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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.

On March 14, 2012 Łukasz Wieczorek delivered a lecture at the Institute of Intellectual Property Law of the Jagiellonian University as part of the “IP Student” Workshop for students of the Jagiellonian University’s Faculty of Law and Administration. The lecture was devoted to the concept of collective dominance in antimonopoly law and practical aspects of its application.

On March 21, 2012 Piotr Suski delivered a lecture at the Institute of Intellectual Property Law of the Jagiellonian University in the “IP Student” Workshop for students of the Jagiellonian University’s Faculty of Law and Administration. The lecture addressed the issue of practices violating collective consumer interests consisting in an application of the prohibited contract clauses.

On March 7, 2012 Jarosław Sroczyński delivered a lecture at the Institute of Intellectual Property Law of the Jagiellonian University in the “IP Student” Workshop for students of the university’s Faculty of Law and Administration. The lecture addressed the issue of combating unfair market practices in the system of competition and consumer laws.

The Minister of Administration and Digitization organized on March 5, 2012, the Congress on Freedom in the Internet, which has taken place in the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw. The subject of the Congress was, inter alia, discussion over legal issues of the free use of the Internet, open access and the digital business. Prof. Ryszard Markiewicz was invited to participate as leader of the debate devoted to agreements between authors, intermediaries and users of the copyrightable content.