1. The current Polish Trademark Law was promulgated on 1985 1 and came into effect on 1 July, 9851. Transitional clause: the rights granted by the old law (1March 28th, 963) are still valid. The provisions of the new law apply to trademark-related legal acts closed after July 1985. The usage regulations only apply to trademarks registered after July 1985;

2. Poland adopts the principle of trademark protection of prior registration, but grants certain rights to the first user;

3. Poland accepts applications for registration of commodity trademarks, service trademarks and collective trademarks;

4. Poland adopts the International Classification of Goods and Services for trademark registration;

5. The international treaties and organizations related to trademarks to which Poland has acceded include the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, the madrid agreement concerning the international registration of marks, the Madrid Protocol,

The Nice Agreement and the World Intellectual Property Organization joined the Madrid Agreement on March 199 18 and the Madrid Protocol on March 4, 1997, respectively, and they are both members of the Agreement.

6. National English abbreviation: PL;

7. The official language is Polish;

8. Multi-category system.