utworzone przez zgadmin | 12, 07 , 2019 | EN, News EN, Wojciech Gierszewski EN
NEWS The meaning of earlier trademarks In the opposition registration system the registrar (e.g. the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland or EUIPO) examines only absolute grounds of refusal. It is non-distinctiveness or descriptiveness of a designation that most...
utworzone przez zgadmin | 25, 06 , 2019 | EN, Monika Żuraw EN, News EN
AKTUALNOŚCI Absolute grounds of refusal ruthless for the adidas three stripe trademark (Judgment of the General Court of 19 June 2019, case no. T-307/17)Last week a judgment regarding one of the most well-known trademarks in the sports industry was issued. It seems...
utworzone przez zgadmin | 19, 06 , 2019 | EN, Monika Żuraw EN, News EN
AKTUALNOŚCI CJEU on the effect of so called disclaimers (Judgement of 12 June 2019, case no. C-705/17, Hansson)The CJEU, responding to the questions referred by the Court of Appeal in Stockholm about the legal effect of exemptions from protection of non-distinctive...
utworzone przez zgadmin | 3, 06 , 2019 | EN, News EN, Wojciech Gierszewski EN
NEWS Providing information in IP disputes – the question of form There is no doctrine or jurisprudence about the form in which a so-called information claim should be carried out (Article 2861 of the Act of 30 June 2000 Industrial Property Law (IPL) and Article...
utworzone przez zgadmin | 31, 05 , 2019 | EN, Monika Żuraw EN, News EN
AKTUALNOŚCI A confusing story about two little pigs Judgement of the General Court of 21 March 2019, case no. T-777/17Most people in the EU probably know the children’s series Peppa Pig and the main character a little pig called Peppa. There is no doubt that the...
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...
