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Laws (25 texts)	Implementing Rules/Regulations (7 texts)	Treaty Approvals (4 texts)
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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) Constitution of The Republic Of Poland (1997) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Law No. 83 of February 4, 1994 on Copyright and Neighboring Rights (as last amended on October 21, 2010) (2010) Law of June 26, 2003 on the Legal Protection of Plant Varieties (as amended by Law of June 9, 2006, and Law of May 9, 2007) (2007) Law of June 30, 2000 on Industrial Property (as last amended by Law of 23 January 2004, and Law of June 29, 2007) (2007) Law of June 9, 2000 on Amendment to Law on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (2000) Law No. 46 of January 9, 1993 on Patent Agents (1993) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Law of July 27, 2001 on the Protection of Databases (2001) Law No. 724 of November 24, 1995 on Seed Industry (1995) Law of April 16, 1993 on Combating Unfair Competition (1993) IP Laws: issued by the Executive (Date of current version) Prime Ministerial Decree of May 20, 2008 on the Registers kept by the Polish Patent Office (2008) Prime Ministerial Decree of May 15, 2008 on filling in an electronic form of applications for the protection of inventions, medicinal products and plant protection products, utility models, industrial designs, trademarks, geographical indications and topographies of integrated circuits, and on carrying out correspondence in an electronic form (2008) Law of March 14, 2003 on the filing of European patent applications and effects of European patents in the Polish Republic (2007) Prime Ministerial Decree of November 3, 2004 on the Multipliers Used to Determine the Remuneration of Experts, Expert Assessors and Trainee Allowances and Rates in the Polish Patent Office (2004) Prime Ministerial Decree of June 7, 2004 on the statute of the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland (2004) Prime Ministerial Decree of July 29, 2003 on the Submission and Consideration of Requests for Additional Rights of Protection for Medicinal and Plant Protection Products (2003) Council of Ministers Decree of July 23, 2002 on Inventions and Utility Models relating to Defense or Security of the State (2002) Prime Ministerial Decree of July 8, 2002 on the Filing and Processing of Trade Marks (2002) Prime Ministerial Decree of June 17, 2002 on the Application Expertise and Asesury and Evaluation Activities Performed by the Assessor's Expert in the Polish Patent Office (2002) Prime Ministerial Decree of April 25, 2002 on the Filing and Processing of Geographical Indications (2002) Council of Ministers Order of January 8, 2002 on the detailed scope of the Polish Patent Office (2002) Prime Ministerial Decree of October 19, 2001 on the Filing and Processing of Topographies of Integrated Circuits (2001) Prime Ministerial Decree of September 17, 2001 on filing and Processing of Patent and Utility Models (2001) Council of Ministers Ordinance of August 29, 2001 on Charges relating to the Protection of Inventions, Utility Models, Industrial Designs, Trademarks, Geographical Indications and Topographies of Integrated Circuits (2001) Decree of the Minister for Agriculture and Food Economy No. 216 of April 15, 1996 concerning execution of some regulations of the Seed Industry Law (1996) Decree of the Minister for Agriculture and Food Economy No. 217 of April 15, 1996 concerning some Fees and Remunerations applied in the Seed Industry (1996)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) Regulation of the Prime Minister of January 30, 2002 on filing and processing industrial design applications (as amended on 13 June 2005) (2005) Ordinance of the Minister of Culture of June 2, 2003 on the Specification of Categories of Equipment and Carriers Used for Reproduction of Works and Fees on Such Equipment and Carriers for Sale by the Producers and Importers (2003) Council of Ministers Ordinance of May 27, 2003 on the Badges of Honor 'Merit for Innovation', its Design, Principles and Mode of Transmission and How to Wear (2003) Regulation of the Minister of Culture and Art No. 736 of December 22, 1994 on the detailed rules and procedures of the Copyright Commission, remuneration of its members and the scale of fees for proceedings before the Commission as well as rules of their remittance (1994) Regulation of the Council of Ministers No. 160 of April 28, 1993 on the Litigation and Appeal Procedures and on Fees relating to the Protection of Inventions and Utility Models (1993) Ordinance No. 179 of March 23, 1993 of the President of the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland on the Protection of Inventions and Utility Models (1993) Ordinance No. 20 of January 26, 1993 of the President of the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland on the Protection of Topographies of Integrated Circuits (1993)

Treaty Approvals	Laws / Decrees (Date of current version) Law of May 30, 2008 on the ratification of the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (2008) Law of May 30, 2008 on the ratification of the Singapore Treaty on Trademark Law Treaty and Regulations to the Singapore Trademark Law (2008) Law of September 19, 2003 on the ratification of the Convention on the Grant of European Patents (2003) Law of September 12, 2002 on the ratification of the Law of November 29, 2000 revising the Convention on the Grant of European Patents (2002)

IP Legal Literature	Guidelines of the President of the Patent Office for the interpretation of certain provisions of Law of June 30, 2000 on Industrial property (2003)

Treaty Membership	WIPO-Administered Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Summary Table of Membership of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Treaties Administered by WIPO, plus UPOV, WTO and UN Patent Law Treaty ... Trademark Law Treaty ... Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs (July 2, 2009) Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (July 2, 2009) WIPO Copyright Treaty (March 23, 2004) WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (October 21, 2003) Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (December 4, 1997) Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (June 13, 1997) Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (March 4, 1997) Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (March 4, 1997) Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (March 4, 1997) Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol (November 22, 1996) Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (September 22, 1993) Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (March 18, 1991) Patent Cooperation Treaty (December 25, 1990) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (March 23, 1975) Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods (December 10, 1928) Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (January 28, 1920) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (November 10, 1919) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) London Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes ... Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety ... Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity ... Kiev Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (December 24, 2012) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (October 25, 2012) Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (April 3, 2012) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (August 16, 2011) Protocol (III) additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the adoption of an additional distinctive emblem (April 26, 2010) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (January 21, 2009) Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005 (November 17, 2007) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (December 14, 2006) International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (May 8, 2005) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (February 16, 2005) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (March 9, 2004) Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (May 16, 2002) Helsinki Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (June 13, 2000) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (December 13, 1998) International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods (March 6, 1997) United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (June 1, 1996) Convention on Biological Diversity (April 17, 1996) Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (July 1, 1995) World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (July 1, 1995) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (October 26, 1994) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (April 23, 1992) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (April 23, 1992) International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) (November 11, 1989) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (June 18, 1977) Protocol 1 annexed for Universal Copyright Convention as revised at Paris on 24 July 1971 concerning the application of that Convention to works of Stateless persons and refugees (March 9, 1977) Protocol 1 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention as signed at Geneva on 6 September 1952 concerning the application of that Convention to works of stateless persons and refugees (March 9, 1977) Protocol 2 annexed for Universal Copyright Convention as revised at Paris on 24 July 1971 concerning the application of that Convention to works of certain international organizations (March 9, 1977) Universal Copyright Convention as revised on 24 July 1971, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI (March 9, 1977) Universal Copyright Convention of 6 September 1952, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI (March 9, 1977) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (September 29, 1976) Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (April 30, 1974) Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials (December 24, 1971) Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (November 6, 1956) Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (November 6, 1956) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (May 26, 1955) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (May 26, 1955) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (May 26, 1955) Convention and Statute on Freedom of Transit (January 6, 1925) IP Regional Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Convention on the Grant of European Patents (EPO) (March 1, 2004) IP-relevant Bilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Chile and the Government of the Republic of Poland for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (September 22, 2000) Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Poland concerning Business and Economic Relations (August 6, 1994) Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Republic of Poland for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (November 22, 1990)

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