The Malta Permanent Residence Programme (hereinafter ‘MPRP') was launched on the 29th March 2021 by virtue of Legal Notice 121 of 2021. The MPRP is a residency-by-investment programme ...

The copyright to the song ‘Happy Birthday to You' had been claimed by the company Warner/Chappell Music Inc in the 1980's.

This positive approach towards the digitisation of services will prove to be rather beneficial since applications will now be easily accessible to all.

The Trademark Renewals On-line Filing is a brand new e-service launched by the Intellectual Property Registrations Directorate in conjunction with the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market.

The federal circuit court in Washington DC ruled in favour of Apple and has significantly reduced Samsung's chances of escaping the hefty fine due to Apple for patent infringements.

The first phase of the Malta Gaming Authority's (MGA) sandbox environment was launched on 1 January 2019, for the purpose of accepting virtual financial assets (‘VFA') and virtual tokens as valid consideration for the participation in licensed games.

The Maltese Civil Court has issued a significant ruling rejecting the enforcement of Austrian court judgments seeking reimbursement of gambling losses from Malta-licensed operators.

As a first step towards the much anticipated legal reform governing Malta's gaming industry, the Parliamentary Secretary for Financial Services, Digital Economy & Innovation, Hon. Silvio Schembri...

The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (‘FIAU'), in conjunction with the Malta Gaming Authority (‘MGA'), has published a revised version of the Implementing Procedures Part II...

On the 5th of October 2018, in the case of Doreen Camilleri vs Commissioner for Information and Data Protection, the Court of Appeal reversed a decision previously taken by the Appeals Tribunal for Information and Data Protection and held that an employee's email address constituted personal data.

A data sharing deal establishing the Safe Harbour Agreement devised by the European Union and the United States has been recently challenged by a 27 year old law student at the European Court of Justice.

It has recently been stated that there are around 40,000 vacant properties in Malta, it is safe to say that many of these vacant properties are subject to vandalism.

The implementation of transfer pricing in Malta will be effective as from the 1st January 2024. The transfer pricing rules will apply to any related party arrangement entered on or after this date.

The Malta Aviation Registry has continued to achieve steady growth over the year of 2015.

Five cruise ships with five different ownerships graced the Grand Harbour of Valletta on the 22nd of July.

In recent months, the Tonnage Regulations (Subsidiary Legislation 234.19) underwent minor developments through the Tonnage (Amendment) Regulations (Legal Notice 165 of 2021)...

The Merchant Shipping Directorate has recently issued a Shipping Notice dealing with ships entering US Ports.

On the 22nd of October 2015, the British Court of Appeal through PST Energy & shipping LLC v. OW Bunker Malta Ltd delivered a landmark judgement concerning contract of supplies...

The Parliamentary Secretary for Competitiveness and Economic Growth has recently held that it is pertinent to continue improving Malta's National Integrated Maritime Policy...

With 850 vessels bigger than 24m, the Malta Shipping Register is now the largest superyacht register worldwide. These superyachts employ various specialised sectors on top of the regular seafaring operators.