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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…

11 October 2020

New Definition of Mobbing

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 §…

22 September 2020

Changes in Construction Law

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…

23 May 2020

Anti-Crisis Act 3.0

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…

19 April 2020

Separate Courts For IP Cases

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…

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…

22 February 2020

Interest on Costs of Proceedings

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…

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