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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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Polish Patent Office confirms broad monopoly of a word trademark (decision of the Polish Patent Office of 15 April 2025 in case Sp.180.2023)
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New stage of design protection in the EU
On the 23rd of October 2024, the European Parliament and the Council adopted Regulation 2024/2822 amending Regulation 6/2002, which introduces a number of changes to the EU design protection system. On the 18th of November 2024, Directive (EU) 2024/2823 of the...
CJEU on a trademark that may deceive the public as to the geographical origin (T-442/23)
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