Poland is a member state of the Madrid Treaty on Registration of Trademarks. Since 1991, Poland has also been a member of the Madrid Treaty on the International Registration of Marks and since the spring of 1997 has been a member of the Protocol to the Treaty.

Poland adopts the principle of first-to-register trademark protection, but the earliest user is granted certain rights. Poland accepts registration applications for commodity trademarks, service marks and collective trademarks. Poland adopts trademark registration for goods and services. international classification.

The international treaties and organizations related to trademarks that Poland is a member of include the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, the Madrid Agreement on the International Registration of Trademarks, the Madrid Protocol, the Nice Agreement and the World Intellectual Property Organization , acceded to the Madrid Agreement on March 18, 1991, and the Madrid Protocol on March 4, 1997, and are both members of the same agreement.