utworzone przez admin | 14, 05 , 2019 | EN, Monika Żuraw EN, News EN
NEWS Fighting for control over the alcohol market in Poland Numerous disputes over known Polish alcohol brands have taken place recently. Competitors often attempt to invalidate the trademark or force it to expire, e.g. Wiśniówka, Krupnik, Starka or Sophia, claiming...
utworzone przez zgadmin | 8, 05 , 2019 | EN, News EN, Wojciech Gierszewski EN
NEWS RCDs: are they always examined by a court in Warsaw? Disputes regarding infringement of community designs have to be examined by the Court for the EU Trademarks and Community Designs in Warsaw (XXII Division of the Regional Court in Warsaw). When a right to a...
utworzone przez zgadmin | 30, 04 , 2019 | EN, Monika Żuraw EN, News EN
NEWS Problems with delivering a decision on interim injunction An interim injunction is an extremely important tool for the protection of intellectual property rights, aimed primarily at the immediate termination of unlawful activities of a third party and a seizure...
utworzone przez admin | 16, 04 , 2019 | EN, Monika Żuraw EN, News EN
AKTUALNOŚCI When is a graphic trademark misleading? Remarks on the General Court’s judgement dated 11 April 2019 (case no. T-477/18) Assessing the similarity of graphic trademarks is more difficult than trademarks with verbal elements. In the latter case, a number of...
utworzone przez zgadmin | 11, 04 , 2019 | EN, News EN, Wojciech Gierszewski EN
NEWS Problems with an implied license It is a principle of the copyright law that there is no need for a written form of license agreements (except for the exclusive license). As a consequence, and in accordance with a principle of interpretation of declarations of...
utworzone przez zgadmin | 9, 04 , 2019 | EN, News EN, Wojciech Gierszewski EN
NEWS Intellectual property courts to be soon established in Poland The works on the reform to set up specialized courts for intellectual property have advanced. The Ministry of Justice has informed that such courts would start operating next year. These courts would...