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Last updated: 24-05-2010 easyFairs© PACKAGING INNOVATIONS 2010  On 13-14 April 2010, the second edition of easyFairs© PACKAGING INNOVATIONS took place at EXPO XXI in Warsaw. During two busy days, exhibitors from Poland and other parts of Europe presented different offers of innovative solutions for the packaging, as well as the newest methods of printing. The visitors had an opportunity to talk about strategy for legal protection of innovative packaging by obtaining a patent, a protection right for utility model, an industrial design registration, as well as to discuss registration of trademarks issues at PATPOL's exhibition. Moreover, on 14 April 2010, Tomasz Rychlicki, a lawyer from the Trademark Department of PATPOL, gave a lecture entitled "The protection of Innovative packaging in Polish and European intellectual property law". During this short lecture a brief overview of the Polish and European intellectual property law that could be used for the effective innovative packaging protection, was presented. Participants had also an opportunity to learn about how to obtain legal protection, e.g. for trademarks or industrial designs. "Industrial desin registration for protecting product appearance" by Joanna Piłka The external appearance of a product is an important element of promotion and strategy of creating the image of a company as well as the products that it is manufacturing. An interesting appearance increases the value of the product, raises its attractiveness and attracts the customers' attention, which allows to gain the advantage over competition on the market. Excerpt from the article published in the "WORLD OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY" magazine No. 1/2010. Read article... The way to get a patent  See the TV interview with Magdalena Tagowska for TVN CNBC Biznes (in Polish), aired on March 16, 2010. "Numeral mark held to lack distinctive character" by Sławomira Piotrowska The Warsaw District Administrative Court has affirmed a decision of the Polish Patent Office in which the latter had cancelled the registration for the complex trademark 80 (Registration 156993) for "periodicals containing crossword puzzles; crosswords" (December 7 2009). Excerpt from the article published in the "World Trademark Review" on February 11, 2010. Read article... "Genuine article on counterfeit cosmetics" by Maria Jurek and Anna Szajna Counterfeiting cosmetics is a relatively recent phenomenon, however it has already earned a bad name of "the crime of the 21st century". The question has frequently been asked why this so-called "crime without casualties" is so harmful. In order to find the answer to the above question, one should look at several aspects of the problem, namely: economic, socioeconomic and health-related, with focus on potential health hazards of using such counterfeit cosmetics. Excerpt from the article published in the "WORLD OF THE COSMETIC INDUSTRY" magazine No. 1/2010. Read article... Beauty Innovations Congress in Warsaw On January 27-28 2010, Bio-Tech Consulting Sp. z o.o. organised the Beauty Innovations Congress in Warsaw. Patpol was one of the participants. Please read an article published in the "WORLD OF THE COSMETIC INDUSTRY" magazine No. 1/2010. Here is a full verision of the article. The Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks in Poland On July 2, 2009 the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks and the Regulations under the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks came into force in the territory of the Republic of Poland. Both the Treaty and procedural Regulations thereto were adopted during a diplomatic conference held in Singapore from 13 to 27 March 2006. The purpose of the Singapore Treaty is further harmonization of trademark registration procedures commenced earlier at international level under the 1994 Trademark Law Treaty of Geneva. The Singapore Treaty is applicable to all types of trademarks registered in accordance with national laws (trademarks, service marks and collective marks, certification marks and guarantee marks.). The contracting States are free to choose the forms of communication (including electronic means), in which the offices responsible for receiving trademark applications and registration of marks correspond with the parties to the proceedings. The Treaty has introduced a number of new regulations, namely those regarding changes in trademark registers, recordal of trademark licenses, as well as those concerning formal requirements for professional representatives. Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs - Accession of Poland On July 2, 2009, the Geneva Act (1999) of the Hague Agreement concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs entered into force in respect of Poland. The following declarations were made under the Hague Agreement:
We have a new Managing Director ! We are pleased to announce that on June 17, 2009 the partners of Patpol Sp. z o.o. entrusted the position of the Managing Director to Mrs. Katarzyna Karcz, the former Head of Patent and Designs Department. Mrs. Karcz is a Polish and European patent attorney, with Patpol since 1997, became a partner in 2003 and the Head of Patent and Designs Department in 2005. "90TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PATENT OFFICE AND THE PROFESSION OF A PATENT ATTORNEY IN POLAND" In connection with the 90th anniversary of the Polish Patent Office World Review - Special IP Reports - Year in Review 2008 has published a special article written by Mrs. Sławomira Piotrowska. The article comprises a comprehensive historical trait of patent attorney profession in Poland and an outline of the most important events from the long-standing history of PPO. Here is a full verision of the article. "Central and Eastern European Seminar on Intellectual Property" Five years after EU enlargement: current issues As one of the sponsors of the seminar we have a pleaseure to invite all IP professionals to paricipate in "Central and Eastern European Seminar on Intellectual Property", which will take place on 27 and 28 April 2009 at the National Library in Warsaw, Poland. 
