Piotr Godlewski, European Patent Attorney at JWP Patent & Trademark Attorneys and mentor in the StartUp Hub: Poland Prize program, briefly points out key learnings for innovative startups who don't want to miss out ...

ABC Patentowania - Badanie Stanu Techniki.

Our colleagues Helena Gajek and Małgorzata Furmańska won the case before the General Court in Luxembourg related to invalidity proceedings concerning the bad faith application.

From 16 March 2019, pursuant to amendments made to the Industrial Property Act (IPA), the procedure for extending protection of a trademark changed.

Can inventions based on artificial intelligence be patented? Until recently, there were no clearly defined rules for applying for protection of solutions related to artificial intelligence and machine learning based on computational models and algorithms.

The market of computer games is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the economy in the 21st century.

On 24 September 2021, the amendment to the Act of 16 April 1993 on combating unfair competition came into force.

In April 2016 there occurred a major change in the Polish trademark law, namely a shift from the examination system into the opposition system

The pharmaceutical industry has extremely quickly responded to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The cosmetics industry is a rapidly growing area – it is estimated that by 2023 its value is will reach more than $800 billion.

Hasbro succeeded in registering the smell of children Play-Doh in the United States.

Nowadays, information is often identified as the most valuable commodity to be acquired or sold.

Is it possible that an idea not only has a creator but also an owner? The basis of the patent law is the conviction that it is possible.

The world is no longer on the verge of a digital revolution - it is underway. Increasingly, we no longer hear about AI itself, but its updates.

The city of Munich has lost the Oktoberfest brand case again.

Plastics are an integral and important part of the global economy, and their production has increased from 15 million tonnes in the 1960s to 311 million tonnes in 2014 over the last 50 years.

How can an entrepreneur be saved from prolonged proceedings or unnecessary costs that could be avoided? How can they be sure of succeeding in obtaining legal protection for their mark?

On December 15, 2020, the European Patent Office issued a decision on a new admissible form of evidence in patent proceedings, which entered into force on January 1, 2021.

The resolution of the patent dispute between Nokia and Amazon serves as a textbook example of how effective innovation protection can turn technology into a shield, a sword, and a currency - all at the same time.

It comes as no surprise that trademark names registered with various patent offices reflect current market trends and tendencies, both locally and globally.