Territorial Range of an Industrial Design Licence (Comments Based on the Supreme Court Judgement of 21 January 2015, IV CSK 225/14 Cover Image

Zakres terytorialny licencji na wzór przemysłowy (uwagi na tle wyroku Sądu Najwyższego z dnia 21 stycznia 2015 r. IV CSK 225/14)
Territorial Range of an Industrial Design Licence (Comments Based on the Supreme Court Judgement of 21 January 2015, IV CSK 225/14

Author(s): Małgorzata Sekuła-Leleno
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Public Administration
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: territorial range of licence; a licensing contract; contract interpretation

Summary/Abstract: The objective elements of a licensing contract that are significant include: the entitlementto use an invention protected by a patent granted to a licensee and the use ofthe invention by a licensee in the scope for which the licence was granted. A licensingcontract “creates a relation of special trust in and cooperation between the parties”,which influences determination of contractual obligations (contract interpretation) aswell as may limit the scope of contract freedom. Determination of the territorial rangeof a licence following the EU pattern does not constitute an essential term (essentialianegotii) of a licensing contract but a non-essential objective element of the legal transactioncontent (naturalia negotii).

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 19 (3)
  • Page Range: 81-100
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish