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MONDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER 2010
Poland: the differences between trade mark invalidation and the cancellation of the decision
This is the continuation of a story decribed in "Poland: whose Heritage is this?". The Supreme Administrative Court in its judgment of 10 August 2010 case file II GSK 746/09 dismissed the cassation complaint brought by Zygmunt Piotrowski. The SAC held inter alia that the provisions of the old Trade Mark Law or the new Act on Indutrial Property Law do not provide in the course of the litigation proceedings lead by the Polish Patent Office, for the possibility to control the legality of the administrative proceedings that concerned the registration of a given trade mark. The legality of a decision granting the right of protection should be challenged in different proceedings.
The Court noted that Mr Piotrowski has confused the concepts of "invalidation of the registration right" or "invalidation of right of protection for a trade mark" with the annulment of the decision on the granting of the right. There are different grounds for such decisions and other procedures on their issuance, but in case of the breach of the provisions listed in Article 29 of the Trade Marks Act, those conditions may overlap, and only in this case they might be raised in the opposition proceedings. Consequently, the invaliditon of the protection right, although identical in its consequences, cannot be identified with the institution of the annulment of the decision on the granting of the right of protection. Posted by: Tomasz Rychlicki @ 15.39
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Poland: the differences between trade mark invalidation and the cancellation of the decision
The Court noted that Mr Piotrowski has confused the concepts of "invalidation of the registration right" or "invalidation of right of protection for a trade mark" with the annulment of the decision on the granting of the right. There are different grounds for such decisions and other procedures on their issuance, but in case of the breach of the provisions listed in Article 29 of the Trade Marks Act, those conditions may overlap, and only in this case they might be raised in the opposition proceedings. Consequently, the invaliditon of the protection right, although identical in its consequences, cannot be identified with the institution of the annulment of the decision on the granting of the right of protection. Posted by: Tomasz Rychlicki @ 15.39
Tags: Polish Supreme Administrative Court, invalidation proceedings, annulment of the decision,
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