An interesting case was recently discussed in the foreign media concerning the copyright to the popular series “The Walking Dead.” Frank Darabont, a well-known screenwriter and director, assumed the role of its showrunner, responsible for the overall concept and nature of the series. The agreement with AMC television granted him remuneration for the exploitation of [...]

Today, the General Court of the European Union rendered its judgement in case T-364/13 concerning Lacoste’s objection filed with the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) of the following logo for clothing, footwear, bags, as well as pet cushions, and real estate lettings: The company applying for its registration is a Polish partnership [...]

Since 2006 the Chief Pharmaceutical Inspector (CPI) has issued more than 300 decisions ordering an immediate discontinuance of broadcasting of unlawful medicinal products’ advertising. Such interventions were predominantly caused by misleading the target audience  as to the effects and characteristics of advertised medicinal products. Though some of them are controversial, each decision constitutes invaluable guidance [...]

On 31 August a new law was published in the Journal of Laws amending the provisions of the Industrial Property Law. The amendment comes into force on 1 December 2015. Though it is primarily technical in nature, it entails some crucial changes set out below. United we stand... One of the most important changes regarding [...]

“Unfortunately, this video is not available in Germany because it could contain music, for which we could not agree on conditions of use with GEMA. Sorry about that .” (Dieses Video ist in Deutschland leider nicht verfügbar, da es möglicherweise Musik enthält, für die die erforderlichen Musikrechte von der GEMA nicht eingeräumt wurden. Das tut uns leid). [...]

Can the law be a tool for claiming fatherly love? The question may seem abstract but it has become the subject of consideration by the court of second instance (the case closed with a legally valid decision of the Court of Appeal in Katowice of 15 May 2015, ref. No: I ACa 131/15). In anticipation [...]

Advertising certain categories of goods in accordance with the law is not easy. There are many specific legal requirements that such advertising has to comply with. Worse, the prohibitive provisions of the Polish advertising law contains many general and ambiguous terms. Their meaning is left to state authorities — authorized to apply such provisions — [...]

As we wrote in our previous entry the Senate recently adopted changes to the draft “big” amendment to the Copyright Law. One of the most significant changes is the introduction of the right to receive payments for the public lending of works by public libraries. The law will only involve lyrical works, created or published [...]

On 7 August 2015 the Senate adopted changes to the so called “big” amendment to the Copyright Law. It is one of three amendments to the Copyright Law which the Polish legislatur e has recently developed — along with a “small” amendment of 17 July 2015 and an amendment regarding broadcasting   by radio and television stations. [...]

Nowadays, a football club is not only a part of the team’s infrastructure, but also an enterprise. Moreover, sound management of such enterprises will decide not only whether shareholders or stockholders receive a dividend, or whether they would be obliged to provide more capital to the company, but also what players the company can afford [...]

Websites collecting opinions about “public persons” may present also negative opinions – as long as such opinions are reliable and fair. But they must bear in mind that their evaluation of such criticism (and the credibility of notification in this respect) – if the injured party does not agree with it – will be subject [...]

We have already posted on the IPBLOG how to legally advertise in the outdoors. That post was inspired by the legislative works, then in progress, on the Landscaping Act draft. The Act was signed by the President of the Republic of Poland in May, and will come into force on September 10, 2015. For this [...]