Top 100 UK law firm TLT has featured in an Indian business game show organised by UK Trade & Investment through the British Deputy High Commission and supported by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The game was designed to showcase British merger and acquisition advisory talent to an Indian business audience and was aired as a two-part series on UTVI, one of India's leading business news television channels.
TLT was the only UK law firm that participated because of the firm's strong links with the Indian market. TLT has been advising leading Indian banks for nearly 25 years on a wide range of banking matters including structuring of transactions, guarantees, security, priority and subordination issues and cross-border issues, including....
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European Law firm is looking positively to the future following the election of two new Board members and a new President at the recent General Meeting in Berlin.
Neil Meakin from UK law firm TLT stepped up to replace Chris Owen and Ferry Weelen from Dutch member Holla Poelman Van Leeuwen has taken over from founding member Paul Wertenbroek. Christian Steden from Kärgel de Maizière & Partner joins existing members Konstantinos Kostopoulos and Geir Knutsen to take on the role of President of the new Board.
One of the first tasks of the new Board will be to develop a Business Plan for ELF and establish some clear objectives for the next three years. A questionnaire has been drafted ensuring that all members have their input in this.....
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European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy has put forward proposals to reduce the cost of applying for Community trade marks by about 40%.
Following an agreement by EU member states in September, as reported by Managing IP, the CTM application fee is likely to be reduced form €1,750 to "around €1,000".
The reduction is required as OHIM, the Office that administers CTMs, has a surplus of more than €300 million.
McCreevy said: "It will mean considerable savings for European companies - in particular SMEs. The fee structure itself will be simplified, significantly reducing red tape and the administrative burden in the handling of trade mark fees, to the benefit of both users and the OHIM."
The fee reduction will have to be formally approved by EU....
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British citizens could be convicted in their absence by foreign courts for traffic, credit card or other criminal offences under plans approved in principle by the European Parliament.
The proposals would allow citizens to be extradited automatically under fast-track procedures at the request of another European Union country on the basis of a decision by the foreign court.
The overwhelming adoption by the Parliament of the proposals, which now go to the Council of Ministers, was condemned yesterday as "throwing habeas corpus out of the window".
Philip Bradbourn, the Conservative justice and home affairs spokesman in the European Parliament, said: "This initiative would enable courts to pass judgments in absentia. It goes against one of the most fundamental corner-stones....
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A dispute between oligarchs leads to questions over how far the courts are wiling to go in passing judgment over another jurisdiction.
Law is about delivering justice, but what happens when rival views of justice collide? Is it for one country to pass judgment over another? When should a court decide that another state cannot or will not do justice? This was the dilemma faced by Mr Justice Christopher Clarke in the recent High Court case of Cherney v Deripaska.
The case gives a rare peek into the world of Russian oligarchs. At its centre is a dispute over control of a $4 billion (£2 billion) stake in Rusal, the world's largest aluminium company.
The claimant, Michael Cherney, was a powerful figure in Russia in the early 1990s but now lives in Israel.....
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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said that trade mark owners cannot prevent comparative advertising unless it creates a likelihood of confusion among consumers
The Court ruled yesterday in a dispute brought by telecoms company 02, which owns a number of trade marks for bubbles, against rival Hutchison 3G (H3G), which ran an advertising campaign in 2004 that featured similar bubbles and used O2's logo with price comparisons.
In a ruling in 2006, the UK's Court of Appeal asked the ECJ to clarify three questions on the interpretation of the 1988 trade mark directive and the 1984 misleading and comparative advertising directive (updated in 1997).
While the trade mark directive gives trade mark owners the right to prevent the use of their trade mark in a comparative....
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PELIKAN KROFTA KOHOUTEK advokátní kancelář s.r.o has been ranked by Chambers Europe as one of the top Czech firms for IP law.
The Firm: Founded in 2005, this outfit has already reached the pinnacle of the market thanks to “a healthy mixture of domestic and international experience” and “a vast range of expertise.” Intellectual property law remains a main focus of the firm’s endeavours, with work encompassing patents, utility patterns, trade marks and all aspects of copyright issues. Furthermore, “it keeps abreast of all the technological developments,” lending the team a particularly reliable voice regarding the patent and copyright issues of a business' IT dealings.
The Lawyers:....
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In a recent issue of Legal500 Europe, PELIKAN KROFTA KOHOUTEK advokátní kancelář s.r.o has been recommended as a tier 3 firm for their Corporate & M&A, Real Estate and Construction expertise.
The team at PELIKAN KROFTA KOHOUTEK advokátní kancelář s.r.o in Prague works "very quickly and effectively" and is "very goal orientated" with a "lot of experience and professionalism", according to clients. The firm advised the shareholders of Smidbersky Transport, the Czech logistics group, on the sale of a majority shareholding interest to CS Cargo. Legal500 Europe
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Matej Vácha, partner and associate Jan Krabec of PELIKAN KROFTA KOHOUTEK advokátní kancelář s.r.o. law firm enjoyed recent success at the Federation Internationale de lÂ’Automobile (FIA). As a result of their work, the FIA International Court of Appeal finally confirmed Swiss driver, Markus Bösiger of the Czech team Buggyra International Racing System as 2007 European Truck Racing Champion.The Czech team successfully appealed through the Autoklub of the Czech Republic against a decision made by the Spanish National Court of Appeal. The decision dealt with the dramatic final grand prix race that took place on October 7, 2007 in Spanish Jarama where the Czech team Buggyra International Racing System and Spanish team Equipo CEPSA....
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