The Legal 500

Legal Developments in Poland

• Commentary to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

  Dr Marek Jezewski (Partner in Kochanski Zieba Rapala & Partners) is the author of a commentary to the Common Commercial Policy of the European Union to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The collaborative study edited by professor Andrzej Wrobel has been published by prestigious publisher Wolters Kluwer Poland.
  - Kochanski Zieba Rapala & Partners

• Energy Law - proposed amendments to regulations on renewable energy sources

  We are pleased to send you brief description of the main points of the bill of the Renewable Energy Sources (RES) Act, published by the Ministry of the Economy in December, 2011, and its comparison with the current RES support system.
  - Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka

• Poland: The most important rulings of the Supreme Court

  Table of contents
  - Schönherr

• LEGAL ASPECTS OF EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION OF SHALE GAS AND TIGHT GAS IN POLAND

  Legal Aspects of Exploration and Exploitation of Shale Gas and Tight Gas in Poland by A. Wiercinski
  - WKB Wiercinski, Kwiecinski, Baehr Sp. k.

• Dispute Resolution Review - Poland 2011

  Poland is a civil law country. The Polish legal system follows the Continental, code-based tradition. The hierarchy of universally binding law includes the Constitution, treaties, statutes, and executive regulations. Judicial authority is exercised by courts and tribunals. Courts include the Supreme Court, the common courts, administrative courts and military courts.
  - Laszczuk & Partners

• Poland Arbitration 2011

  One issue under discussion is whether Poland should become a party to the Washington (ISCID) Convention. Because Poland is a party to more than 60 bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and has recently been a party to several high-profile investment arbitration proceedings, becoming a party to the ISCID Convention is discussed among practitioners, but faces strong opposition on the government side. Apart from that, another issue is whether Poland should continue to maintain BITs at all with other countries within the EU.
  - Laszczuk & Partners

• Catch me if you can

  Agnieszka Galazka and Marek Lazewski of LDS Lazewski Depo & Partners give advice on obtaining a preliminary injunction in Poland
  - LDS Lazewski Depo & Partners

• Single color protection as trademark protection.

  Currently a contentious court case is taking place in the United States of America, in which a famous producer of luxury footwear, Christian Louboutin, demands a ban on the sale of shoes with a red sole characteristic for the French fashion house – Ives Saint Laurent.
  - Kochanski Zieba Rapala & Partners

• Free choice following the dot – new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs)

  On 12 January 2012, the procedure of registration of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) has been launched. Check for the related chances and threats for your business.
  - Kochanski Zieba Rapala & Partners

• Significant changes in civil proceedings–the liquidation of a separate procedure in commercial cas

  With the Act from 16 September, 2011 on the change of act – Code of Civil Procedure and some of other acts, there has been introduced a number of changes in the civil procedure. One of the most significant and meaningful changes is the harmonization of procedures of claiming default in all civil cases, regardless whether the party is an entrepreneur or a person who does not conduct business activity.
  - Kochanski Zieba Rapala & Partners