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‘Entertainment Law Academy’ workshop honoured in ‘Rozwój Sektorów Kreatywnych 2024’ programme
Last week, we concluded the second edition of the educational workshops for students entitled ‘Entertainment Law Academy’. The workshop focused on various aspects of intellectual property law in the entertainment industry, in particular film, music and games. The classes were conducted by a team of experts from our law firm: Anna Kruszewska, Aleksandra Sewerynik, Joanna Woźniak, Iga-Oppeln-Bronikowska, Mateusz Sadłyk, Aleksandra Bowanko, Julia Szcześniak and Maciej Kurkowski. Anna Piechówka - Expert Counsel, Lead of Business and Intellectual Property Practice at CD PROJEKT RED S.A. was a special guest at the second edition of the ‘Entertainment Law Academy’. We congratulate all participants on completing the classes and thank them for their active participation!
We are also pleased to announce that this year's edition of the ‘Entertainment Law Academy’ was awarded in the programme ‘Rozwój Sektorów Kreatywnych 2024’ organised by Centrum Rozwoju Przemysłów Kreatywnych and, as a result, received funding from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
We would like to thank Centrum Rozwoju Przemysłów Kreatywnych for the award.
Could social media mentoring services attract the interest of the OCCP?
In recent years, the subject of increased interest by the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection ("OCCP") has been the activities of so-called influencers, i.e. online creators who can influence the opinions, decisions, or behavior of their observers through their publications. The President of the OCCP directs his attention to, among other things, the way goods and services are advertised on social media, in connection with the ban on market practices that mislead consumers. It is worth remembering, however, that the above ban also applies to other aspects of activity conducted in social media, such as the correct way of informing about the services offered. Attention to the above aspect should be paid in particular to those providing coaching or mentoring services via social media.
Changes to the scope and approval of mediation settlements
With the increasing popularity of mediation proceedings, the legislator has gradually improved the provisions regulating this alternative dispute resolution method (i.e. Articles 1831 -18315 of the Code of Civil Procedure). By the Act of 9 March 2023 amending the Act - Code of Civil Procedure and certain other acts, it regulated, inter alia, the issues related to the possibility of including in a mediation settlement claims not covered by a statement of claims or covered by several civil proceedings and the approval of such settlements. The new provisions are effective as of 1 July 2023.
