The year 2022 brought numerous changes to the Commercial Companies Code. Below are selected ones concerning limited liability companies and theirs management boards.
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…
In the Polish Parliameny, the first reading of the draft amendment to the Labour Code, providing for a change in the definiton of mobbing (form 463), has taken place. The aim of the draft is to amend Art. 943 §…
On Saturday September 19th, 2020, the biggest changes in a decade in construction law came into force. The Act of February 13th, 2020, introduces many modifications that evoke mixed feelings among specialists in this field of law. I invite you…
On May 15, 2020, the President of the Republic of Poland signed the Act of May 14, 2020 amending some laws on the matters of shielding activities due to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The Act entered into force…
On July 1, 2020, an amendment to the Code of Civil Procedure will enter into force, as a result of which special departments dealing exclusively with intellectual property cases will be created in courts. Such departments will be created in…
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…
As a result of last substantial amendment of the Polish Civil Proceedings Code, a separate proceedings for commercial cases has been restored. In my opinion, one of the most important changes is that a first instance judgment in cases regarding…
Last amendment of the Polish Code of Civil Procedure, resolved the problem of interest for late payment of proceedings costs awarded in the judgment. Before the amendment, the party winning the court case was not entitled to claim any interest…
On January 1st, 2020, a substantial change to the Good and Services Tax Act came into force. Currently an invoice to a receipt may be issued only if on the receipt is placed Tax Identification Number of the purchaser. Until…