by Wojciech Gierszewski | Dec 6, 2022 | deisgn, design
NOVEMBER INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS AND PATENT TROLLS Constant supervision over registrations of industrial designs (or Community designs in the case of designs registered with EUIPO) is one of the daily elements of our work. One of the dishonest ways to use the industrial...
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....
by Wojciech Gierszewski | Sep 12, 2022 | deisgn, EN, trademark, utility models
CHRONOLOGY OF ACTIVITIES IN REGISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY DESIGN BAGS – REGISTER FIRST, THEN ADVERTISE It must be admitted that the fashion industry is one of the most difficult and susceptible to complicated processes of obtaining, enforcing and maintaining...