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Attorneys Richard Walawender and Justyna Regan attend conference at Polish Parliament


Two Miller Canfield attorneys, Richard Walawender and Justyna (Balcarczyk) Regan, recently addressed a high-profile conference at the Polish Parliament on commercialization of intellectual property. The conference was organized by the Polish Government, and more than 200 people attending from various Polish governmental agencies, universities and research institutes.

Walawender, principal of the firm and leader of its Corporate and Polish Practice Groups, instructed the conference on why universities in the United States are so successful in commercializing the intellectual property rights of their faculty and research staff. He further explained how the U.S. model could be adopted by Polish universities and research institutes. Dr. Regan, who recently joined Miller Canfield in its Chicago and Wroclaw offices, as she is licensed to practice law in both the United States and Poland, discussed intellectual property law and compared the Polish and U.S. systems.

Until the law was changed last year, Polish universities held all the intellectual property rights to any inventions of its faculty and staff. A new Polish law now requires Polish universities to share any monetary gains they may earn from commercializing inventions with the faculty members who invented it. 

“This will open the door to many more opportunities for Polish inventors to raise venture capital and sell their inventions,” said Walawender. He added that “The new Polish law mirrors the system used by U.S. universities, which has been very successful.”

Miller Canfield already represents several Polish start-up technology companies raising venture capital and establishing operations in the U.S. Thanks to the new law, the firm will also be working with Polish universities as they, together with their inventors, seek to commercialize their inventions in the U.S. 

Miller Canfield is also expanding its representation of Polish entrepreneurs looking to establish companies in the U.S.  Under a special program offered to select start-ups, the firm provides free legal representation involving incorporation and standard start-up documentation.  In order to encourage them to establish operations in the U.S., the firm is now offering this special program to Polish entrepreneurs born or living in the U.S.  For more information about the special program, visit the firm’s website at millercanfield.com/Polish/startup.  

 

Panel discussion on role of police November 18 at Wayne State Law
 

Wayne State University Law School will hold a panel discussion on the role of police in light of recent events, with guest speaker Dan Roberts, Chief of Franklin Police Department and Professor Blanche Cook. The event will be held on Wednesday, Nov, 18, at the Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium, 471 W. Palmer, Detroit from 12:15-1:15 p.m. For more information about this event, please contact Theodore Marshall at 248-229-5212 or marsh3131@gmail.com.

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