The Voivodeship Administrative Court in its judgment of 21 May 2010 case file VI SA/Wa 173/10 held that the statutory condition for the lapse of the right of protection is intended to eliminate the rights of protection granted to those signs that are not actually used in trade. The grant of the protection for a trademark is associated with the statutory obligation of genuine use of the mark for goods and services for which the trade mark is registered. It cannot be used symbolically, only to maintain the rights of registration. This case concerned the proceedings on lapse of the right of protection for “transpak gotuj ze smakiem” R-129729 trade Mark owned by Grajewski Zbigniew, Przedsiębiorstwo Produkcyjno-Usługowo-Handlowe TRANSPAK from Puszczykowo.

Categories: Art. 107 §3 APC | Art. 154 IPL | Art. 169(1)(i) IPL | Art. 20 Constitution | Art. 22 Constitution | Art. 256 IPL | Art. 315 IPL | Art. 77 APC | Art. 80 APC | genuine use | Polish Act on Industrial Property Law | Polish Administrative Proceedings Code | Polish Constitution | trade mark lapse | trademark law | Voivodeship Administrative Court.