Region: Czech Republic

Featured in Border and customs protection around the world

In our ongoing series, our attention turns to the Czech Republic, delving into the complexities of brand protection challenges and optimal solutions at the nation's borders and entry points.

14 December 2023

We take a closer look at the projects keeping the automaker's award-winning IP team busy. 

17 August 2023

WTR shares insights from ECTA's 41st Annual Conference in Prague, with hundreds of brand professionals and one Olympic medallist in attendance.

03 July 2023

Featured in Physical marketplace counterfeit hotspots

In another edition of our regular series on marketplaces across the world that reportedly engage in the trade of counterfeits, we head to the Central European nation of the Czech Republic.

26 November 2019

In the first of our five-part series, trademark counsel from law firms across Europe provide an overview of the performance of their countries’ EU trademark courts over the past two years.

23 August 2018

01 November 2017

Czech Republic Industrial Property Office President Josef Kratochvil has issued a strong warning about the “very dangerous” activities of entities sending fraudulent solicitations.

20 September 2017

The Czech Republic is a member of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and party to the following multilateral international treaties concerning trademark protection:

18 September 2015

The Czech Republic has introduced a new set of rules regulating customs measures, which will enable IP right holders to combat counterfeiting more effectively on the internal market. Among other things, for Czech Customs to be able to detain suspected counterfeit goods within the country’s borders, trademark holders must file a separate application for intra-border customs watch.

10 April 2015

LEGO has obtained a preliminary injunction ordering the Czech Pirate Party to remove a video from its official campaign media. The video in question showed two Lego figurines representing “influential businessmen with government connections” throwing their money into a lake; Lego claimed copyright and trademark infringement.

01 March 2013