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The Back Office project kicks off accross Europe

The Back Office project kicks off accross Europe

An OHIM team is in Athens for two weeks, working with both Greek offices to prepare the Back Office project. As the pilots near completion in Finland and Poland, 10 other intellectual property offices are getting ready to follow. These include Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, BOIP, Greece GGE, Greece OBI, Malta, Slovenia, Romania, and Spain. Both Greek […]

7th International Conference on the "Innovation and creativity of women - Design opportunity for SMEs and regions"

7th International Conference on the “Innovation and creativity of women – Design opportunity for SMEs and regions”

On 20-21 March in Warsaw was held a conference on the role of design in the development of regions and enterprises, organized by the Polish Patent Office. During the meeting were discussed issues on the possibility of obtaining financial support to entrepreneurs, co-designers of small and medium-sized enterprises for business innovation in the programs of […]

IP Marketplace available for Polish users

IP Marketplace available for Polish users

The free online platform IP Marketplace exists since 2007 and is managed by the Danish Patent and Trademark Office. IP Marketplace is a free platform for buying or selling intellectual property rights and licenses. IP Marketplace unites people, interested in selling and buying exclusive IP rights and licenses and is a virtual place where potential partners […]

The term of bad faith in the application of a trade mark

The term of bad faith in the application of a trade mark

In a judgment from 19 February 2009 (signature VI SA/Wa 1917/08) District Administrative Court in Warsaw overruled the decision of the Polish Patent Office in the subject of annulling the right of protection for the trade mark “corotape” issued as a result of a submitted opposition claiming bad faith of the applicant and the fact […]