The Voivodeship Administrative Court (VAC) in Warsaw in a judgment of 8 June 2009, case file VI SA/Wa 536/09, held that according to article 102(1) of the IPL the appearance of the whole or a part of a product decides about the possibility to qualify it as an industrial design, i.e. its appearance – visually perceived elements of a product that constitute a single entirety, not the product itself and its functional value or utility.

This judgment concerned the industrial design “Obudowa dzwonka” (in English: bell casing), Rp-5041.

See also “Polish regulations on industrial designs” and “Polish case law on industrial designs“.

Categories: appearance of the whole or a part of a product | Art. 102 IPL | industrial designs | Polish Act on Industrial Property Law | Polish courts | Polish law | Voivodeship Administrative Court.