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The program includes:

• How to conclude a proper IT implementation agreement – Agnieszka Wachowska
• An IT system implementation agreement: the client’s perspective vs. the contractor’s perspective
• IT implementation disputes – the most common issues disputed and an overview of IT case law – Agnieszka Wachowska
• IT agreements in practice – Xawery Konarski
• SaaS model software
• Legislative developments in Poland and in Europe regarding cybersecurity
• Withdrawal from an IT system implementation agreement and disputes arising from implementation

Program:

• Presentation of the DSA/ DMA regulations: idea and proposed rules – Xawery Konarski, Senior Partner at Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners
• Presentation of the CEE Digital Coalition position about DSA/DMA – Michal Kanownik, Digital Poland Association
• Debate

The objective of the event is to comprehensively present the legal issues of computing cloud projects. The speakers will present the current body of judicial decisions issued by Polish and foreign courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union, cloud-relevant legal regulations, as well as the standpoints of regulatory bodies. During the event, the following questions will be explored in detail:

• What is the effect of regulations resulting from the GDPR on the possibility of using cloud solutions?
• Do cybersecurity regulations create a barrier for the use of cloud solutions?
• Are public entities to any extent limited in the use of cloud solutions?
• What are the aspects worth verifying before concluding an agreement regarding the use of software in the cloud computing model SaaS?
• Is it possible to negotiate agreements regarding the use of cloud solutions, and if so, what is worth negotiating?
• What are the main legal risks resulting from the standard provisions of the terms & conditions for providing cloud services?
• What should an agreement regarding the use of software in a computing cloud include?

On 02-03.03.2021, MMC Polska will be conducting training on New rules on intellectual property law: directives and resolutions, protecting copyright, and the IP BOX. The first day of the training will feature expert Agnieszka Wachowska talking about intellectual property management in IT projects, and topics such as:

• How to acquire copyright effectively and how important this is;
• What is protected in IT projects

On 29 March, training will be held on Protecting personality rights on the Internet, organized by Akademia C.H. Beck.

Program:

• Part I. The specific nature of the personality rights protection process; 
• Part II. Liability of a perpetrator and liability of an internet intermediary;
• Part III. Protecting privacy and the right to be forgotten;

We recommend the 13th Time Forum Gospodarcze, which will be held on 8-11 March 2021. The Forum is divided into four topic areas, which are infrastructure, industry, finance, and services. We are pleased to announce that attorney-at-law Xawery Konarski will be on the digital implementation transformation panel.

We recommend training on Public tenders under the new Public Procurement Law in particular on the IT market, organized by Centrum Promocji Informatyki. The program comprises:

• agreements – mandatory and prohibited clauses;
• Conciliation proceedings;
• Amending an agreement in accordance with the new Public Procurement Law;
• Notice of completion of performance of an agreement and the report on performance of the agreement;
• New thresholds for applicability of the act;
• Formulating the tender description in the context of equity criteria;
• The basic procedure;
• A competition for the IT market;
• Disqualification – selected issues including new faces of self-cleaning;
• Public tenders becoming fully electronic as of 1.01.2021, including a case study based on past experience;
• New grounds for rejecting a bid;
• New grounds for invalidating a procedure;
• Legal remedies.

A conference will be held on 18 March on the New Electronic Communication Law, organized by Puls Biznesu.

We are pleased to announce that the event will feature a lecture by attorney-at-law Xawery Konarski on the Electronic Communications Law – obligations of entities that do not conduct telecommunications activities. The topics discussed will include:

• New rules on electronic marketing;
• Permitted use of cookies;
• An interpersonal communication service that does not use numbers;
• Which over-the-top (OTT) services are subject to the Electronic Communication Law;
• Obligations of interpersonal communication service providers.

We recommend a two-day workshop organized by MMC Polska on 22-23 March 2021, at which TKP experts will explain consumer protection and new technologies issues. Polish Academy of Sciences Legal Studies Institute Professor Paweł Podrecki and Cracow University of Economics Professor Jan Byrski will explain the opportunities, risks, and challenges this presents, i.e. safe transformation in the consumer product and trade sector. In turn, Dr Katarzyna Menszig-Wiese will elaborate upon the practical aspects of expanding consumer protection to cover certain business entities.

For those interested in learning about the practical aspects of renegotiating leases for commercial units in shopping centers, a webinar is being organized by Puls Biznesu. In the training, TKP experts attorneys-at-law Rafal Klimek and Emilia Chmielewska will talk about the main aspects of the topic according to the Civil Code and regulations and guidelines introduced during the Coronavirus pandemic, focusing in particular on the lessee’s liability for rent for a period when the unit is closed for business when no notice is served of renewal of the lease and possible grounds in law and in fact for a decrease in rent at times of limited operation of a shopping center.

We recommend online training on Legal aspects of cybersecurity, organized by Centrum Promocji Informatyki. The training aims to define the legal framework and obligations under the discussed regulations for obliged entities, including key service providers, digital service providers, and public administration bodies. The workshop will also focus on regulation of those issues in agreements with IT providers – the key provisions will be identified that should be included in agreements, and the consequences of not doing so will be discussed, especially with respect to liability and termination of agreements. The final issues will be criminal, administrative, and civil liability with respect to cybersecurity.

On 23 February 2021, a webinar will be held on IT disputes – a Contractor’s perspective. The webinar will cover the major legal issues relating to disputes over performance of IT agreements.

The webinar will cover the most common causes of ‘conflicts’ under IT agreements and recommended scenarios for how IT contractors might proceed in cases of disputes.

It will also cover the main contractual provisions that safeguard a contractor’s interests in case disputes arise.