual Property2021 · 2020 · 2017
Law Firm of the Year — Czech Republic2014
Law Firm of the Year — Intellectual Property2011
Law Firm of the Year — Information Technology2011
IP Law Firm of the Year — Czech Republic2012 · 2011 · 2010

A team of specialists

We bring two professions together under one roof — attorneys-at-law and patent attorneys. We carry on the firm founded by JUDr. Karel Čermák Sr. in 1990.

Attorneys-at-law
JUDr. Karel Čermák, Ph.D., LL.M.
Senior Partner
AP
JUDr. Andrea Kůs Považanová
Managing Partner
PK
Petr Kusý, LL.M. (Hons.)
Attorney-at-law
MH
Mgr. Martin Holý
Attorney-at-law
HH
Mgr. Hana Havlíčková
Attorney-at-law
KK
Mgr. Karin Kusá
Attorney-at-law
MV
Mgr. Martin Valúch
Attorney-at-law
Patent attorneys
JP
Ing. Josef Plicka
Czech & European Patent Attorney
SV
Ing. Simona Vacínová
Czech & European Patent Attorney
ZS
Ing. Zdeněk Sadovský
Czech & European Patent Attorney
Doc. Ing. Karel Čada, prom. práv., Ph.D.
Leading intellectual property scholar – court-appointed expert
Paralegals
KP
Mgr. Kristýna Polášková
Patent Paralegal
JS
Jana Strnadová
Patent Paralegal
DB
Dana Bartošová
Trademark Paralegal
LR
Lenka Rychterová
Trademark Paralegal
TK
Tomáš Kalousek
Trademark Paralegal

…together with a team of more than forty further professional and administrative specialists — trademark and patent paralegals, translators and secretarial staff.

Contact

Get in touch with us

Looking to protect a brand or an invention, or facing an intellectual property dispute? Write to us — we will discuss the best way forward, with no obligation.

Write to the firm
Address
Čermák a spol.
Elišky Peškové 15
150 00 Prague 5
Czech Republic
Phone
(+420) 296 167 111
fax: (+420) 224 946 724
Languages
Czech · Slovak · English · German · French · Spanish