In Poland, the appropriate authority for granting exclusive rights for industrial property is the Polish Patent Office (Urzad Patent owy Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej or UPRP).

The basal national legal act is the Industrial Property Law (prawo wlsnosci przemyslwej or PWP). Industrial property includes: 1. inventions and utility designs; 2. trademarks; 3. industrial designs; 4. geographical designations; 5. integrated circuit topographies.