Prior art in EU design law and its worldwide implications : taking advantage of flexibilities or being obstructed by ambiguities

Design Law : Global Law and Practice / Dana Beldiman (ed.) – Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2024, s. 503-540.

The scope of prior art is instrumental in assessing the validity of design rights. Although novelty, being the main requirement of granting protection, is a common denominator of design legislation worldwide, the parameters determining the state of art vary. This work explores how the EU harmonized design regime defines prior art. Specifically, the chapter discusses the EU-model of relative novelty in terms of what constitutes relevant disclosure, normative exceptions to disclosure and particularities related to disclosure of unregistered designs. The chapter also explores the subject-matter which can serve as term of comparison between a contested design and a design from the prior art. The concepts of design and prior art serve to accentuate the specifics of non-EU design laws in the final part that explores the interaction between EU and non-EU design systems. The concluding remarks advocate for providing more coherent legal solutions among national laws to benefit global business.

Znaki towarowe jako wskaźnik innowacyjności?

Ad cuius bonum? : o wartościach i interesach zasługujących na ochronę prawną : księga jubileuszowa Profesor Heleny Żakowskiej-Henzler / redakcja naukowa Żaneta Zemła-Pacud, Tomasz Zimny. Warszawa : Wydawnictwo INP PAN, 2023, s. 385-397.

This piece examines the relationship between trade marks and innovation activities and outputs. It acknowledges the growing interest of the legal doctrine as to how trade Marks may enhance and transgress their basic function of being source-indicator and reputation-related asset in order to support the development of innovation activities. However, market studies do not confer consistent results as to whether trade marks facilitate the re investment in innovation, serve as valuable intangibles monetized to attract capital, ensure successful commercialization of outputs, or are simply used as barrier to entry with various anti-competitive effects. The present piece looks into two recent economic studies to verify the assumption concerning the positive corelation between trade marks and innovation. One study analyses the role played by trade marks in the commercialization of sustainable innovations by Dutch SMEs. Another study maps the regional trade mark activity in 47 Japanese prefectures in order to evaluate the extent to which trade marks capture soft innovation. This piece supports the need of interdisciplinary studies in order to correctly assess such issues as: the meaning of innovation, the stage at which trade marks connect with and determine innovation, the consequences of the trade marks-innovation link, and the parameters for measuring it.

Poland.

Design Rights : Functionality and Scope of Protection / ed. Christopher V. Carani. - AIPPI Law Series - 2nd ed. - Alphen aan den Rijn: Wolters Kluwer, 2022, s. 538-553.

Funkcjonalność techniczna i estetyczna jako przeszkoda rejestracji

Znaki towarowe i ich ochrona / redaktor Ryszard Skubisz. Warszawa : Wydawnictwo C. H. Beck, 2019, s. 15-38.

Alternative products as a factor in determining the functionality of trade marks : how the criteria from the USfunctionality doctrine could be applied in EU law

Is intellectual property pluralism functional? / edited by Susy Frankel. Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019, s. 178–205.

Druk 3D i jego wpływ na prawa własności przemysłowej

100 lat ochrony własności przemysłowej w Polsce : księga jubileuszowa Urzędu Patentowego Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej / redakcja naukowa Alicja Adamczak. Warszawa : Wolters Kluwer, 2018, s. 355-375.

Assessing the Impact of Registering Non-Traditional Marks : A European Union Competition Law Analysis

The protection of non-traditional trademarks : critical perspectives / edited by Irene Calboli and Martin Senftleben - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018., s. 235-256.

This chapter discusses possible negative effects on market competition resulting from registration and exercise of NTTMs. A first insight into EU judicial precedents dealing with trademarks reveals the risk of different practices violating competition rules. A following inquiry from a “law and economics” approach emphasizes certain competition concerns characteristic of NTTMs. The focal point concerns the issue of product substitutability, with a consideration as to whether competition law perspective may be of some use for trademark law, especially for functionality cases featuring NTTMs. After articulating the need of applying a functionality test based on product delineation and an assessment of substitutable alternatives, separate remarks discuss market definition in competition law underlining cases of narrowly defined markets because of branding strategies. The study advocates the use of methods and proofs modeled on those applied in competition law for examining the registrability and resolution of conflicts related to NTTMs.

Ochrona kumulatywna w zakresie rozwiązań technicznych

Prawo własności przemysłowej / redaktor Ryszard Skubisz ; autorzy Lavinia Brancusi [i 13 pozostałych]. Warszawa : Wydawnictwo C. H. Beck : Instytut Nauk Prawnych PAN, 2017, s. 293-318.

Ochrona kumulatywna w zakresie oznaczeń odróżniających

Prawo własności przemysłowej / redaktor Ryszard Skubisz ; autorzy Lavinia Brancusi [i 13 pozostałych]. Warszawa : Wydawnictwo C. H. Beck : Instytut Nauk Prawnych PAN, 2017, s. 318-363.

[Rozdział LI] Wprowadzenie

Współautorstwo: Poźniak-Niedzielska, Maria

Prawo własności przemysłowej / redaktor Ryszard Skubisz ; autorzy Lavinia Brancusi [i 13 pozostałych]. Warszawa : Wydawnictwo C. H. Beck : Instytut Nauk Prawnych PAN, 2017, s. 253-254.

Ochrona kumulatywna wzorów przemysłowych

Współautorstwo: Poźniak-Niedzielska, Maria

Prawo własności przemysłowej / redaktor Ryszard Skubisz ; autorzy Lavinia Brancusi [i 13 pozostałych]. Warszawa : Wydawnictwo C. H. Beck : Instytut Nauk Prawnych PAN, 2017, s. 254-293.

[Rozdział LI § 313] Uwagi końcowe

Prawo własności przemysłowej / redaktor Ryszard Skubisz ; autorzy Lavinia Brancusi [i 13 pozostałych]. Warszawa : Wydawnictwo C. H. Beck : Instytut Nauk Prawnych PAN, 2017, s. 363-364.