Warsaw Integrating IP, Finance, and Valuation Workshop

Welcome and Introductory Remarks

Emcee: Bartosz Krakowiak, Management Board Member at POLSERVICE Patent and Trademark Attorneys Office (Poland)

Panel 1: Global Trends in Intellectual Property: Perspectives for Poland and Central Europe

Join a high-level discussion on global trends in IP and the growing strategic importance of intangible assets, viewed through the lens of Poland’s evolving role in the European and global economy. This session will explore how IP is shaping business strategy, investment decisions, and value creation as companies operating in Poland and Central Europe move up the value chain and expand across borders. Participants will examine how organizations are managing IP in complex regulatory environments, leveraging intangible assets for competitive advantage, and responding to rapid developments in digitalization and artificial intelligence in an increasingly integrated EU market.

Moderator: Alicja Zalewska-Orabona, Partner at CMS UK (Poland)

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Panel 2: IP, Financing, and Growth for Polish SMEs and Scale‑Ups

This panel will examine how IP and intangible assets are treated in financing decisions affecting Polish SMEs and growing enterprises, including bank lending, investment, and public private funding mechanisms. With an economic structure dominated by microenterprises (accounting for 90% of firms), the discussion will address why IP is often underutilized in financing, how valuation gaps affect access to capital, and what role patents, software, data, and trade secrets can realistically play in growth funding. Despite the availability of legal protections and mechanisms for licensing and commercialization, attention will be given to practical constraints, limited awareness, institutional expectations, and emerging approaches to bridging the gap between innovation and finance.

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