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16. 06. 2021

Legal regulation of health-targeted products advertising

As we informed you in earlier articles and posts, starting from 26 May 2021, Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on medical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No. 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC (hereinafter the “MDR”) will …

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10. 05. 2021

Filling financial statements in the collection of documents – new sanctions and requirements

Together with the amendment of the Act No. 90/2012 Coll., on Business Companies and Cooperatives (the Business Corporations Act), as amended (the “Business Corporations Act”), a relatively significant and fundamental amendment of the Act No. 304/2013 Coll., on public registers of legal and natural persons and the register of trust funds, as amended (the “Register …

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30. 04. 2021

Amendment to the Food and Tobacco Products Act by Act No. 174/2021 Coll.

On April 27, 2021, Act No. 174/2021 Coll. was published in the Collection of Laws, which, among other things, amends Act No. 110/1997 Coll., on Food and Tobacco Products and on amendments to Certain Related Acts, as amended (the “Food and Tobacco Products Act”). In addition to the Food and Tobacco Products Act, there are …

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26. 04. 2021

European grant for trademarks available to (almost) everyone

At the beginning of the year, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (“EUIPO“) introduced a new Grant Fund for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), through which they can obtain a grant to cover costs related to the filing of a trademark application (or industrial design) of up to 1,500 EUR. The next application period for …

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