Extension of patents from fifteen to twenty years in Poland have owners of expired Polish patents from all over the world gained an unexpected gift? journal article Berenika Depo Zeitschrift für Stoffrecht, Volume 3 (2006), Issue 4, Page 6 In a groundbreaking case concerning the priority of international agreements over national laws, Poland's Supreme Administrative Court declared in February 2006 that two provisions of TRIPS, an annex to the World Trade Organization Agreement, on patent protection should override Poland's local laws. The Polish Patent Office must now extend the validity of patents registered earlier in Poland from fifteen to twenty years. The case clearly sets the standard
Specific criteria in determining likelihood of confusion in relation to pharmaceutical products journal article Berenika Depo Zeitschrift für Stoffrecht, Volume 1 (2004), Issue 4, Page 8 I. Introduction The basic legal requirements for determining likelihood of confusion under the Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark (“CTMR”)1 are laid down in Article 8(1)(b), and also in the 7th recital to that Regulation. According to Article 8(1)(b) CTMR, upon opposition by the proprietor of an earlier trade mark, the trade mark applied for shall not be registered, “if because of its identity with or simi
Geplante und bestehende Regulierungen in Bezug auf primäres und sekundäres Mikroplastik Vanessa Homann, Gregor Franßen