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On May 17, 2013 at the Jagiellonian University a special ceremony has taken place in the Aula of Collegium Novum. The Anniversary Book dedicated to Professors Janusz Barta and Ryszard Markiewicz, commemorating their common research achievements, was granted to the Professors. The ceremony coincided with the Jubilee of the 65th anniversary of birth and 40th anniversary of the scientific work of both Professors. Over 200 participants attended the ceremony, inter alia, the representatives of the scientific community, governmental institutions, businesses, media sector and law offices. The Jagiellonian University was represented by its authorities, the Rector prof. dr hab. Wojciech Nowak and the Dean of the Faculty of Law and Administration prof. dr hab. Krystyna Chojnicka. Family members, friends and colleagues working with the Professors, including from the Chair of Intellectual Property Law (former Institute of Intellectual Property Law), all have gathered at this unusual event.
Among the honorable guests attending the ceremony was General Director of the Ministry of Culture and Natural Heritage Jacek Olbrycht, President of the Polish Patent Office dr Alicja Adamczak, President of the Polish Television dr Juliusz Braun, Vice President of Cracow Elżbieta Koterba, prof. dr jur. Dres. jur. h.c. Joseph Straus and prof. dr Andreas Wiebe.
”Disputes over intellectual property” – the Anniversary Book contains 73 articles which focus on the analyses of copyright law, economics and intellectual property laws. The book was edited by prof. Andrzej Matlak and dr Sybilla Stanisławska-Kloc.
The Anniversary Book includes articles authored by four lawyers from Markiewicz & Sroczyński GP: ”The statutory license to make use of the work for the purpose of public security or for the administrative, judicial or legislative purpose and reports from such proceedings” by Michał Markiewicz, ”Behavioral antitrust – a modern method of cartel analysis” by Jarosław Sroczyński, ”Plagiarism versus autoplagiarism” by dr Sybilla Stanisławska-Kloc, and ”Problems in determining the duration of the license agreement” by dr Karolina Włodarska-Dziurzyńska.
During the ceremony Professors received many congratulations, words of recognition and awards, i.e., the Silver Medal ”The Merit for Culture Gloria Artis” awarded by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage Bogdan Zdrojewski and the”Honoris Gratia” distinction awarded by the President of Cracow prof. Jacek Majchrowski.
Following the Anniversary Book award ceremony, the international scientific conference was held. Participants made presentations on various subjects such as the violation of copyrights and modern aspects of patent law and trademark protection. In two panels the lectures were delivered by prof. dr hab. Monika Czajkowska-Dąbrowska, prof. dr hab. Marian Kępiński, prof. dr hab. Aurelia Nowicka, prof. dr hab. Ewa Nowińska, prof. dr hab. Ryszard Skubisz, prof. dr hab. d. h. c. Stanisław Sołtysiński, prof. dr jur. Dres. jur. h.c. Joseph Straus, prof. dr hab. Janusz Szwaja, prof. dr hab. Elżbieta Traple and prof. dr Andreas Wiebe. One of these two panels was chaired by both Professors.

Konf_UP_RPOn April 26, 2013 the Polish Patent Office, in cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization and the Warsaw University of Technology, organized a conference entitled „How to use and not violate. How to protect and not restrict”. The conference took place in the seat of the Faculty of Mathematics and Information Science of the Warsaw University of Technology, and was attended by over 400 participants, consisting of academicians, entrepreneurs, patent attorneys and members of organizations of artists. During the conference Prof. Ryszard Markiewicz delivered a lecture on major issues of copyright in the Internet. Below, please find a link to a brief summary of the conference and the lecture of Prof. Markiewicz: See

On April 23, 2013 the International Bar Association hosted a conference in Warsaw. The conference was organized in connection with this year’s meeting of the International Competition Network in Poland. The conference was devoted to the new challenges and enforcement tools in competition law. Jarosław Sroczyński delivered a presentation entitled “Sanctions for individuals: one step forward, two steps backward?”. He commented on the project of amendments to the Polish competition law which implements administrative sanctions for persons who manage the undertakings.

In the March issue of “Radca Prawny” an article has been published, covering the 10th National Ski and Snowboard Championships of Legal Counselors and Legal Counselors Trainees, which took place in Krynica Zdrój. The competition has been won by our lawyer Michał Markiewicz who was the quickest of all competitors winning both categories: “open” and “under 35 years old”. In this way, he defended the title obtained in the previous season.

On March 19, 2013 Jarosław Sroczyński participated in a conference entitled “Charging slot allowances in Poland. The need to change or to interpret the law?”. Mr. Sroczyński was a speaker in a discussion panel devoted to the economic issues of prohibition of slot allowances (so-called “shelf fees”) pursuant to the Unfair Competition Law. In his presentation, Mr. Sroczyński concentrated on “retroactive rebates” and their qualification as slot allowances, questioning the “creeping” approach of the jurisprudence, which tends to subject more and more usual business relations to the above prohibition. The conference, organized by the Center for Antitrust and Regulatory Studies of the Management Department of the Warsaw University (CARS), grouped numerous legal theoreticians and practitioners as well as representatives of sellers and suppliers interested in the legal matters of slot allowances.

On March 5-6, 2013, a workshop „Competition law – new developments and existing problems and their impact on functioning of the market” was held in Warsaw, organized by MM Conferences. Jaroslaw Sroczynski presented a lecture entitled “The description of most common competition law violations”, while Katarzyna Lesko presented a lecture entitled “Effective preparation for the inspection of the OCCP”.

Michał Markiewicz has become the Polish National Ski Champion of Legal Counselors and Legal Counselors Trainees, for the second time in a row. The Championships took place between February 28 and March 3, 2013 in Krynica Zdrój. Once again Michał achieved the best time of the competition, winning both categories: “open” and “under 35 years old”.