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Last Mile Brief 14/02/2023: InPost announces new price list valid from next month

In today's Last Mile Brief, we bring you news on price changes at InPost, as well as further layoffs at Getir, and reports of Amazon falling victim to a large-scale returns scam in Spain.

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14.02.2023

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Today’s headline story: InPost announces new price list valid from next month

Polish parcel locker giant InPost has announced a new price list that will apply from the 1st of March. The company has also reportedly said that its Paczkomat® trademark should only used to describe its own lockers, putting itself at odds with the Poczta Polska.
The new price list was announced on InPost’s website on Thursday.
Rates will increase between 19% and 24% depending on the service and size of parcel. The fine for contractual penalties has also been increased.
The change in prices comes after a 2022 that saw Poland suffer from some of the highest inflation in the EU.
Meanwhile, InPost has also reportedly sent out a guide to contractors specifying how references to its Paczkomat® trademark should be implemented.
According to reports in the Polish media, InPost registered its trademark in Poland in 2010. Poczta Polska nonetheless disagrees with this, arguing that the term paczkomat is a common name for all parcel locker machines.
Back in 2015, Poczta Polska asked for the trademark to be invalidated, only for the Polish Patent Office to dismiss this request, which saw the case referred to court.

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