Dr. Marina Perraki
Partner
Head of the Intellectual Property Practice Group
Marina Perraki assists clients with litigation and portfolio management in the field of IP with a focus on trademarks, designs, domain names and unfair competition law. She is currently chairing INTA International Amicus Committee and regularly authors amicus briefs to the CJEU, the General Court of the EU and the Grand Board of Appeal of the EUIPO.
In 2022 the firm’s IP group under her leadership was awarded “IP Firm of the Year for Greece 2022” in the Global IP Awards by IAM and World Trademark Review.
She participates in the Trademark Elite Panel of World Trademark Review and is being recognized as a WTR Global Leader and listed as top practitioner for trademark law in the country by World Trademark Review 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals and Managing Intellectual Property - IP Stars, Chambers Europe also regularly lists her for intellectual property. Marina has litigated dozens of cases, precedent setting cases, and disputes and has briefed and argued numerous appeals and cassations before the Greek Supreme Court.
Her client base includes leading international and domestic brands, in sectors ranging from food and beverages, cosmetics, alcoholic beverages, apparel, luxury, pharmaceuticals to hospitality, payment and financial services, entertainment and sports.
Sector - Industries
- Food and Beverages
- Fashion
- Luxury
- Car Market
- Sports
- Cosmetics
- Tobacco and New Generation Products
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Financial Services
- E-Payments
- Media and Entertainment
- Hospitality
- Telecommunications
- Pharmaceuticals
- Oil and Gas
- Apparel
Professional
- Athens Bar (1998)
Acts before the Greek Supreme Court
- CΙΑrb (Chartered Institute of Arbitrators), UK, Accredited Mediator, (2010)
- Hellenic Ministry of Justice, Accredited Commercial Mediator (2012)
- UDRP Panelist (WIPO)
Education
- Queen Mary, University of London, Ph.D. (2012)
- European University Institute, Diploma (European Law) (1999)
- European Commission, Stage Administratif (1998)
- University of Kent, LL.M. (International Commercial Law, Distinction) (1997)
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, LL.B. (1996)
Languages
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Greek
Academic
- Education Head of the Commercial Mediation Program, Panteion University of Athens (2020 – 2021)
- Visiting Lecturer, Commercial Mediation, Panteion University of Athens
- Lecturer, IP, ALBA Graduate Business School
Appointments and Professional Memberships
- INTA, ECTA
- Chair of the INTA International Amicus Committee (2024-2025)
- Vice Chair of the INTA International Amicus Committee (2022-2023)
- Chair of the INTA Europe Subcommittee - International Amicus Committee (2020-2021)
- Chair of the INTA Europe Subcommittee - Famous and Well-Known Marks (2014-2015)
Testimonials
Recent news/Publications
- EUROPEAN UNION_ The Question of Use in AUDI Case in Light of INTA’s Amicus Brief INTA Bulletin, 5.6.2024
- CJEU Clarifies Visibility Requirement in German Design Case - International Trademark Association, INTA Bulletin, 1.11.2023
- Trademark Reporter, Annual Review of European Trademark Law, Greece (https://www.inta.org/wp-content/uploads/public-files/resources/the-trademark-reporter-european-union-trademark-law/TMR-Vol-113-No-02-EUAR-Proof-0426-8-AM-Secured.pdf, issue March–April 2023)
- Trademark Litigation: A Global Guide 2023 - Greece, WTR
- Trademark Law – Interpretation of L. 4679/2020 per Article. Sakkoulas Editions 2022 (in Greek), contribution in collective work
- Trademark Reporter, Annual Review of European Trademark Law, Greece (https://www.inta.org/wp-content/uploads/public-files/resources/the-trademark-reporter-european-union-trademark-law/TMR-Vol-112-No-02-EUAR-0428-Secured.pdf, issue March – April 2022)
- Trademark Litigation: A Global Guide 2022 – Litigation procedures and strategies: Greece, WTR
- INTA Files Amicus Brief on the Design Protection of Components of Complex Products, INTA Bulletin, 16.12.2021
- Case Commentary CJEU Case T-274 20 MHCS v. EUIPO, Law of Technology and Communications (DITE), Vol 71, Jul-Aug-Sep 2021
- The Allatini Case, Case Law Reports, ECTA Bulletin, June 2021
- Case Commentary CJEU Case T-663/19 Hasbro Inc v. EUIPO, Law of Technology and Communications (DITE), Vol 70, Apr-May-Jun 2021
- Greece: Trademarks Comparative Guide, Mondaq, 7.4.2021
- Implementation of the Directive, ECTA Bulletin, March 2021
- INTA Files Amicus Brief in Infringement Case Before Court of Justice of the EU, INTA Bulletin, 10.2.2021
- Trademark Litigation: A Global Guide 2021 – Litigation procedures and strategies: Greece, WTR 8.1.2021