Severe penalties for collusion in the electronic monitoring equipment market
The President of the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) announced the imposition of fines amounting to more than PLN 37 million for alleged price collusion and market sharing.
Coding with AI: Navigating copyright in the era of Copilot
In the age of widespread artificial intelligence (AI) integration, over 90% of programmers now utilize AI tools such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, or Github Copilot in their software development workflows.
A planning permit can be obtained in Poland if land to be developed is located within a development zone
Recently there have been major changes to planning and land-use rules in Poland, due to an amendment to the Spatial Planning and Development Act of 27 March 2003 (consolidated text, Journal of Laws of 2023, item 977, as amended).
Exclusion of a foreign contractor from the proceedings
On 15 September, 2023, a judgment was issued by the District Court in Warsaw – Public Procurement Court (case no. XXIII Zs 60/23), which is of significant importance for foreign contractors applying for public procurement contracts in Poland.
Is orphan exclusivity a new IP right?
There has been no consensus so far on whether data and market exclusivity can be perceived as IP rights.
Data Act: new obligations on data access
On 9 November, 2023, the European Parliament adopted a compromise text for the proposal for the Data Act[1]. The new regulation is yet to be officially adopted by the Council of the European Union, but the contents of the future EU regulation are now known.
(Non-)obvious assessment of trademarks for medicinal products
Consumers are looking at medicinal product trademarks with greater precision.
User Content Moderation under the Digital Services Act – 10 key takeaways
One of the main objectives of adoption of the EU Regulation – the Digital Services Act (DSA) was defining the rules on content moderation by digital service providers.
Oversight of lending institutions by the Financial Supervision Authority (KNF)
As of the new calendar year, lending institutions will be subject to Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) institutional oversight, and the respective legislative changes stem from the Anti-usury Act[1].
The difficult road to revising the Polish system of fair compensation for private copying
In Poland, the system of compensation for authors and other rightholders for private copying relies on fees charged per device or data carrier used for this purpose.