On 1 July 2020 an important legislation in the field of IP
entered into force in Poland. After years of discussion, exchange
of ideas and plans, IP Courts were established. It was connected
with some important amendments in the civil procedure and
Industrial Property Law.
The system of IP Courts consist of separate specialized units of
the Polish common courts. There have been appointed five regional
District Courts (Sąd Okręgowy) that shall hear IP matters
in the first instance. se Courts are located in Gdańsk,
Katowice, Lublin, Poznań and Warszawa. Additionally, the Court
of Warszawa will have exclusive jurisdiction in intellectual
property matters concerning computer programs, inventions, utility
models, topographies of integrated circuits, plant varieties and
technical secrets of the enterprise. As second instance/courts of
appeal there were appointed Court of Appeal (Sąd Apelacyjny)
in Warsaw and Poznań.
