Supreme Court dismisses appeal regarding patent fee non-payment, ruling final decision only confirms lack of patent conditions.

The Supreme Court of Poland dismissed the cassation appeal filed by multiple plaintiffs against KGHM P.M. SA regarding unpaid patent protection fees. The lower court had rejected the plaintiffs' claim for remuneration based on a rationalization project agreement, noting that the patent office's final decision regarding fee payment only conditionally confirmed the absence of statutory patent conditions. The court held that the final decision does not grant patent protection but merely suspends it until fees are paid, and thus the cassation arguments regarding fact-finding and procedural errors were inadmissible.