On September 14-16 2022 we have launched CEE Legal HUB BootCamp 2022 that took place at the Google Campus for Startups in Warsaw.

Google Legal HUB is a cross-border project that has now been held for seven years. Under the project, Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners coordinates ongoing legal services for clients, based on a long-term partnership with the top independent CEE law firms.

We are very proud to be once again recognized by IP Stars and ranked among the best firms providing services in the field of trademark contentious (tier 2), patent contentious (Tier 2), trade mark prosecution (Tier 3) and copyright & related rights (Tier 3).

Our sincere congratulations to T-Mobile Polska for the launch of their new telecommunications service range. T-Mobile Polska will provide an online television streaming service with 130 channels. This is an innovative project, as the standard IPTV model will be enhanced by OTT.

We are proud and delighted to announce that ten people at TKP have been promoted to Managing Associate and Counsel.

Today UOKiK announced that the President of UOKiK has issued six decisions fining influencers for not cooperating in an ongoing investigation. The fines do not concern crypto advertising.  

TKP was named a leader three times and was given eleven individual and team recommendations in the 20th Rzeczpospolita ranking of law firms.

The long-awaited bill amending the Act on Copyright and Related Rights has been published on the Government Legislation Centre website.  

We are delighted to extend a warm welcome to attend the I National Copyright Conference in memory of Professor Elżbieta Traple organized by TKP and under the auspices of the Dean of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Jagiellonian University. We dedicate the event to the academic achievements of Professor Elżbieta Traple.

In compliance with a statutory duty, the National Broadcasting Council has released a report on its activities for 2021.  

The website Euractive.com has reported that on Friday, 10 June, the European Parliament opposed the new version of the Digital Services Act (DSA) drafted when a political consensus was reached in the April 2022 Trilogue.

The Supreme Court issued a judgment on 27 May 2022 dismissing a cassation appeal lodged by the defendants in a case against the operator of Chomikuj. The judgment upholds the Kraków Appeal Court judgment ordering the operator of the website to filter content to eliminate files from the films concerned in the case, and awarding compensation for infringement.

The written statement of reasons is not available yet, but this dismissal confirms the Kraków Appeal Court’s standpoint that Chomikuj is liable for direct infringement of copyright.

The judgment therefore brings this case, which concerns a legal precedent, to a close, and demonstrates that even before the DSM directive is implemented, online providers can be held liable for copyright infringement caused by users’ conduct. Online platforms are not merely required to take down content identified by rightholders. They are also required to ensure that the content is not posted on the site in the future. Thus even now, under Polish law, the rules laid down in the CJEU judgment in cases C-682/18 and C-683/18 (YouTube/Cyando) apply. We are glad to have played a role in the formation of Polish copyright case law. Special congratulations go to Tomasz Targosz PhD, who acted for the plaintiffs in the case.

We are pleased to announce that Agnieszka Wachowska has been appointed an ICT law PIIT expert.