As of 1 June 2023, the unitary European patent system has come into effect. With it, a brand-new institution – a Unified Patent Court (UPC) – will start its activities.

As of 1 June 2023, the unitary European patent system has come into effect. With it, a brand-new institution – a Unified Patent Court (UPC) – will start its activities. It is the biggest change...

Execution auctions and court auctions are conducted under the Civil Procedure Code, while compulsory public auctions are conducted under the provisions of the Public Auction Act.

During its upcoming session in September the Chamber of Deputies is scheduled to further discuss a bill of the substantially amended Building Code which should come into effect as of 1 January 2013.

The long-expected recodification of Czech private law has now entered the second reading before the Chamber of Deputies, despite the resistance of the opposition MPs.

The sale of food is currently a much-debated topic across society, at least when it comes to prices. This area is subject to significant control under the Act on Unfair Terms in Food Trade.

We present to you the forty-first instalment of the information service on events that occurred in the world of competition law in September 2023.

We present you with the fortieth anniversary edition of our newsletter. It focuses on events that took place in the world of competition law in the summer of 2023.

The employment of foreigners in the Czech Republic is governed by Act No. 435/2004 Sb., on Employment (the "Employment Act").

In October this year, another interesting decision relating to data protection was issued in response to the constant evolution of modern communication technologies, dealing specifically with the definition ...

Coexistence agreements are one of the options that two owners of similar or identical trademarks have in a situation where they want to agree on how to (co-)exist together not only on the market...

When the former version of the SMPA was in force, virtually only the operators of food retail chains had significant market power. The amendment to the SMPA, which takes full effect on January 1, 2024...

Nearly three years ago, many a co-owner of a thing felt relieved when the statutory pre-emptive right of other co-owners to his/her co-owner's share was cancelled as of 1 January

The EU regulation on the control of foreign subsidies enters into force. The Regulation is intended to provide the EU with a tool to protect the internal market from subsidies provided by third countries.

We present to you the thirty-ninth instalment of the information service regarding events that occurred in the world of competition law...

The new Mediation Act came into force on 1 September 2012.

If a contract is performed after 1 April 2012, the contractor will be obligated to deliver a list of subcontractors to the public contracting authority, so that the latter may post the list on its profile.

There are 30 days left until the end of the year at the time of publishing this article. Thirty days is the payment period that buyers with significant market power should apply...

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...

On Friday, 14 July 2023, the long-awaited amendment to the Czech Competition Act (CCA) was published in the Collection of Laws. Its main objective is to implement the ECN+ Directive...