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Amendments to Industrial Property Law in Poland
On February 20, 2019, the Act on amending the Industrial Property Law was passed. The act was handed over to the President of the Republic of Poland for signature. It will apply from the day after the announcement.
The amendment aims to implement the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) 2015/2436 of 16 December 2015 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks. It also contains a number of other changes related primarily to trademark law.
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Judgment on the similarity of trademarks
In the judgment of the 27th of November 2024 in Case T-509/23, the General Court analysed the similarity between a graphic trade mark depicting a capital letter ‘V’ and the Giorgio Armani graphic trade mark depicting a stylised eagle with outspread wings. On the 29th...
Important CJEU judgment on reprographic fee
The reprography fee is a fee imposed on entities providing access to devices that enable the reproduction of works under permitted private use in order to compensate for the use of works. Such devices are mainly photocopiers, scanners or cassettes, i.e. devices that...
A 3D trade mark depicting an inhaler invalidated
In the judgment of the 13th of November 2024 in case T-524/23, the General Court dealt with a case concerning the invalidity of a 3D trade mark depicting an inhaler. The mark was applied for on the 16th of July 1999 by the German company Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma...
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