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03.12 2024

DR. MICHAŁ MARKIEWICZ FOR RZECZPOSPOLITA – INDUSTRIAL DESIGN REFORM IN POLAND AND THE EU IS IMMINENT

This time in Rzeczpospolita, I am writing about the impending industrial design reform. Both EU Regulation 2024/2822 and EU Directive 2024/2823 have already been officially published. The regulation will be applied as of May 1, 2025, while the Directive should be implemented by Member States by December 9, 2027. In the text, I point out the most important changes in industrial design law, including, among others . on: the expansion of the definition of design, the explicit designation of the absence of a visibility requirement for most designs, the lack of narrowing of protection in national law to categories of specific products, changes to the right to an unregistered EU design, protection against the use of files enabling 3D printing, the introduction of a mandatory repair clause to national rights (realistically, however, only from 2032) but at the same time narrowing its scope relative to the version in the earlier regulation. https://archiwum.rp.pl/artykul/1521764-Kiedy-%E2%80%9Enie-zawierac%E2%80%9D-licencji.html

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05.11 2024

DR MICHAŁ MARKIEWICZ FOR THE RZECZPOSPOLITA – AI CAN HELP WITH COPYRIGHT DISPUTES

In today’s Rzeczpospolita, Dr. Michal Markiewicz writes about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on litigation strategies in copyright disputes. In particular, he focuses on: the possibility of challenging the fulfillment of the prerequisites of a work using AI, the importance of AI for the application of the “statistical singularity test,” the defense charge of “parallel creation” based on AI creations. Link to the article: https://pro.rp.pl/biznes/art41394111-ai-moze-pomoc-w-sporach-prawnoautorskich?

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