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’ activity and competition law
More and more entrepreneurs decide to promote their products or services using the so-called influencers. Both entrepreneurs and influencers very
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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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Trade mark after the amendment of the Industrial Property Law
On 20 February 2019, the Polish Sejm, adopted the Act amending the Industrial Property Law in order to implement the
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The taste of food products is not eligible for copyright protection
In the judgment of 13 November 2018 the Court of Justice of the EU was supposed to answer the questions
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