Legal Counsel, Court Mediator (appointed by District Courts in Warsaw, Kraków, Katowice, Poznań, and Gdańsk).
Head of the Life Science & Healthcare Practice and a lecturer at Jagiellonian University. She specializes in life science law and regulatory law, with a primary focus on biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, food, and beauty industries.
She also has extensive experience in intellectual property law, patent law, civil law, and human rights. Additionally, her expertise includes corporate social responsibility (CSR). She provides legal counsel to both individual clients and businesses.
A Board Member of the National Council of Dietary Supplements and Nutrition (KRSiO) and an active participant in legislative processes through public consultations, particularly in areas such as food law, industrial property, patent law, and unfair competition prevention.
She is the author of over 100 scientific and industry publications on intellectual property law (especially patent law), civil law, and medical, pharmaceutical, and food law. She co-authored the second edition of Patent Law by M. du Valla, edited by E. Traple.
A speaker at numerous conferences, training sessions, and workshops in Europe and East Asia. She has been a long-time lecturer in postgraduate studies on criminal fiscal and business law, as well as medical law at the Faculty of Law and Administration at Jagiellonian University.
She also collaborates on an international project dedicated to assessing patentability and developing a unique methodology for patent evaluation.
Outside of law, she finds joy in the kitchen, where she continues to interpret and experiment. She relaxes through cycling, running, yoga, and weightlifting. Every spare moment is filled with music and books.
Joanna Uchańska, PhD
Vice President of the Management Board of KRSiO, Partner at AJ LAW Uchańska Diskau Law Firm