Marcin Balicki

Education

• PhD degree with specialization in intellectual property law (Jagiellonian University in Kraków, 2016), the doctoral thesis under the title „Utility model in the second tier patent system” was awarded with the Minister of Science and Higher Education prize in the 14th edition of the competition for the best scientific work on intellectual property organized by the Polish Patent Office;
• master of laws (Jagiellonian University, 2008);
• Austrian Law School organized by Jagiellonian University and Vienna University (laureate, 2009);
• German Law School organized by Jagiellonian University, Johannes Gutenberg Universität in Mainz and Ruprecht – Karls Universität in Heidelberg (2008).

Professional career

• 12.2017 – at present – T. Studnicki, K. Płeszka, Z. Ćwiąkalski, J. Górski (SPCG) law firm;
• 10.2019 – at present – IP and IT School organized by the H. Grocjusz Intellectual Property Center (lecturer);
• 2016 – at present – School of Computer Graphics in Krakow (lecturer);
• 10.2021 – 09.2024 – SGH (Warsaw School of Economics) (lecturer at the postgraduate studies „FinTech – new phenomena and technologies in the financial market”);
• 10.2018 – 10.2021 – Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Intellectual Property Law Chair (lecturer);
• 06.2016  – 10.2017 – Maruta Wachta law firm;
• 05.2012 – 05.2016 – Drzewiecki Tomaszek i Wspólnicy law firm (office in Kraków);
• 10.2008 – 12. 2011 – Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners law firm.

Arbitration experience

Arbitration Court for Internet Domains at the Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications (PIIT) – arbitrator (since 2019), WIPO neutral expert (since 2017), Online WIPO Mediation and Arbitration Workshop (2023).

Membership in organizations

• New Technologies Law Association, Kraków Bar Association.

Publications

1. “Własność intelektualna w branży gier wideo” (Intellectual property in the video game industry), publication of Polish Patent Office, Warsaw 2023;
2. “Press start to advertise – aspekty prawne reklam w branży gier wideo” (Press start to advertise – Legal aspects of advertising in the video games industry) [in:] M. Namysłowska [ed.] Reklama Aspekty prawne Nowe wyzwania, Wolters Kluwer;
3. „Ochrona wzorów użytkowych” (Protection of utility models), Wolters Kluwer Polska, Warsaw 2020;
4. „Rejestracja adresu internetowego jako znaku towarowego” (Registration of a web address as a trade mark), I. Matusiak [ed.], Domeny internetowe. Teoria i praktyka, Wolters Kluwer Polska, Warsaw 2020;
5. „Ustawa o prawie autorskim i prawach pokrewnych. Komentarz” – współautor (Copyright and Related Rights Act. Commentary – co-author), A. Michalak [ed.], C.H. Beck, Warsaw 2019;
6. “Utility model protection in Europe – an alternative for a patent or an anachronism” [in:] S. Frankel [ed.], Is Intellectual Property Pluralism Functional?, Edward Elgar, 2019.