29 November 2021
Fast Tract to Register Trademarks in Poland
As of March 17, 2021, the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland introduced the system of “Fast Track” trademarks and industrial designs registration.
19 October 2020
Easier Patenting of Computer Inventions
One of important changes in the Industrial Property Law Act which came into force last year, concern facilitations for computer inventions. Before the change, the Polish Patent Office was refusing to grant patents for computer inventions, on the basis of…
14 March 2020
Recent Changes to Industrial Property Law
On February 27, 2020, the amendment to the Industrial Property Law came into force. The introduced changes adjusting Polish law to the European Patent Convention significantly change the patent invalidation procedure, and also give the patent holder the opportunity to…
15 February 2020
What next after Brexit with EU industrial property rights?
January 31st, 2020 was the last day of Great Britain membership of the EU and from February 1st this year the Withdrawal Agreement began to apply. The Withdrawal Agreement provides for an 11 month Transition Period — up to the…
1 February 2020
Warning Against False Decisions About Granting Rights of Protection
In the last year, false decisions about granting rights of trademarks protection appeared. Fabricated letter did not come from the Patent Office, although their contents include the emblem and the full name of the Patent Office. These letters are prepared…
7 October 2019
Extension of Protection Right for Trademark
Protection right for the national trademark lasts 10 years. If the protection right holder wants the protection of his trademark to continue, he has to prolong it for subsequent 10-year period. Before March 16th, 2019, in order to do that…
31 July 2019
New Types of Trademark and Way of Their Presentation
An amendment of the Industrial Property Law enacted on February 20th, 2019, constituting implementation of the Directive (EU) 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015, aiming at approximation of the Member States’ laws on…
19 October 2016
Invention Patent or Utility Model Protection Right? – How to Protect Technical Solutions
A patent for an invention and a protection right for a utility model give the holder the right of exclusive use of the invention or utility model for profit or professionally, as well as the possibility to ban an unauthorized…
6 September 2016
What is Trademark
In general terms, trademark is a certain designation which may assume various forms and is used by entrepreneurs to designate their goods or services. By way of illustration, when an entrepreneur sells shoes under an abstract name “ShoeEx”, that name…
7 October 2013
Amended Provisions on Community Trademark
The European Commission has prepared draft amendments concerning the Council’s directive No. 2008/95/WE, aiming at approximation of the EU member states’ legislations on trademarks as well as the regulations of the Council of the European Community No. 207/2009 on community…