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The extensive amendment to consumer law, which came into force in January this year, also brought changes to the complaints procedure. These, as well as new rules for discount offers, are now subject to frequent inspections by the Czech Trade Inspection Authority. We therefore provide an overview of
Unique design, old problems. How to use Certoo to protect against design copying?
Design work is unique and enticing at the same time. But can something like this be protected from the persistent fingers of plagiarists? And can it be done quickly and cheaply? In the EDIT project, to protect his designs and design elements, Petr Novague also uses the online tool Certoo.
Sector inquiry demystified: What does experience tell us?
Recently, we have heard an unusual amount of public discussion about the need for the Competition Authority to intervene and provide remedies. This is particularly true in the context of rising food prices and attempts to point to particular culprits. Politicians and various experts make statements
Multiplayer School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? Video game modding and its copyright implications
Video games and "modding" - two terms that go increasingly hand in hand. With the growing availability of tools for modifying gaming systems, modding is becoming not only more widespread, but also a very popular way to improve individual games by “fans” themselves. But where does copyright law stand
Patent Revolution: Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court
As of 1 June 2023, the Unitary Patent (UP) system will become effective. With it, a brand-new institution – the Unified Patent Court (UPC) – will be established. As a result, the mechanism will introduce the biggest change in the area of patents in decades and will affect all European patents, also
Ban on labelling plant-based foods as alternatives to animal-based foods: who are the Czech and Slovak authorities actually protecting?
According to information available, the new (revised) interpretation of EU legislation on the labelling of plant-based foods with the names of animal-based products is much stricter in the Czech Republic and Slovakia than in other EU Member States. The alleged purpose – consumer protection – is ques
GDPR
Facebook fights for the privacy of its employees. It has protected it from the European Commission.
Two actions similar in content (here and here) have been brought before the Luxembourg General Court. Facebook seeks by these actions the annulment of a decision by which the European Commission (the “Commission”) requested, under a risk of a fine of EUR 8 million per day, the provision of documents
Other fields
A thousand and one objections to the draft on the Cybersecurity Act. Too much authority for the NCISA?
There has been quite a lot of noise in recent months regarding the new draft Cybersecurity Act implementing the EU NIS2 Directive. After the publication of the initial draft of the new Act, the National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NCISA) received more than a thousand comments from governm
Life Sciences
Ban on labelling plant-based foods as alternatives to animal-based foods: who are the Czech and Slovak authorities actually protecting?
According to information available, the new (revised) interpretation of EU legislation on the labelling of plant-based foods with the names of animal-based products is much stricter in the Czech Republic and Slovakia than in other EU Member States. The alleged purpose – consumer protection – is ques
Competition
When can a dominant terminate a business relationship? (Overview of Competition Events for April 2023)
We present to you the thirty-eighth instalment of the information service regarding events that occurred in the world of competition law in April 2023. Regular readers know that this is necessarily a purely subjective selection, and one simply cannot expect complete objectivity from it.
Consumer
Complaints after amendments to consumer protection legislation – what has changed?
The extensive amendment to consumer law, which came into force in January this year, also brought changes to the complaints procedure. These, as well as new rules for discount offers, are now subject to frequent inspections by the Czech Trade Inspection Authority. We therefore provide an overview of
Intellectual property
Unique design, old problems. How to use Certoo to protect against design copying?
Design work is unique and enticing at the same time. But can something like this be protected from the persistent fingers of plagiarists? And can it be done quickly and cheaply? In the EDIT project, to protect his designs and design elements, Petr Novague also uses the online tool Certoo.
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