On December 15, 2020, the European Patent Office issued a decision on a new admissible form of evidence in patent proceedings, which entered into force on January 1, 2021. In…
In 2019, the importance of intellectual property was acknowledged in Poland with almost 5% increase of applications for IP protection filed in the Polish Patent Office. However, as usual, the…
The city of Munich has lost the Oktoberfest brand case again. The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has dismissed an application filed by the capital city of Bavaria for…
Just enter the word COVID in the search engine to get over 6 billion results. The name of acute infectious respiratory disease caused by a new type of coronavirus appears…
The protection of intellectual and industrial property rights goes beyond obtaining a patent or right arising from registration. The activities to be performed by the right holder or their attorney…
As we already know, the European Patent Office (EPO) has refused two European patent applications in which the artificial intelligence DABUS has been designated as an inventor. And now we know…
The copyright belongs to the author of the work, who is authorized to decide on the exploitation of the work and to gain financial benefits from it. Simply put –…
Current Polish and EU trademark registration procedures require trademark owners to play an active role in the process. The offices do not examine the similarity of the trademark submitted for…
Everyone who could switch their employees to work remotely due to infection prevention during the coronavirus pandemic did so. In addition to dealing with the issues of availability of databases,…
Star Wars significantly contributed to our culture, but the saga not only offers good entertainment, but has also helped to develop many effective solutions protected by exclusive rights. Star Wars…
On May 15, 2020, the Act of May 14, 2020 was signed by the President of the Republic of Poland and published, amending certain acts in the field of shielding…
