The name ‘hotelik’ (small hotel) is misleading
In the era of rapidly growing hotel industry, guests are increasingly exposed to being misled as to the type and
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Jurisprudence
Mineral water can only be described as ‘bio’ if it fulfils certain criteria
Marking products with the prefixes “eco” or “bio” is subject to control under EU Regulation no 834/2007. Their use in
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Who is bound by the EU rules on labelling of organic products?
The Court of Justice of the European Union in its judgment of 12 October 2017 in case C-289/16 interpreted the
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Who is obligated to obey the trade secret?
The group of entities which are able to commit an act of unfair competition within the meaning of Polish Act
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Knowledge, experience and skills acquired by the employee vs trade secret
In the course of employment with a given employer, an employee has access to a range of information that is
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Non-competition agreements when selling real estate – what are the limits of freedom of contracts?
The principle of freedom of contracts enables the parties to a legal relationship to adopt solutions limiting the scope of
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Influencers violate law when they do not mark the links as advertisement
The Regional Court in Karlsruhe in the judgment of 21 March 2019 stated that influencers who publish on Instagram and
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Hashtag #ad at the end of the post on Instagram is not sufficient advertisement’s marking
The Higher Regional Court in Celle on 8 June 2017 delivered the judgment in which it stated that the big
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Obligation of marking of influencers’ advertisements depends on the content of the certain post
The Higher Regional Court in Berlin in the judgment of 8 January 2019 stated that not every influencer’s post which
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Information access claim of art. 2861(1)(3) of Industrial Property Law contrary to the Constitution
The Constitutional Tribunal in its judgment of 6 December 2018 stated that art. 2861(1)(3) of Industrial Property Law is contrary
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