Academic symposium: Image protection in intellectual property law

29 May 2019 - 30 May 2019

On 30-31 May 2019, a conference entitled “Image protection in intellectual property law” will take place in Warsaw. The organiser of the event is the Polish Patent Office.

The programme of the symposium includes the following thematic panels:

  • Defining image as the object of protection
  • Works of art and building structures, or a strategy for protection of cultural heritage
  • Strength of image, or a strategy for protection of public persons
  • Image commercialization

We are pleased to inform you that during the panel on defining image as the object of protection, Professor Elżbieta Traple, PhD Habil., will give a lecture entitled “Dissemination of the image of an object protected by an industrial design right – Permitted use or interference with design rights?”

Paweł Podrecki, PhD Habil., Professor of the Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, will be the moderator of the panel on image commercialization, and will give a lecture entitled “Can I sell my image? – Rules for exercising moral rights”.

The event’s programme is available on the website of the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland, as well as through the following link: Symposium Programme.