Upcoming amendments to the Polish pharmaceutical law *

Poland - May 20 2013
The Polish Ministry of Health has recently published two draft amendments to the Act on Pharmaceutical Law. They implement the EU directives with…

Co-authors: Marta Koremba.

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Can colour be a trade mark? *

Poland - June 27 2011
While a single colour can be a trade mark only if it acquires a secondary distinctive character, a composition of colours made in an appropriate way and with appropriate proportions of the colours used may be a trade mark which is inherently distinctive.

Co-authors: Maria Markiewicz.

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President of the Polish Public Procurement Office published its “Recommendations for Public Procurement in the Supply of Computer Systems” *

Poland - May 6 2011
On 23 December 2010 the President of the Polish Public Procurement Office (the "PPO" or the "Office") published his guidelines for all contracting parties organizing tenders for computer equipment subject to public procurement.

Co-authors: Konrad Opalski.

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The administrator of an internet forum may be responsible for unlawful posts – the judgment of the Court of Appeal of 18 January *

Poland - May 6 2011
If an administrator of an Internet forum monitors the posts and informs users in the terms & conditions about moderation of the forum including removal of unlawful posts, it should be aware that it may be liable for any offensive content published by users that it has not removed.

Co-authors: Agata Siarkiewicz.

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Trade marks and meta tags – fair use or unfair competition? *

Poland - June 21 2010
In October 2009 the Court for the Community Trade Marks and Community Designs in Warsaw issued a ground breaking milestone judgment in a case concerning use of third party trade marks in a website's meta tags in order to improve positioning in search results in some search engines (XXII GWzt 8/09).

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