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23. 01. 2023

The benefit of a trademark for business – an investment that pays off

Everyone knows or at least has a general idea of what a trademark means and what its main purpose is. But how does a trademark actually work in practice and what are its main advantages? In which cases should entrepreneurs not neglect to register a trademark and how to choose it correctly? The answers to …

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20. 01. 2023

Register of beneficial owners in 2023

During the last year, there were again significant changes in the field of register of beneficial owners. The obligation to actively identify and register data on persons, who in fact own or control legal entities and other legal arrangements, is relatively new in the Czech legal system. Due to the absence of historically tested national regulation and …

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17. 01. 2023

Energy price caps and related support programs

Based on the Government Decree of 14 December 2022, with effect from 1 January 2023, the electricity and gas prices for large industrial companies and other companies not previously covered by the earlier Government Decree of 5 October 2022 were capped. With effect from 1 January 2023, large companies will pay the same maximum amounts …

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16. 01. 2023

Sometimes illegal labelling of alternative products of plant origin

The Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic (hereinafter referred to as “MZe”) and the State Agricultural and Food Inspection Authority (hereinafter referred to as “SZPI”) draw attention to the need to comply with the requirements of legal regulations in the field of food labelling in connection with unwanted labelling of plant products with names …

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