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Conference: Intellectual Property Law – Fashion and New Media
Is parody of trademarks lawful? Commercial use of intellection property rights may be at odds with the protection of creative activity expressed, for instance, in ...
Read moreMystery shopper to go shopping soon – recent amendment to Polish competition law
The Polish Sejm has now passed the Act of 5 August 2015 amending the Act on Competition and Consumer Protection and certain other acts (text: ...
Read moreNew public entity to protect customers in the financial sector in Poland
Today, Polish parliament’s lower house, the Sejm, passed the Act on treatment of complaints by institutions in financial sector (text in Polish: ISAP). The new ...
Read moreCompensation for the exploitation of employees’ inventions – judgement issued by the Polish Supreme Court
When an invention or utility or industrial design is developed in connection with an employment relationship between the author-inventor and the business undertaking, the fee ...
Read moreFair “referential” use of logotypes – recent judgement by the Polish Supreme Court (“Mazda” case)
In special cases the use of other people’s trade marks is permitted. The issue of the limit to lawful use of others’ trade marks is ...
Read moreDomain name disputes in practice
In the US practice, resolutions of domain name disputes are based on the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA, see text of 15 U.S. Code § ...
Read moreLump sum compensation for copyright infringement – case C-367/15
The initial action has been brought in 2009 by the collective management organization against local cable network operator. Both parties have lodged the cessation appeals ...
Read moreKonsument in der EU – Neue Herausforderungen und Perspektiven
The list of statutes which make up the Polish consumer protection law is very long. Although this area of regulation resembles a mosaic, the common ...
Read moreTask force of the Civil Law Codification Committee
Dr Igor B. Nestoruk is involved in the work of a task force of the Civil Law Codification Committee at the Minister of Justice. The ...
Read moreDebate: New antitrust regulations – risks for companies, benefits for the market
As invited by the Board of the Polish Press Agency (“PAP”), dr Igor B. Nestoruk took part in a debate: New antitrust regulations – risks ...
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