Krystyna Szczepanowska-Kozlowska

The judgment addresses the question of whether an employee’s right to additional remuneration from the employer for use of an invention they created depends on whether the employer obtained a patent…

The resolution addresses the question of when the limitation period starts to run when it comes to claims arising from a continuous (repeated) infringement of industrial property rights. The Supreme…

The Supreme Administrative Court held that the publication of an application for a European patent that included the description of an industrial design in the relevant journal before the protection…

The judgment addresses the question of the scope of the co-inventors' right to obtain a patent, prior to the grant of the patent. The Supreme Court presented the view that the substance of the co…

A patent applicant is not obliged to prove the industrial applicability of an invention. It is the Patent Office which must prove the lack thereof. A full summary of this case has been published on…

The Bolar exemption must be interpreted narrowly in order not to affect the patent holder's exclusive rights. The privilege of the generic drug manufacturers who are allowed to conduct clinical…

The Polish government's enthusiasm for the EU patent package has seriously dwindled of late. It appears to have taken several steps back with respect to the implementation of a unified patent…

The Polish Supreme Administrative Court invalidated a decision of the Polish Patent Office in which it refused to grant a patent for an invention related to digital electronics. The court held that…

The Supreme Administrative Court stated that the patentability requirements used by the Polish Patent Office should be construed in compliance with the patentability requirements provided in the…