III RN 5/99
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Lease of a state enterprise does not transfer trademark rights to the lessee as a legal successor.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed the appeal against the Patent Office's decision to invalidate a trademark registration. The applicant argued that a lease agreement transferred the right to use the trademark to the lessee after the lessor's liquidation, claiming this violated public order by monopolizing a shared mark. The court held that a lease does not create legal succession to trademark rights, especially when the lessor lacked registration rights, and that the privatization agreement explicitly assigned the right to the lessee.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedUstawa o znakach towarowych z dnia 31 stycznia 1985 r.; leasing przedsiębiorstwa nie stanowi następstwa prawnego w zakresie praw do znaku towarowego.
Keywords
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trademark registration
lease agreement
legal succession
public order
patent office decision
trademark invalidation
state enterprise privatization
Cited Legislation
AI generatedUstawa z dnia 31 stycznia 1985 r. o znakach towarowych (Dz.U. Nr 5, poz. 17 ze zm.)
Ustawa z dnia 13 lipca 1990 r. o prywatyzacji przedsiębiorstw państwowych (Dz.U. Nr 51, poz. 298)
Kodeks cywilny art. 55 ust. 1