This issue of Trademark Insight once again contains some noteworthy decisions from recent months. Of particular interest are the decisions on the legal concept of complex likelihood of confusion (komplexe Verwechslungsgefahr)...more
9/25/2024
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The amendment to the Polish Copyright law aligns Polish regulation with the SATCAB II and DSM directives. Despite the works on the amendment being at their final stage , the new provisions still generate much controversy and...more
Liebe Leserinnen und Leser, die vorliegende Ausgabe des Trademark Insight hält erneut einige aktuelle und interessante Entscheidungen der letzten Monate für Sie bereit. Von besonderer Bedeutung sind sicher die Entscheidungen...more
Z ponad dwuletnim opóźnieniem, Polska implementowała dyrektywę (UE) 2019/1937 z dnia 23 października 2019 r. w sprawie ochrony osób zgłaszających naruszenia prawa Unii. Ustawa o ochronie sygnalistów wejdzie w życie 25...more
After a delay of more than two years, Poland has implemented Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law. The Act on the protection of whistleblowers will come...more
Currently, preliminary work is underway in Poland to align local laws with the requirements of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). In recent weeks, the Ministry of Digital Affairs has conducted pre-consultations for...more
Polska jest bliska przyjęcia przepisów o ochronie sygnalistów, czyli implementacji dyrektywy (UE) 2019/1937 z dnia 23 października 2019 r. w sprawie ochrony osób zgłaszających naruszenia prawa Unii. Projekt ustawy o ochronie...more
Poland is close to adopting provisions concerning whistleblower protection, namely the implementation of Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law. The draft of...more
The Polish parliament has recently adopted an act prohibiting smishing and CLI spoofing among other forms of abuse of electronic communication. New regulation came into force on 25 September 2023....more
The Polish parliament has recently adopted an act which changes rules on preliminary injunction proceedings in intellectual property matters. The new regulations will come into force on 1 July 2023. They will strengthen the...more
Earlier this year, the Office of Polish Competition and Consumer Protection conducted a thorough investigation into illegal surreptitious advertising on social media - see our publication under ‘Related materials’. As a...more
The Polish Competition and Consumer Protection Office will conduct a thorough investigation into illegal surreptitious advertising on social media. The Office will take a closer look at the most popular Polish influencers and...more
On 6 December 2018 the Polish Constitutional Tribunal found that the right to request information on the origin and distribution networks of the goods or services which infringe an intellectual property right from persons...more
Polish law provides for the right of information on the origin and distribution networks of the goods or services which infringe an intellectual property right, as dictated by the Directive 2004/48/EC on the enforcement of...more