Poland: Private companies will be able to purchase rights to new inventions from university scientists
Companies will now be able to acquire new technologies from scientists who are employed at universities and own the rights to the solutions created.
For several years now the Polish government has taken firm action in the economy designed to stimulate innovation, cooperation between science and business, as well as transfer of new technologies developed by state research units (SRU), such as universities, research institutes and scientific institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
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Poland: Criminal protection of designs is not so easy in Poland
A design owner may enforce their design rights in Poland via both civil and criminal proceedings. The decision whether to enforce using civil or criminal proceedings (or both) depends on the circumstances of the case and the design owner’s ultimate goals. However, in practice, many design owners turn to civil proceedings over criminal proceedings for the following reasons.
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Polish Vodka/Polska Wodka - What does it mean?
There are not many Polish products that have made a worldwide carrier more spectacular than Polish Vodka (which is spelled Wódka in Polish and is the diminutive of the word “woda” – water). Vodka (its manufacturing process and geographical indication “POLISH VODKA/POLSKA WÓDKA”), a Polish national alcoholic beverage is subject to legal protection by the Act of 18 November 2006 on Manufacturing of Spirit Liquors and Registration and Protection of Geographical Indications of Spirit Liquors.
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