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Timestamp: 2019-04-20 05:13:51+00:00

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The Voivodeship Administrative Court in Łódź in its judgment of 23 September 2010 case file I SA/Łd 762/10 held that a person whose account on an auction website was illegally hacked and used for sale of goods by someone else, is not obliged account to tax for such activity.
Categories: Art. 145 PBAC | Art. 151 PBAC | computer crime | computer law | criminal law | e-auctions | e-law issues | legal regulations on computer networks | Polish Act on Goods and Services Tax | Polish Act on Proceedings Before Administrative Courts | tax law | Voivodeship Administrative Court.
Skandinaviska Farginstitutet AB the owner of NCS Natural Color System R-129085 trade mark filed opposition against the decision of the Polish Patent Office on the grant of the right of protection for COLOR SYSTEM R-171995 trade mark for AGENCJA PROMOCYJNA “COLOR SYSTEM” Iwona Emilia Hachlica. The PPO dismissed the opposition.
The Voivodeship Administrative Court in Warsaw in its judgment of 12 December 2008 case file VI SA/Wa 2113/08 affirmed this decision. The VAc held that the overall assessment of the likelihood of confusion, in relation to the visual, aural or conceptual similarity of the trade marks at issue must be based on the overall impression, taking account in particular, their distinctive and dominant components/elements. The Court ruled also that the registration of the trade mark in a given form does not afford the exclusivity in relation to particular elements of this trade mar, apart from situations where a part of the sign is a reputed/renown trade mark.
Categories: Art. 132(2)(ii) IPL | Art. 151 PBAC | company name or firm | likelihood of confusion | similarity of goods | similarity of signs | trade mark infringement | Voivodeship Administrative Court.
The Voivodeship Administrative Court in its judgment of 20 March 2008 case file VI SA/Wa 2091/07 held that the restoration of a deadline/time limit is an institution aimed at protecting individuals against the consequences of failure to fulfill the term. It applies only to procedural time limits and to deadlines to perform proper actions in the proceedings, for example, the deadline for lodging an appeal. Article 252 of the IPL excluded the application of the provisions of the APC in matters governed by the IPL.
Subject to Article 253, the provisions of the Code of Administrative Procedure shall apply accordingly to cases not regulated by this Law.
The Court ruled that it is possible for a party to file a request for the re-examination of the case even if that case ended with the decision that has beneficial consequences for the requesting party. In the opinion of the Court there are no provisions forbidding to challenge decisions favorable to the party. See also “Procedural law, case VI SA/Wa 934/10“.
Categories: Art. 151 PBAC | Art. 243 IPL | Art. 252 IPL | Art. 58 APC | Polish Act on Industrial Property Law | Polish Act on Press Law | Polish Administrative Proceedings Code | Voivodeship Administrative Court.
The Voivodeship Administrative Court in Warsaw in its judgment of 20 March 2007, case file VI SA/Wa 1998/06 ruled that the source of legal interest to seek a declaration on the lapse of the right of protection for a trade mark may be general rules of law that create the right of establishment of business activity (article 20 and article 22 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland). However, any person requesting the Patent Office to make a decision on the lapse of the right of protection for the trade mark must prove, on pain of dismissal of such application, that the disputed trade mark limits business activity of an applicant, or it has negative impact the legal situation of the applicant. This case concerned ION R-110244 and ION WEST R-11020 trade marks.
The court deciding this case was aware that divergent views on the subject of legal interests are presented both in the legal doctrine and the case-law. One part of the legal doctrine and practising lawyers believes that a lack of legal interest justyfies the issuance of a refusal based on the formal reasons, and another part’s view is that in this case, the PPO should take the decision to discontinue the proceedings. The court cited the judgment of the Supreme Administrative Court of 7 September 1989, act signature SA/Ka 441/89 and its critical gloss written by Barbara Adamiak, published in OSP 1991/2/33.
The Supreme Administrative Court in its judgment of 25 January 2008 case file II GSK 309/07 ruled that the request for a referral to the Court of Justice regarding the question whether the article 12(1) of First Directive 89/104/EEC of the Council, of 21 December 1988, to Approximate the Laws of the Member States Relating to Trade Marks allows Member States to introduce into the national law an additional substantial prerequisite regarding the legitimate interest, limiting the class of persons allowed to seek for a declaration on the lapse of the right of protection for a trade mark that was failed to be put to genuine use to those who are able to demonstrate their interest and depriving such possibility the business entities having the actual interest, including economic one, is unfounded.
Categories: Art. 120(1) IPL | Art. 120(2) IPL | Art. 145 PBAC | Art. 151 PBAC | Art. 153 IPL | Art. 165 IPL | Art. 169(1)(i) IPL | Art. 169(2) IPL | legal interest | Polish Act on Industrial Property Law | Polish Act on Proceedings Before Administrative Courts | Polish Administrative Proceedings Code | Polish Supreme Administrative Court | trademark law.

References: Art. 145
 Art. 151
 Art. 132
 Art. 151
 Art. 151
 Art. 243
 Art. 252
 Art. 58
 Art. 120
 Art. 120
 Art. 145
 Art. 151
 Art. 153
 Art. 165
 Art. 169
 Art. 169