13.08.2018
FASHION, CULTURE & ART
Fashion – with the law at its inception
The world of great fashion involves collections, fashion shows, sessions, banquets and spectacular shifts at the top. Milan, Paris, London, New York, increasingly Dubai. One has to have the appropriate profession or a day made of rubber to catch up with it all. How did it start? At a time when people’s lives were much [...]
18.07.2018
BRAND & DESIGN
Christian Louboutin wins the red sole dispute
The trademark in the form of colour of the shoe sole is not covered by the ban on registration of shapes – the European Court of Justice ruled. The French fashion designer, Christian Louboutin, won the long court battle for his legendary red patent leather soles, which are his identification mark. Everything started with Christian’s [...]
17.07.2018
ADVERTISING & EVENTS
Important changes in tourist services law – the uncertain future of corporate events and team building trips?
A real revolution in the event industry is at hand. Not only does it impose additional obligations, increases the costs of organising events, but also creates additional business risk caused by highly ambiguous regulations. On 1 July 2018 the new act on packaged travel and linked travel arrangements came into effect, which introduces a large [...]
16.07.2018
ADVERTISING & EVENTS
Is this the end of misleading advertisements?
On 25 June the Union of the Online Industry Employers IAB Poland joined the international association of online advertising and intellectual property rights (MoU). The issue of obtaining benefits from advertising displayed alongside illegal content has been creating a great deal of controversy for many years, especially where the appearance of commercials of well-known brands [...]
14.06.2018
NEW TECH & INNOVATIONS
Cold, warmer, hot – the approach of EU bodies to geoblocking
The recent reforms of the digital market introduced at EU level as well as the pending discussions about the future of online distribution of culture may be divided into three essential subjects. The first indicates positive changes, the second arouses considerable emotion, while the last is a clear cause for concern for the creative industry. [...]
13.06.2018
FILM, MEDIA & GAMING
How to make a film based on a true story and not fall into the trap of the claims of its heroes?
For a long time the Polish as well as global film industry has been captured by the trend to present productions based on the history of public persons on the background of interesting historical events. When planning an undertaking of this type and thinking about the script concept it is worth considering how far we [...]
13.06.2018
ADVERTISING & EVENTS
Event formatting
Organization of events is a complex and multi-stage activity and in case of a high level of ingenuity and originality events may become much more than just a one-off occasion. Licensing of ready-made, fully developed concepts of events which have become popular abroad have a good chance of achieving international success, enabling their authors and [...]
13.06.2018
ADVERTISING & EVENTS
Civil law agreements become the targets for ZUS
ZUS has begun investigating whether specific task contracts and mandate contracts are concluded in accordance with their purpose. The audited companies are not chosen randomly but selected by a special algorithm. This is a major challenge for the entire creative industry. The subject provoked huge interest among member companies of SAR and KIP. During two [...]
22.05.2018
SKP
IP team again supports another a Berlin prizewinning production. Visit the cinema to see Małgorzata Szumowska’s „Twarz” [„The Face”]!
Polish film makers have once again triumphed in Berlin. This year during the International Film Festival in Berlin, where the film had its first night, “Twarz” directed by Małgorzata Szumowska won the Silver Bear, the Grand Prix awarded by the Jury. Our team was represented by Marta Galińska and Piotr Nikołajuk, who were both present [...]
21.05.2018
FILM, MEDIA & GAMING
A clash of two giants, the storm around the chronology of film distribution in France
The program for this year’s Cannes festival announced on 12 April at an official press conference is the subject of heated discussion. The controversy concerns not so much what it contains, as what has not been included. Netflix withdrew the entries of its film productions due to the regulations applicable in France pertaining to the [...]
15.05.2018
BRAND & DESIGN
End of Lohan vs. Take Two dispute. The victory of the authors of GTA.
On 29 March 2018 the New York Court of Appeals closed the several years long court battle between the actress Lindsay Lohan and the company Take Two. In 2014 the actress sued Take Two, the publisher, producer and distributor of the computer game Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V) for the alleged unlawful use of [...]
08.05.2018
BRAND & DESIGN
Trademarks in computer game
Profits from computer games and e-gaming over the last decade are so high that many investors do not hesitate to place their capital in this sector. No wonder that games producers tend to exploit them to the greatest possible extent, protecting game titles and other characteristic elements as registered trademarks. Registration of game titles as [...]
