An industrial design shall be any new and having individual character appearance of the whole or a part of a product resulting from the features of, in particular, the lines, colors, shape, texture or materials of the product and its ornamentation. A product shall be any industrial or handicraft item, including, in particular, packaging, graphic symbols and typographic typefaces, but excluding computer programs. A product shall also be an item which is composed of multiple components, which can be replaced permitting disassembly and reassembly of the item (complex product), as well as a component part, if, once incorporated into the complex product, it remains visible during normal use of the latter. For an industrial design a right in registration may be granted. The right in registration shall confer the exclusive right to exploit the industrial design for profit or for professional purposes throughout the territory of the Republic of Poland (national application), European Union (application for EU industrial design) or in any country in the world (international application for an industrial design). The term of a right in registration shall be 25 years counted from the date of filing of an application with the Patent Office, said term being divided into 5-year periods. While filing an application for an industrial design, the following shall be provided:

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A topography of an integrated circuit, hereinafter referred to as a “topography”, shall be any solution consisting of a three-dimensional arrangement of the elements, however expressed, at least one of which is an active element, and of all or some interconnections in an integrated circuit. An integrated circuit shall mean any three-dimensional product having one or more layers, composed of elements of semiconducting material forming a continuous layer and of conducting interconnections and insulating spaces, inseparably interconnected, intended to perform electronic functions. Right in registration shall have the form of a certificate of registration of a topography. Holder of the right in registration can indicate that their topography has been registered by placing the letter T enclosed in a circle on the topography or a product containing this protected topography. The right in registration shall confer the exclusive right to exploit the industrial design for profit or for professional purposes throughout the territory of the Republic of Poland. The term of the right of protection shall be 10 years counted from the end of a calendar year in which the topography or an integrated circuit containing the topography was filed with the Patent Office. Topography protection shall terminate 10 years from the end of the calendar year in which the topography or an integrated circuit embodying such topography was put on the market or from the end of the calendar year in an application for registration of the topography was filed with the Patent Office, whichever term expires earlier.

Geographical indications, for the purpose of the Law, shall be word indications which in an explicit or implicit manner designate the name of a place, locality, region or country (territory), which identify goods as originating in that territory, where a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of the goods is essentially attributable to their geographical origin. For a geographical indication a right in registration may be granted. Term of protection for a geographical indication shall be unlimited and shall start from the date of its entry in the Register of Geographical Indications kept by the Patent Office.

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