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 offer a broad range of top quality IP Law services at highly competitive prices. It is worth noting that our firm was the first one and remains the only one in the IP Law field to acquire ISO 9001:2008 certification, making us stand apart in the relevant market and assuring the continuous maintenance and development of the quality of our services.
Our firms' main areas of practice include: trademarks, patents, designs, SPCs, copyright, anti-trust, anti-piracy/anti-counterfeiting/customs monitoring procedures, domain names & Internet law, licensing, distribution, franchising & contract law, commercial law, trade regulation, competition law, consumer protection & advertising law. The firms' team of specialists provides not only related consultancy, but also represents clients in contentious litigation 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 them 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 team, that not only has 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) and 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. Moreover, its dedicated litigation team maintains a strong interest, among others, in the pharmaceuticals industry and, in particular, with regard to disputes between patent owners and generics manufacturers.
Indeed, in 2010 alone, the patents department validated 1233 European Patents in Greece, corresponding to approx. 40% of the total number of patents validated in Greece for said year. Although statistical information for the remaining departments is not yet available, it is worth noting that there has been a significant increase in the filing of trademarks abroad on behalf of domestic and international clients, in the prosecution of CTM cases before OHIM as well as in the prosecution of domain name cases and anti-counterfeiting/anti-piracy cases.
In addition to the various contributions to legal periodicals and magazines, members of the team are routinely interviewed by media and IP Law Publications on current IP Law matters (i.e. Reuters, etc)
Dr. Helen G. Papaconstantinou has been awarded as the "World's Leading Women in Business Law for Patents" in Greece.
According to the worldwide annual survey conducted by the "MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MAGAZINE" (MIP), the Firm has been voted, for the 12th consecutive year, as a Top Greek Law Firm in its field "Tier no.1", in some fields exclusively so.
As per the ACQ Country Awards 2009 of the ACQ (Acquisition & Finance) Magazine, the Firm has been listed as the Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year for Greece.
The Firm is Winner of the Corporate INTL Legal Awards for 2009 and 2010.
Moreover, LEGAL 500 place our Firm at the top of their recommended IP Law Firms in Greece.
PLC Which Lawyer also rate our Firm as Leading in its field in Greece.