25.7.2014
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Are Internet Links Lawful?
Hyperlinks are common. But are they lawful if they link to copyrighted documents? The European Court of Justice issued a decision on Internet links for the first time this past February.
The ECJ’s decision exclusively concerns copyrights but may be relevant to other areas as well, such as competition law. Lawsuits concerning deep links and embedding have been underway for a number of years now, but how does the situation look pursuant to European law, which seeks harmonization through the 2001 EU Information Directive? Can one freely link to other material without having the author’s consent? For the entire article (in Czech only), go to www.patria.cz/pravo.
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28.5.2025
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Advising GRIDARCH a.s. on the Sale of Land in the Ostrava Airport Multimodal Park
KSB’s team (Jiří Horník, Jakub Porod, Jakub Mehl) provided legal counsel to GRIDARCH a.s. in connection with the sale of land located in the Ostrava Airport Multimodal Park (OAMP), which is being developed into an industrial zone with logistics facilities. The purchaser of the 110,000 sqm of commercial land was EQT Exeter.
20.5.2025
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With deep sorrow, we announce the passing of JUDr. Alexandr Kocián, one of the founders of our firm.
e was not only an icon of the legal profession in Karlovy Vary and a respected lawyer, but also an inspiring colleague, a mentor to an entire generation of our attorneys, and, last but not least, a man with a sense of humor who always spread good cheer.
