On April 11-12, 2014 a Plenary Assembly of the Conference of Rectors of the Polish Academic Schools has taken place in the Jagiellonian University in Cracow. Among guests attending this event, including the Prime Minister Donald Tusk and representatives of science and culture, was Prof. Ryszard Markiewicz. During the session on science issues, he delivered the lecture entitled ”Intellectual property law in the context of ”affranchisement” of scientists and the open science”.