Reproduction of musical works – Copyright – Collective management organizations

On the last 24/11/2011 the European Court of Justice intervened once again in the matter of copyright, this time in particular giving interpretation to the notion of “communication of a work to a public”. That, in this specific case, in order to decide on the legitimacy of an obligation to pay to a collective management organization which handles copyright the relevant fees arising from the use of protected works and that are related to those rights.

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Community mark and infringements

The last 12 April 2011, the European Court of Justice has issued a decision on an interesting matter concerning the Community trade mark and its protection inside the EU area. In particular, the Court has furnished a Community oriented interpretation about the Regulation (EC) 40/94 on the Community trade mark (currently repealed and replaced by the recent Regulation (EC) 207/2009).

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Company law:

  • establishing, dissolution and liquidation of companies,
  • ensuring of ,,offshore companies“,
  • changes of establishment and registered office of the companies
  • transfers of shares or stocks,
  • conversions of business companies (merger, acquisition, legal and tax due diligence, separation of company, sale and lease of enterprise),
  • commercial registry procedure, communication with competent authorities ,
  • bankruptcy law ,
  • business of non-residential entities on territory of Czech Republic

Contract Law:

  • legal analysis, statements, meetings, preparation,
  • execution of the contracts and their changes and agreements, business and contractual conditions and unilateral legal acts ,
  • ensuring of contractual relationships,
  • claim management and transfer of claims,
  • exercise of claims from breach of contracts included disputes about damages,

Real Estates Law:

  • preparation, execution of the contracts and their changes in the matter of purchase, transfer or alienation of real estate,
  • legal interests – pawn and real burden,
  • procedure before Cadastral registry and others authorities,
  • lease of flats and non-residential premise,

Employment law:

  • preparation, execution of the employment contracts and their changes and agreements and ,unilateral legal acts
  • preparation of internal rules of procedure of the employer,
  • legal acts related with termination of employment,
  • liability for damages and compensatory damages,

Civil law:

  • legal analysis, statements, meetings,
  • preparation, execution of the contracts and their changes and unilateral legal acts,
  • legal interests,
  • protection of personality,
  • claims and means of consumer protection,
  • law of succession,

Family law:

  • relations between husband and wife included property matters,
  • divorce of marriage,
  • parental rights for children,
  • issue of alimony,
  • determination of paternity, adoption,
  • settlement of marital property,

Construction law:

  • legal analysis, statements,
  • advices for construction or changing of real estates,
  • preparation for constructions, proposals, requests,
  • representation in proceedings before administrative and others authorities

Disputable agenda

  • representation in proceedings in a court of law and administrative procedures,
  • arbitration proceeding,
  • preparation and execution of filling, proposals, action, precautions, discretionary remedies, proposals for enforcement of judgment, proposals for execution,
  • representation in proceedings about offences and other administrative offences

Italian law