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The Foundation for the Jagiellonian University has issued a post-conference book on “The increasing role of citizens – Policy of the European Union on consumer protection”. In the above-mentioned book, Mr. Sroczyński published an article entitled “Consumer on the market of electronic payments – the need for changes”. This article is an extended version of a presentation by Mr. Sroczyński during the related conference, organized on September 21, 2012 by the Foundation for the Jagiellonian University and the Department of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University. The article discusses the issues of barriers that exist in the banking sector and which hamper development of the market for so-called instant electronic payments. This form of payments is competitive as compared to other forms of electronic payments, and consumers can benefit from the gains achieved by internet shops.

On September 19, 2012 our lawyers Marcin Mioduszewski and Katarzyna Leśko published a press comment supporting the initiative of The Polish Book Chamber to provide book readers with full and adequate information on their rights. See

Tomasz Koellner published an article in the latest edition of The Private Law Quarterly (issue 3, 2012), entitled “Freedom of Information and Copyright Law”. The aim of the article was to comprehensively analyse the Polish legal system in terms of the relations that arise between copyright law and the freedom of information.

Tomasz Koellner published an article in “Architecture & Business Monthly Review” entitled “Between Inspiration and Plagiarism in Architecture”.The article presents an attempt to draw the line between plagiarism and inspiration in the contemporary architecture.

Jarosław Sroczyński has been interviewed in an article by G. Leśniak, published in “Radca Prawny” No. 125, May 2012, entitled “Boutiques and networks have the same clients”. J. Sroczyński expressed his view on the position of specialized law firms on today’s Polish legal market. “Radca Prawny” is a monthly magazine of Polish legal counselors.

01_sroczynski_naruszenieOn April 21, 2012 an opening number of a new on-line periodical called “The Internet Antimonopoly and Regulatory Quarterly” (iKAR 1(1)/2012) has been published by the Centre for Antitrust and Regulatory Studies (CARS) of the University of Warsaw. The first iKAR appears exactly on the fifth anniversary of the entry date of the Law of February 16, 2007 on the Protection of Competition and Consumers. It is devoted entirely to an analysis of various aspects of functioning of that Law, in the context of its major changes announced recently by the OCCP’s President. Jaroslaw Sroczynski contributed to the first iKAR an article entitled “Violation of collective consumer interests: commitment decisions (practical remarks and de lege ferenda proposals)”. The article can be accessed at the following internet address:www.ikar.wz.uw.edu.pl/numery/01/pdf/01_sroczynski_naruszenie.pdf

Our lawyer, Mr. Michał Markiewicz published an article in “Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Prace z Prawa Własności Intelektualnej” (issue 1 (115) 2012) entitled „Protection of correspondence under civil law”. The article describes the prevailing conception of correspondence protection and indicates the need to liberalise it. To this end, a proposal of new interpretation of legal regulations was presented. The article covers personal rights matters as well as the Polish Copyright Act regulations.