The office operates under the Act of 30 June 2000 - Industrial Property Law (Journal of Laws of 2003 No. 119, item. 1117, as amended. d..) and the implementing regulations to this law. Tasks and powers of the Patent Office shall specify in detail: Council of Ministers on 8 January 2002 on the detailed scope of the Polish Patent Office ( Dz. Laws of 2002 No. 8, pos. 59 , of 2011, No. 129, pos. 737 ) Prime Ministerial Decree of 7 June 2004 on the statute of the Republic of Polish Patent Office ( Coll. Laws of 2004, No. 140, item. 1484 , of 2010 No 41, pos. 237 ) Ordinance No. 3 of the President of the Polish Patent Office dated 30 June 2008 to introduce a uniform text of the orders on the detailed internal organization of the Polish Patent Office ( Dz. Gazette. UPRP of 2008, No. 2, pos. 3 , as amended. d. .) Patent attorneys and patent law specialists Full list of Polish Patent Attorneys and Patent Attorneys Offices are available from links below (it is extremely difficult to extract only those who are specialists in one branch): 1. Polish Patent Office list http://ipu.uprp.pl/portal/web/guest/rejestr_rzecznikow_patentowych 2. Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys http://www.rzecznikpatentowy.org.pl/ Governmental & state support for protecting IPR in Poland and other opportunities There are few opportunities in Poland for supporting protection of IPR. One is Patent Plus Programme launched by Ministry of Science and Higher Education which offers support for max. 90% of fixed budget (http://www.nauka.gov.pl/ministerstwo/inicjatywyministerstwa/programy-ministra/patent-plus/) Other possibility is a Innovative Economy Programme which offers 100% support for promotion and implementation of IPR protection outside Poland. At the same time governmental and private entities are running additional activities connected with raising awareness about importance of IPR. For example Polish Agency for Enterprise Development is organizing meeting and workshops for which they‘re inviting representatives of SME, research area etc. The same process we can observe on main Universities in different cities. Due to novella of Law on Higher Education Universities are obliged to adopt Regulation of IPR which also creates new opportunities to raise awareness of scientists and motivates them to consciously protect their ideas. LIST OF PATENT INFORMATION CENTRES IN POLAND: University of Mining and Metallurgy in Krakow
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