Author: Patpol

A heavy rain and a cold weather did not disturb them – the Patpol IP Runners team including Aleksandra Kryska, Aleksandra Sołyga-Żurek, Dariusz Piróg, Karol Szymańczak and Piotr Jeżółkowski proved that it is possible and worth helping – this time running in Warszawa Business Run, where the goal was to support people with movement disabilities.

Well done team! Keep doing good!

Patpol has picked up the Prosecution Firm of the Year award for Poland at the Managing IP Awards 2021. The awards were presented in a virtual ceremony broadcast worldwide on March 30 2021.

Patpol?s expert and patent attorney, Weronika Witkowska will take part in a panel discussion on: Protection of IP rights of solutions using artificial intelligence. The panel is part of the program of the XV international symposium – Industrial property in innovative economy – Artificial intelligence and intellectual property protection – the event organized by the Polish Patent Office. Patpol is a partner of the symposium.

The panel, which will be held on September 5, 2019 in Kraków, will also feature the representatives of Google, the Jagiellonian University and other intellectual property law firm.

It is estimated that the use of artificial intelligence will contribute significantly to the acceleration of Polish economic growth in the coming years. The prerequisite is effective protection of such solutions. Artificial intelligence is a challenge for intellectual property rights system, due to the replacement of its deliberate efforts of man. The possibility of a faster learning and learning by machines without directly involved society delimit a new way for the development of the economy and are the future of innovation.

In the latest Trademark Lawyer Magazine, Monika Zielińska, presents a handful of tips on what should be remembered by the holders of Polish national trademarks, especially in view of the latest amendments to the Polish Industrial Property Law.

In the article, our expert explains the nuances of trademark renewals, emphasizes the importance of using and monitoring trademarks, as well as updating details of a trademark in the register. She also draws attention to the differences between Polish and EU law, especially in the context of the new Polish regulations, which have been in force since March 16, 2019.

“These amendments introduced for the implementation of art. 46 of the Directive (EU) 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks, make it much more difficult for the owners of earlier trademarks to refer to their rights. The amendments also cause that the implementation of the practice of a systematic securing and archiving of the proofs of using one’s own trademarks in the territory of Poland should become a priority for their owners. Otherwise, in the event of a dispute, these rights may turn out to be useless, and the expenses spent on keeping them valid – needless.”

Read the entire article in The Trademark Lawyer Magazine, Issue 4 2019.

In my previous entry to IP Blog – “The devil is in the details”, or “from when one should count the 5-year period, during which it is possible not to use one’s trademark without consequences” – I discussed the problems connected with determining the initial date of the 5-year period for declaring lapse of protection in Poland of international trademarks.

The Polish regulation Art. 152¹⁵ Par. 2 of the Law on Industrial Property, in the wording as from 16^th March 2019, is nearly a literal repetition of the relevant regulation in the Directive. Unfortunately, in this case the literal wording means that the proposed dates are not adapted to the procedure at hand.

Read the full article on IP-Blog.pl

We are proud to announce that Joanna Piłka, Head of Trade Mark and Design Department in PATPOL, became a member of the ECTA Design Committee.

The ECTA Design Committee works on legal aspects of the protection and enforcement of industrial designs. The Committee among others is a platform for examination and elaboration of recommendations on the design rights related matters in the European, international and national design law to promote and improve the design system.

Designs are Joanna’s passion for many years now and we are sure that she will make a significant contribution to the works of the ECTA Design Committee.

This year’s AIPPI World Congress (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property) is held in London on 15-18 September.

We are pleased to announce that our representatives, Aleksandra Kryśka, representing Patpol – European and Polish Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys, and Dariusz Piróg, representing Patpol Legal law firm, will attend this year’s event.

Our delegates:

Aleksandra Kryśka, patent attorney, deputy head of trade mark and designs department

Dariusz Piróg, advocate, managing partner, Patpol Legal

We are proud and happy to announce that the Patpol IP Runners team, the fastest runners in our office, finished with a great place the Firm Run running competition, organized on June 8 by the Everest Foundation.

Each of the runners ran 5 km in this charity event, from which the income will be transfered for the foundation needs

Congratulations to our runners: Dariusz Piróg, Aleksandra Sołyga-Żurek, Marzena Cabała, Andrzej Krajewski, Karol Szymańczak!

Due to constant development of the company, and in response to the growing demand from clients, three new patent attorneys have recently joined Patpol.

Their key areas of practice are: mechanics, electronics, biotechnology and chemistry. We are glad to welcome the following attorneys in our patent department:

Marta Krzymowska – patent attorney with specialization in mechanics. She deals with preparation of national, international and European patent applications in the field of mechanics, IT and telecommunications, as well as utility model applications and validation of European patents. A member of the Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys. She has a degree of two universities: Warsaw University – the Faculty of Management, focusing on e-Business, and M. Skłodowska-Curie University in Lublin – the Faculty of Administration and Management, with focus on IT, econometrics and IT systems.

Aleksandra Sołyga-Żurek, Ph.D. – Polish and European patent attorney specializing in patent applications in the fields of biology, biotechnology, pharmacy and chemistry, patentability and patent purity, as well as litigation before the Patent Office. She is a graduate of Warsaw University, Ph.D. in molecular biology and genetics.

Anna Stenzel – patent attorney specializing in the field of electronics. She works on development of national, international and European patent applications in the field of electronics, telecommunications and information technology as well as validation of European patents. She is a graduate of the Electrical Engineering Department of the Maritime University (currently Maritime University) in Gdynia – the Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications, with specialization in Radioelectronics, and the Faculty of Law and Administration of Warsaw University (post-graduate studies of Industrial Property Rights). Anna is a member of the Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys.

The team of Patpol – European and Polish Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys – consists of specialized patent attorneys in the fields relating to the needs of clients seeking protection for their intellectual property through obtaining patents in Poland and worldwide. The company was established in 1966 and has achieved a track record of nearly 10,000 patents obtained on behalf of clients.

In the latest Trademark Lawyer magazine Joanna Piłka explains why it is worth protecting trademark in Poland; walks through the trademark registration procedures in Poland and points out some important issues to keep in mind.

Read the full article in the lastest Trademark Lawyer.

Our clients frequently ask the question when exactly the obligation to start to use a trade mark arises, or in other words, from when the absence of genuine use may render the mark vulnerable to declaring lapse due to non-use.

The continuous period, after which the holder of registration is at the latest obliged to put his mark to genuine use, in order to avoid negative consequences for its exclusive right, lasts 5 years.

Read the full article HERE.