Ruling of the Polish Supreme Court on the AUDI AG logo: The five-year limitation period runs from each day of the infringement:
On the 18th of May 2021 the Polish Supreme Court ruled on a very ambiguous issue concerning the calculation of the limitation period for non-pecuniary claims in trademark matters (III CZP 47/19). The Court ruled that if the infringement of an EU trademark is repetitive and it continues at the time of raising a non-pecuniary claim (including a claim for prohibition of the infringement), the five-year limitation period runs from each day on which the infringement occurs. Includes comment from Anna Golebiowska, Partner, GKR Legal – Gołębiowska Krawczyk Roszkowski i Partnerzy.
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