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Timestamp: 2019-04-19 00:54:25+00:00

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The Supreme Court in its judgment of 5 October 1976 case file IV CR 127/7613 ruled that the photography is not protected by copyright, when it only serves as a registration of situation or occurrence. Such photo is taken by the author in clearly defined manner, by using well-defined standards, etc., and it lacks the threshold of creativity.
Categories: copyright law | copyrightable subject matter | Polish Supreme Court | threshold of creativity.
The Supreme Court in its judgment of 27 February 2009, case file V CSK 337/08 ruled that the specification of essential terms of the contract as defined by the public procurement system can be deemed as copyrighted work.
Categories: Art. 1 ARNR | copyright law | copyrightable subject matter | Polish Act on Authors Rights and Neighbouring Rights | Polish Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court in its judgment of 7 November 2003 case file V CK 391/02, published in OSN 2004, No 12, item 203, ruled that introduction to the work, which was an academic textbook, non-substantive amendments, and changes that were merely stylistic or were made during proofreading, is not a manifestation of creative activity and does not justify the granting of the person who made such amendments, the status of a co-author.
Categories: Art. 1 ARNR | Art. 2 ARNR | co-autorship | copyright law | copyrightable subject matter | derivative work | joint work | Polish Act on Authors Rights and Neighbouring Rights | Polish Supreme Court | threshold of creativity.
The Supreme Court in its judgment of 25 April 1973 case file I CR 91/73 ruled that the work of art becomes subject to copyright if it’s somehow fixed, i.e., if it takes any form, even if unstable and transient, but in so constant, so that the content and features of the work exerted artistic effect. The compositions of flowers (ikebana) meet this requirement. Therefore, it is not allowed to copy it without permission, inter alia, by photographic means, for any use other than personal use, in particular – for use in connection with the achievement of economic benefits.
Categories: Art. 1 ARNR | copyright infringement | copyright law | copyrightable subject matter | moral rights | permissible use of copyrighted materials | Polish Act on Authors Rights and Neighbouring Rights | Polish Supreme Court | threshold of creativity.
The Supreme Court – Civil Chamber in it judgment of 13 January 2006, case file III CSK 40/05, published in the Supreme Court’s Bulletin of 2006, No 3, the “Wokanda” magazine of 2006, No 6, p. 6, the Review of Economic Legislation (in Polish: Przegląd Ustawodawstwa Gospodarczego) of 2006, No 7, p. 32, held that the expression of human intellectual activity which lacks adequate individuating characteristics, i.e. that it would distinguish it from other products of similar nature and purpose, cannot be regarded as a work that is a subject to copyright protection. The dependent copyright may arise if there already is – and simultaneously exists – the right to the “original/primary” work, which was creatively worked out by a person who claims the right to dependent copyright.
Categories: Art. 1 ARNR | Art. 2 ARNR | copyright law | copyrightable subject matter | derivative work | Polish Act on Authors Rights and Neighbouring Rights | Polish Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court in its judgment of 25 January 2006, case file I CK 281/05, published in the Supreme Court’s Bulletin of 2006, No 5, the Jurisprudence of the Supreme Court, the Civil Chamber (in Polish: Orzecznictwo Sądu Najwyższego Izba Cywilna) of 2006, No 11, item 186, p. 64, the “Wokanda” magazine of 2006, No 7-8, p. 17, held that the novelty requirement is not the essential feature of the creation process understood as an expression of human intellectual activity. The work within the meaning of article 1 of the Polish Act on Authors Rights and Neighbouring Rights, can be a compilation that is using publicly available data, provided that the choice of their segregation and the way of presentation indicates originality.
The Supreme Court in its judgment of 13 January 2006, case file III CSK 40/05, published in electronic database LEX, under the no 176385, held that “creative” and “individual” character of a work entitled for copyright protection can of course be based on the arguments relating to the subjective relationship between the creator and his work (“personal imprint”, “characteristics of personality”), or the objective aspects, i.e. relating to the product of the human mind. In the case of the application of the second test, which must be considered in light of the views of doctrine as better justified, it is assumed that the result of intellectual effort cannot be routine, standard and typical.
Categories: Art. 1 ARNR | Art. 2 ARNR | copyright law | copyrightable subject matter | Polish Act on Authors Rights and Neighbouring Rights | Polish Supreme Court.

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