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Coexistence Agreements for Trademarks
Coexistence agreements can be an easier and cheaper solution to disputes over trademark similarity between parties rather than litigation under appropriate circumstances.
ICLG: Environment & Climate Change Law 2020
Harris Kyriakides LLC contributes the Cyprus chapter in the International Comparative Legal Guide to: Environment & Climate Change Law 2020. The guide provides a practical cross border insight into Environment and Climate Change Law.
By Eleni Neoptolemou
Electronic direct marketing and the issues arising from GDPR and the e-Privacy Directive
Companies are increasingly using marketing to promote their products and services not only to their existing customers but also to potential ones. This is the purpose of the electronic marketing, to target individuals using digital - Read More...
Harris Kyriakides is now certified as a Green Company
Our firm is now officially certified by Green-dot Cyprus as a Green Company through the Green Academy programme. The programme is aiming to provide better information on the recycling and development of environmental culture in Cyprus. We - Read More...
Key Steps to protect your business from a personal data breach
Introduction It is undeniable that we are more than ever concerned for our privacy and all the related cyberspace threads. All kind of personal data are collected, stored, processed and used on an unprecedented scale, - Read More...
Contributing to Environmental Protection by Acquiring an Electric Vehicle
We are delighted to announce that, Harris Kyriakides LLC is the first company in Larnaca that has acquired a long-distance full electric vehicle to be used by our messengers, as we believe it is a - Read More...
Cyprus introduces new legal framework for combatting counterfeit goods at points of entry
Introduction The marketing of goods infringing intellectual property rights (IPR) causes considerable damage to IPR holders, licensees and law-abiding manufacturers and traders. Such marketing deceives consumers and could in some cases be endangering their health - Read More...
Cyprus Energy: Problems and Prospects
Lawyers of Harris Kyriakides, attended yesterday an interesting open discussion on “Cyprus Energy: Problems and Prospects”. The event was jointly organised by the Oxford University Society in Cyprus and the School of Business Administration - Read More...
4th Oil and Gas Offshore Safety Seminar
The Fourth Oil and Gas Offshore Safety Seminar was held in Athens, organised by the Balkan and Black Sea Petroleum Association. Michael Kyriakides gave an excellent speech with the assistance of our Junior Associate, Eleni neoptolemou. - Read More...
Stamp Duty On Patent Filings
The Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver, in its capacity as Trademark and Patent Registrar, has issued a circular in regard to the payment of stamp duty an patent filings. According to the circular, the - Read More...
EU updates its European Trademark System
The European trademark system Trade mark registration is one of the most effective ways to build and defend a brand. A trade mark is a sign which distinguishes the goods and services of one - Read More...
Chapter on Cyprus Environmental Laws
Following the accession of Cyprus within the European Union in 2004, the environmental policy has been subjected to a fundamental review, in order to be brought into line with over 300 legislative instruments (Regulations and - Read More...
By Michael Kyriakides