Poland IP: Trademarks, Patents, Industrial Designs, Copyright and Domain Names

Poland, is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north. The total area of Poland is 312,679 square kilometres, making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe.

General Information

Capital:

Warsaw

Population:

38 Million

Languages:

Polish

Government Type:

Parliamentary republic

Dialing Code:

+48

Timezone:

GMT +1

Monetary Unit:

Złoty (PLN)

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Poland

International Arrangements

WIPO Convention
Paris Convention (Industrial Property)
Berne Convention (Literary and Artistic Works
PCT (Patents)
PLT (Patent Law Treaty)
Madrid Agreement (False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods)
Madrid Agreement (International Registration of Marks)
Madrid Protocol (International Registration of Marks)
Nice Agreement (International Classification of Goods and Services)
Strasbourg Agreement (International Patent Classification)
Rome Convention (Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations)
Vienna Agreement (International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks)
Budapest Treaty (Deposit of Micro-organisms)
Nairobi Treaty (Olympic Symbol)
WCT (WIPO Copyright Treaty)
WPPT (WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty)
WTO: Member and Signatory to TRIPS Agreement
Member of CEFTA
Member of UCC
Member of UPOV

Patents

Types of Patents:
- Patents of Invention
- Patents of PCT

Filing requirements:
- Power of attorney;
- 2 copies of specification, claims and abstract in Polish, English, French, German or Russian;
- Drawings;
- Priority document, if not issued in English, French, German or Russian, together with authenticated translation into one of theses language;
- Allocation of priorities;
- Statement or document as to the applicant’s right to the invention if he is not an inventor, such a statement may be signed by a resident agent based on the information provided;

Granting:
- Twenty years from the date;

Renewals:
- No possibility of extension;

Trademarks

Filing requirements:
- Power of attorney;
- 25 copies
- List of goods;
- Priority document(with certified translation if not in English, French or German;

Granting:
- Ten years;

Renewals:
- For further periods of ten years;

Designs and Models

Filing requirements:
- Power of attorney
- Drawings, 1 on thick white paper, 4 copies, photographs or sample of textile fabric may be enclosed only as an additional illustrative material;
- Assignment deed(s), if the inventor is not the applicant;
- Priority document, as for “patents”;

Granting:
- Information was not found;

Renewals:
- Information was not found;

Copyrights

Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

As a member of the Berne Convention, it is possible to copyright protect creative works in this country, as well as all the other member nations automatically (more than 160 countries), with one single application.

For more information and to submit us your works for worldwide copyright protection, click here.

Domain Names

Domain extension:

.pl

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Poland IP: Trademarks, Patents, Industrial Designs, Copyright and Domain Names