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On September 12-14, 2022 in Krakow, the XXII Krakow Conference organized by the FORUM Educational Center took place. Dr. Michal Markiewicz gave a lecture covering two issues: copyright vs. trademark and the liability of a hosting platform on the example of the “Chomikuj” ruling. – Supreme Court judgment of August 26, 2022 (II CSKP 3/22). On the other hand, Prof. Ryszard Markiewicz laid out the matter including: the complaint of Poland in the case for the annulment of Article 17 of the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) 2019/790 on copyright in the digital single market, new problems and settlements in the field of copyright protection of a work and its scope, as well as the principle of proportionality in copyright law. We would like to thank the wonderful Organizers (Anna Hoffmann of FORUM Educational Center) and the Conference Participants.

In June 2022, the Jagiellonian University Publishing House published a new book “Law and Social Media” edited by Prof. Ryszard Markiewicz. The book is the result of two years of research conducted by doctoral students within the framework of the legal sciences seminar at the Doctoral School of Social Sciences at Jagiellonian University. Congratulations! The authors’ work was supervised by Prof. Ryszard Markiewicz.

Sincere thanks to the Scientific Circle of the Society of Intellectual Property Law Supporters of the Jagiellonian University for participating in the classes and workshops within the 13th edition of the IP STUDENT project conducted this year by Attorney Zuzanna Ochonska. It is always a great pleasure to be able to share our knowledge with the student audience.

In the 20th edition of the national ranking of law firms 2022 organized by “Rzeczpospolita”, Markiewicz & Sroczynski received recommendations in 4 areas: 1) Competition and antitrust law; 2) Consumer matters; 3) Intellectual and industrial property law; 4) Copyright and Related Rights. Individual recommendations were given to: 1) Prof. Ryszard Markiewicz (“Copyright and Related Rights”); 2) Dr. Michał Markiewicz (“Intellectual and Industrial Property Law”); 3) Jarosław Sroczyński, M.A. (Competition and Antimonopoly Law and Consumer Affairs). These recommendations are made on the basis of indications from other lawyers. We sincerely thank all those who have trusted us! More about the ranking on the Rzeczpospolita website: https://rankingi.rp.pl/rankingkancelarii

An interesting June weekend in beautiful Stockholm. After two years of covid break, another meeting of Cleary Gottlieb alumni. Discussions about the world today from a global perspective and many local ones. Also lots of sightseeing, from the U.S. Ambassador’s residence in historic Villa Åkerlund – thanks to H.E. Erik Ramanathan and Alumnus Ranesh Ramanathan for their hospitality – to an individual trip to the UNESCO-listed Skogskyrkogården forest cemetery, with Greta Garbo’s grave. A few dozen steps up its Meditation Hill – high at first, then lower and lower, as in life.

On 9-10 June in Krakow, IX International Consumer Science Conference was held – “Consumer rights yesterday, today and tomorrow. 60 years of consumer rights” organized by the Association of Consumer Advocates and the Department of Civil, Economic and Private International Law at UEK. On behalf of the Firm, Julian Tateno spoke as part of the panel “The consumer’s right to association and representation.” Julian Tateno spoke. Many thanks to the Organizers and Guests for the invitation and active participation.

Editor R. Krupa-Dąbrowska took up a difficult and sensitive subject, namely compensation for the damage done to the property of Polish entrepreneurs in Ukraine by the Russian aggressor. Lawyers speaking on this topic are considering filing lawsuits against Russia. Today this is rather wishful thinking, but let us hope that one day a special reparation fund will make up for the damage. Link: https://www.prawo.pl/biznes/czy-firma-otrzyma-odszkodowanie-za-zniszczony-majatek-w-ukrainie,515216.html