by Wojciech Gierszewski | Feb 1, 2023 | copyright, trademark
SECURING CLAIMS BEFORE FILING AN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWSUIT Intellectual property proceedings can take years. Also, the very process of preparing a lawsuit, securing all the evidence, determining more precisely the amount of damage on the part of the plaintiff, can...
by Wojciech Gierszewski | Jan 27, 2023 | copyright, trademark
USING SOMEONE’S TRADEMARK The rule is that you can’t use someone else’s trademark. A rule that is right and effective when it comes to those entrepreneurs who want to avoid litigation at all costs, especially trademark litigation. However, there are...
by Wojciech Gierszewski | Dec 20, 2022 | trademark
Trademark and “silent company” It happens that several people undertake a joint economic venture, which is branded outside only by one of them. The reasons for this state of affairs are various. Sometimes it’s a reluctance to form a commercial law...
by Wojciech Gierszewski | Dec 1, 2022 | trademark
ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS TO A TRADEMARK – COGNITION OF THE PATENT OFFICE Most changes concerning industrial property rights entered in the registers kept by the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland require the submission of an application and the presentation of...
by Wojciech Gierszewski | Nov 22, 2022 | deisgn, patent, trademark
PHONETICAL SIMILARITY OF SIGNS Where a later trade mark is similar or identical to an earlier trade mark registered with EUIPO, following a written complaint by the person concerned, the Office examines the likelihood of confusion and the likelihood of association. As...
by Wojciech Gierszewski | Sep 16, 2022 | copyright, patent, trademark
SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED FORM OF THE TRADEMARK BASIS The reasons for the expiry of the trademark protection right are set out in Art. 169 IPL However, one of them is the loss of distinctive features by the registered trademark as a result of the actions of the owner....
