The article was prepared by KG LEGAL KIEŁTYKA GŁADKOWSKI based in Cracow, Poland, specialising in cross border cases, with its focus on new technologies, IT and life science, discusses start-ups, differences between business secret and know-how and the value of these for a company being a start-up, protection of intellectual property, the importance of patent law for start-ups, protection of biotechnological inventions, copyright, the patentability of inventions, protection of IT solutions, procedures for obtaining a patent and rights granted under a patent.
See the link to the article in Polish: http://mojafirma.infor.pl/prawo-autorskie/patent/749659,2,Polskie-startupy-w-IT-i-biotechnologii-ochrona-prawna.html
The information was prepared by Kamil Trzaskoś of KG Legal Polish Law Firm. KG Legal provides specialised legal assistance to IT, Life Science as well as investment processes in Poland and organises networking between Polish and international companies and research centres.
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The association BioLaw Europe FmbA is a new initiative of the European law firms with extensive recognition in life science specialisation.
The strength of this organization is the fact that is comprises the law firms from the European Union and EFTA having thorough expertise in life science area. The founders of the organization are three law firms from Denmark, the UK and Spain.
BioLaw Europe aims to create a platform for professional marketing, collaboration, education, training and communication for the entities related to broadly understood life science sector.
The association will attempt to encourage the entities operating in different jurisdictions in the field of life science to cooperate and work on mutual projects.
Due to the fact that Atty. Jakub Gładkowski has been appointed the auditor of the Management Board of BioLaw Europe for 2015, KG Legal has created a new thematic portal BIOLAW EUROPE Life Science, which is a response to the current information needs of the organization and the place for publications on the issues related to life science sector.
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KG Legal Law Firm has obtained the membership of the British Institute of Export which is the professional membership body representing and supporting the interests of everyone involved in importing, exporting and international trade. The Institute is the leading authority in best practice and competence for businesses trading globally.
The membership in IOE will help KG Legal to provide professional support to the expansion of foreign business entities in the Polish jurisdiction.
Małgorzata Kiełtyka, Jakub Gładkowski
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BioLawEurope F.m.b.A. (“BioLawEurope”) comprises a network of independent law firms, i.e. a collective number of licensed attorneys operating nationally under a common trademark or name, but not necessarily in the form of a corporation, and individual attorneys registered and licensed in one or more European jurisdictions and specialized in the rendering of legal services to commercial as well as non-profit based natural and legal persons, including universities and organizations operating, investing in and/or servicing biotech, pharma, food supplement, medical device and/or dentistry industry related.
BioLawEurope is registered in Denmark by the Danish Business Authority under CVR No. DK 3630 6092, as a limited liability association.
The Members of the Alliance are dedicated to rendering high quality personalized tailormade legal services to clients within the European Economic Area and Switzerland, giving their clients the opportunity to have specialist advice rendered in and for one or more of these jurisdictions.
Link to: BIOLAWEUROPE
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Pay-per-view in Polish and European law
Polish law do not fully take into consideration the pay-per-view services yet. There is no such term as “pay-per-view” in the Polish law. We should consider “pay-per-view” services as a programme within the meaning of the Broadcasting Law: shall mean a set of moving images with or without sound (audiovisual programme) or a set of sounds (radio programme) constituting, in terms of its content, form, purpose or authorship, an separate item within a programme service developed by the media service provider or a catalogue of programmes made available to the public as part of on-demand audiovisual media service, hereinafter the “catalogue”. This is the result of the implementation of the Directive 2010/13/UE, where the “programme” is defined as: a set of moving images with or without sound constituting an individual item within a schedule or a catalogue established by a media service provider and the form and content of which are comparable to the form and content of television broadcasting. Examples of programmes include feature-length films, sports events, situation comedies, documentaries, children’s programmes and original drama;
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