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The 10th Anniversary International Consumer Science Conference “The Contemporary Consumer Market – Sales and Services” is being held on June 15-16, organized by the Association of Consumer Advocates and the Institute of Law at the Cracow University of Economics under the patronage of the President of Competition and Consumer Protection, the President of the Energy Regulatory Authority, the President of the Office of Electronic Communications, the Provincial Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management and the Rector of the Cracow University of Economics. Jaroslaw Sroczynski spoke today at the 1st Panel Discussion “The legal position of the consumer in the modern sales market”, which covered such issues as: Omnibus regulations and their impact on consumer promotions, Explanations of the OCCP as a tool for business, The satisfaction criterion in consumer guarantees, Consumer protection on digital platforms, OCCP actions: analysis of business questions and consumer complaints in the context of Omnibus. Thanks to the Organizers, Panelists, Participants and Ms. Professor Boguslawa Gnela for moderating the panel.

Attention! Since Saturday, regulations have been in effect that allow the OCCP, as part of its inspections, to “cursorily” review any documents, including written communications with lawyers (such as legal opinions). We write about the amendment, its contradiction with fundamental rights, and its consequences, along with Michal Markiewicz in the pages of Rzeczpospolita. “The amendment breaks down the door to company secrets”: https://www.rp.pl/abc-firmy/art38502911-nowelizacja-wywaza-drzwi-do-firmowych-tajemnic “An inspector from the OCCP will look into confidential documents”: https://archiwum.rp.pl/artykul/1495563-Kontroler-z-UOKiK-zajrzy%C2%A0w%C2%A0poufne-dokumenty.html

“The amendment to civil procedure introduces an additional requirement that in intellectual property cases, the court should take into account the likelihood of invalidation of an exclusive right in other pending proceedings when assessing whether a claim is plausible.” We encourage you to read the latest article by Attorney Zuzanna Ochonska-Borowska “Changes in civil proceedings – attention to the likelihood of invalidation of an exclusive right” addressing issues such as: the new premise for recognizing a claim as probable, horizontal complaints fail in practice. “5 minutes about IP” is a joint initiative of Markiewicz & Sroczynski and Wolters Kluwer Polska, entirely devoted to issues related to intellectual property law (i.e.: copyright, industrial property and combating unfair competition). The “5 minutes about IPR” texts will appear at least twice a month. The premise here is to take you 5 minutes to pay attention to something we are passionate about and you will be interested in. The articles will therefore be short, clear and, if possible, also “illustrated”. We would like “5 Minutes on IPR” to become a source of knowledge about important changes and rulings, an inspiration for discussion, and a source of new, including controversial, interpretive ideas. Above all, however, we hope that it will be simply interesting. Full article: https://www.prawo.pl/prawnicy-sady/zmiany-w-postepowaniu-cywilnym-w-sprawach-wlasnosci,520874.html?fbclid=IwAR0_DHUzAn1ocnEhe3w-2o38Uuh81PkXa3mbHe9R5dZWqrJazSn-M_41t4w

In today’s issue of Rzeczpospolita, Dr. Michal Markiewicz addressed selected legal issues related to the metaverse, including possible collisions of the virtual world with copyright law. There are also some comments on how to secure your business for operating in the metaverse from the perspective of trademark and industrial design rights. This is just the beginning of this “world” but if there are already so many doubts, what will be in the future? Interesting times 😉. Publicly available excerpt from the article: https://archiwum.rp.pl/artykul/1494721-Metawersum-a-IP.html

Markiewicz Sroczynski Mioduszewski cooperates with advertising agencies not only in legal services but also in educational activities. We invite you to read the latest text prepared jointly by Harbingers and attorney Marcin Mioduszewski, which deals with the issue of artificial intelligence, and more specifically Chat GPT. GPT Chat 4 – what is changing and how to take advantage of AI’s new capabilities, as well as how AI’s effects qualify under copyright law, is all in the article linked below. Link to article: https://harbingers.io/blog/chatgpt-4-co-sie-zmienia-i-jak-wykorzystac-nowe-mozliwosci-ai?utm_content=163851719&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&hss_channel=lcp-18067531&fbclid=IwAR25i71QIo1MFIyiGE2L5c3ORUXjPCKPzJbNKa-AkAos_ejYmrTdo2NwPvs

In a recent post on Law.pl, Prof. Ryszard Markiewicz points out when to disapply a provision of domestic law that conflicts with EU law – remarks made in connection with the 2022 ruling of the EU Court of Justice in the Thelen case. “5 Minutes About IP” is a joint initiative of Markiewicz & Sroczynski and Wolters Kluwer Polska, entirely devoted to issues related to intellectual property law (i.e.: copyright, industrial property and combating unfair competition). The “5 minutes about IPR” texts will appear at least twice a month. The premise here is to take you 5 minutes to pay attention to something we are passionate about and you will be interested in. The articles will therefore be short, clear and, if possible, also “illustrated”. We would like “5 Minutes on IPR” to become a source of knowledge about important changes and rulings, an inspiration for discussion, and a source of new, including controversial, interpretive ideas. Above all, however, we hope that it will be simply interesting. Full article: https://www.prawo.pl/biznes/prounijna-wykladnia-w-prawie-autorskim-prof-ryszard-markiewicz,520665.htmll “5 minutes about IPR” section on law.pl: https://www.prawo.pl/prawo/5-minut-o-pwi,518742.html

In today’s issue of Rzeczpospolita, Dr. Michal Markiewicz writes about changes to the Civil Procedure Code, which, in terms of security proceedings, have significantly affected issues related to intellectual property rights. First of all, he warns of a new 6-month time limit for filing a motion for security, counted from the moment of learning of the infringement (until now, some courts adopted such a caesura, but it was not officially sanctioned). He writes about this and two other modifications in the article. We invite you to read it. https://archiwum.rp.pl/artykul/1493107-Postepowanie-zabezpieczajace-%E2%80%93-wazne-zmiany.html