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The effects of defective descriptions of art items sold at art auctions and during bidding – legal analysis

Publication date: October 23, 2025

The core of every offer at online art auction is a proper description of the item.

According to the Civil Code, the conclusion of any contract involves the exchange of mutually agreed declarations of intent between the contracting parties. The Code specifies various procedures for exchanging these declarations: the bidding procedure (Article 66), the auction or tender procedure (Article 701), and the negotiation procedure (Article 72). Even in a procedure as specific as the auction procedure, which is most often used by auction houses to conduct auctions, the provisions regarding declarations of intent and the regulations governing contracts concluded under this procedure will apply – in the case of auctions, this is most often the sales contract (Article 535 et seq. of the Civil Code). These regulations can be particularly relevant in the case of flawed descriptions of items offered at auction.

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THE ROLE OF THE INVESTIGATOR IN CLINICAL TRIALS

Publication date: October 23, 2025

Investigator status

The legal status of an investigator is determined based on Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use and the Polish Act of 9 March 2023 on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use .

If a clinical trial is conducted by a team, the principal investigator is the primary investigator. If there is only one person responsible for conducting the clinical trial, the investigator is the primary investigator. This distinction is important because it determines who can, respectively, fulfill the roles of investigator and principal investigator.

The researcher may therefore be a doctor or, pursuant to Article 49 of Regulation 536/2014, a person exercising a profession with the necessary knowledge and experience in working with patients, who is permitted to be a researcher in a given Member State.

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Illegal use of images on the website – legal aspects

Publication date: October 23, 2025

Using a specific image without the author’s consent means using images, photos, illustrations, or other graphic materials created by someone else without obtaining the appropriate consent for such use. Examples of illegal use of a graphic include sharing graphic materials without the author’s consent, using a graphic for commercial purposes (on websites) without obtaining the appropriate license, using someone else’s work as your own (posting it on your own social media profile), or modifying a graphic without obtaining the author’s consent.

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Most recent Guidelines of the Polish Data Protection Office – recommendations in a nutshell

Publication date: October 23, 2025

Personal data breach – definition

Any activity that involves the processing of personally identifiable information is considered personal data processing. However, it’s important to remember that GDPR regulations do not apply to activities undertaken solely for personal or household purposes.

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SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE MODEL – LEGAL ASPECTS AND TAX ISSUES – Delivery, facilitation and electronic interface from the point of view of tax authorities

Publication date: October 23, 2025

Recently, administrative courts have been considering the possibility of imposing VAT obligations on individuals and companies providing services via the SaaS model. This article provides an analysis of the nature of the SaaS model, its advantages and disadvantages, the legal obligations associated with it for both users and service providers and the latest administrative court case law related to this model.

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