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Patent Litigation Law Firm of the Year Greece

Firm Profile

Dr. Helen Papaconstantinou, John Filias & Associates, is one of the largest specialist IP Firms in Greece. Along with its affiliate branch, the Law Office of Dr. P.D. Theodorides – Dr. H.G. Papacostantinou (established in 1920), the firm offers a broad range of top quality IP Law services at highly competitive prices.

The firms’ area of expertise spans over all aspects of IP Law, including the portfolio management of patents, trademarks, domain names, designs, SPCs, etc. Moreover, we also undertake all contentious and non contentious legal work with respect to the above areas as well as to copyright, unfair competition, anti-counterfeiting/ anti-piracy/border measures, internet law, antitrust, licensing, franchising and ADRP procedures.

Throughout the firms' numerous years of activity, we have succeeded in establishing long-standing, invaluable collaborations with hundreds of highly reputable firms around the world, enabling us to represent some of the most important companies internationally – either directly or through their legal agents – building on our solid basis of reciprocity.

One of the main strengths of our offices lies in its IP teams, that not only have a very significant experience/expertise, but also the flexibility and ability to adapt in the most efficient manner to new demands that arise in both the traditional (e.g. trademarks, patents, copyright) as well as in the modern sectors (e.g. anti-counterfeiting, domain names, ADRP’s) of the IP field and, thus, successfully manage/deal with the intricacies of the Greek business and legal environment.

Furthermore, the Firm has been the first Greek Firm to receive ISO 9001/2008 Certification in the IP Law Field.

Key recognitions of the firm include:

• Top Greek Law Firm in its field "Tier no.1” (in some fields exclusively so) by MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MAGAZINE” (MIP), for the 13th consecutive year

• Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year for Greece by the ACQ (Acquisition & Finance) Magazine - ACQ Country Awards 2009

• Corporate INTL Legal Award for 2009 and 2010

• Dynamic firm of the year 2010 award for Greece by Corporate INTL magazine

• Finance monthly Global award for achievement, 2010

• GCR 100 leading firm for competition, 2011

• Lawyer Monthly – legal awards 2011 • Lawyers world global awards 2011

• Lawyers World Global Leading Firms – Top Tier Rankings 2012

• LEGAL 500 place the Firm at the top of its recommended IP Law Firms in Greece.

• PLC Which Lawyer rate the Firm as a Leading Firm in its field in Greece.

• Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year by Corporate LiveWire - Global Awards 2012 Winner

Dr Helen Papaconstantinou is the senior partner of the firm Dr. Helen Papaconstantinou, John Filias & Associates and heads the Law Office Dr. PD Theodorides – Dr. HG Papaconstantinou (est. 1920) as of 1986. Under her leadership, the Firm has evolved into one of the leading IP Law Firms in Greece, utilizing the specialization of its two affiliated entities.

Dr. Helen G. Papaconstantinou has been selected as the leading practitioner for Patents in Greece (Expert Guide 2011), as well as the female leading practitioner for the previous year (2010).

She graduated from the University of Athens and earned a doctorate from the Free University of Berlin. Moreover, she has held an academic teaching position at the University of Athens for a number of years.

She is President of the FICPI and AIPPI Greek groups and Member of the Executive Committees of FICPI and AIPPI. In addition, she is Council Member of EPI and ECTA as well as Member of INTA, CIPA, ITMA and UNION.

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Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2012