This year's seminar is organised with a close support of AIPPI. The subject of the seminar are current issues and future prospects in the field of IP law after five years of EU enlargement. The list of speakers will include prominent professionals from various european countries, as well as WIPO and EPO officials.
The detailed information on the seminar, including agenda and registraion form are available here. Patpol's Luncheon Reception on 21st May 2008 on occasion of 130th INTA's Annual Meeting in Berlin Thank you for joining us at the reception. It was a pleasure to host you and we hope that our paths will cross again in the upcoming year. Photos taken during reception... "Trademark registration in Poland: which route to choose?" by Sławomira Piotrowska "Today's market presents consumers with a vast range of choice. Customers are surrounded by countless different products, and when it comes to choosing what to buy there are several factors - not necessarily practical features or utility - that can influence their decision. Simply put, in order to be noticed, a product must be more distinctive than its competitors. Therefore, it is crucial that the form of the product and the trademark it bears are familiar to consumers and can easily be recognised on the market. The trademark is the perfect weapon with which to fight off competition: an attractive, fashionable or original mark can win the customer's attention even more effectively than the product itself." Excerpt from the article published in Intellectual Asset Management magazine. Read article... "How to prevent intellectual piracy" - Warsaw, 25 April 2008 We are pleased to announce that PATPOL supported the conference on "How to prevent intellectual piracy" which was held at the Auditorium of the National Library in Warsaw on April 25, 2008. The conference was organized by the Polish Patent Office in cooperation with ZAIKS - Society of Authors and Anti-Piracy Coalition (founded by ZPAV, Business Software Alliance, FOTA - Polish branch of MPA). The aim of the conference was to exchange opinions and discuss the current views on the status of protection of authors' rights in Poland, as well as to share knowledge regarding the prevention of intellectual property rights infringement. PATPOL supported the 9th International Symposium on Electrochemical/Chemical Reactivity of Metastable Materials We are pleased to announce that PATPOL supported the "9th International Symposium on Electrochemical/Chemical Reactivity of Metastable Materials" which was held during the "E-MRS Fall Meeting" at Warsaw University of Technology on September 17-21, 2007. For more information please visit the official web site of the Symposium. PATPOL - IP Firm of the Year 2007 in Poland We are delighted to announce  that PATPOL was presented with the award for POLAND Firm of the Year 2007 at Managing Intellectual Property’s Global Awards Ceremony which took place in London on March 28, 2007. The MIP awards follow the publication of the magazine’s well-established IP survey in February and March this year. As part of the work for the survey, MIP’s researchers asked for recommendations for firms that have had an outstanding year in any aspect of IP work. Based on these recommendations, shortlists were drawn up for each jurisdiction and the winners were selected from these shortlists. We appreciate that these Awards are based on the views of IP attorneys, private practice lawyers and in-house counsel worldwide and we would like you thank you for your continued support. 
 TRIPS in Poland - Decision of the Supreme Administrative Court On 8 February 2006 the Supreme Administrative Court in Poland judging in bench of composed of seven judges decided that Article 33 of TRIPS Agreement in relation to Article 70 item 2 of TRIPS Agreement is self executing and ought to be applied directly. Consequently, the duration of patents granted for period of 15-years and being valid in Poland on the date when the TRIPS Agreement entered into force for Poland, can be prolonged to the period of 20-years by virtue of the individual decisions of the Patent Office. The 20-years period of patent protection is calculated as from the date of filling the patent application. (reference symbol of the case: II GPS 1/05). SUPERBRANDS Event Mrs. Anna Zakrocka, a patent attorney, Head of Trade Mark Department of Patpol and a member of the council of SUPERBRANDS -  the international independent arbiter on branding, participated in the final contest of the Polish brandleaders event. The event took place in Warsaw, on February 2, 2005 and the brands regarded by the Council as leading on the Polish market in various categories were awarded prizes
 Poland - Recent changes in IP law and reform of the administrative courts Katarzyna Jasiukiewicz and Katarzyna Karcz Published: IP Value 2005The changes introduced by the Industrial Property Law in 2001 and the reform of the Polish administrative courts constitute two developments in intellectual property protection in Poland that have had an important impact on the prosecution of industrial property cases. Download  (162kB)W związku z obchodami 90 lat istnienia Urzędu Patentowego RP... |
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