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In the recent issue of the on-line periodical „The Internet Antimonopoly and Regulatory Quarterly” (iKAR 5(5)/2016) of the Centre of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies (CARS) of the University of Warsaw, a commentary of Marcin Mioduszewski was published regarding the judgment of the Appellate Court in Cracow delivered on June 25, 2015 (case No. I ACa 466/15).
The commentary, entitled “Termination of license agreement for the use of the repertoire by the organization for collective management of related rights under the abuse of the organization’s dominant position”, can be accessed at the following internet address:

In June 2016, a post-conference book was published on “Economics of Competition Protection. Vertical Restraints”, edited by Prof. Anna Fornalczyk and Prof. Tadeusz Skoczny. The book contains articles and speeches presented by the participants of the international conference, organized in Warsaw in October 2015 by the OCCP and the Centre for Antitrust and Regulatory Studies (CARS).
During the conference, Mr. Sroczyński was speaking on “Behavioral economy as an analytical tool in competition law”, in the panel entitled “Use of economics in the application of competition law”. The above presentation was now published in the post-conference book as an article under the same title. The publication contains also accounts of the different panels held during the conference. Mr. Sroczyński was a moderator of one them, devoted to “The areas of application of economic analyses in antimonopoly law”.

On April 14, 2016, Jarosław Sroczyński presented a lecture entitled “Remedies: is the OCCP a market regulator?” and discussed the 2015 and 2016 amendments of the Polish Competition Law. The lecture was organized for corporate lawyers (including legal advisors, advocates and applicants) by the Association of Corporate Counsel Europe (ACC Europe) and the Economic University in Katowice. ACC Europe is a part the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), established in 1982, which groups 40,000 members from 85 countries, employed in over 10,000 corporations.

On February 25, 2016, Marcin Mioduszewski was awarded by the President of the National Council of Legal Advisers the Silver Medal of the „Merit for the Bar”. This award was granted in recognition of the public activity of Mr. Mioduszewski, who has been assisting for many years the “Spring Association” (Stowarzyszenie Wiosna), the organizer of a well-known annual action for poor children called the “Noble Package”. Mr. Mioduszewski, inter alia, has set up the legal assistance structure of the Spring Association. In 2014, in recognition of his activity in the Spring Association, Mr. Mioduszewski was awarded by the National Council of Legal Advisors the prize of the “Crystal Heart of Legal Advisor”. Our sincere congratulations go to Marcin on this special occasion!

On March 7-8, 2016, MMC Conferences organized in Warsaw the workshop „The protection of undertakings’ rights in competition law”. At the workshop, Mr. Sroczyński was speaking about „The settlement in competition law”, analysing this new opportunity under the amended Antimonopoly Law.

Between March 1 and May 31, 2016, Marcin Mioduszewski, as the initiator and author, will conduct the legal course for students of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University, entitled „Agreement with IP – academy of contracts”. During the course, consisting of 7 meetings, the participants will gain the practical knowledge on how to prepare transactions relating to intellectual property and will learn how to correctly create legal contracts and documents. The course is organized by the Intellectual Property Group of the student organization TBSP UJ, under the media patronage of the daily Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.
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Jaroslaw Sroczyński has commented for „Rzeczpospolita” the proceedings of the European Commission on the recent introduction in Poland of a new bank tax. The European Commission intends to verify the effect of the new tax on competition in the financial sector and whether it is not a hidden form of state aid. Mr. Sroczyński reflected on legal effects of a possible finding that the bank tax contains illegal mechanisms, discriminating some entities. See the article dated March 3, 2016: