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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...
Recent Important Rulings of the Administrative Court of Cyprus
A. Introduction Every organised society is governed by a set of rules of law, that its members are bound to follow. At the same time, given that our legal system follows the rules of common - Read More...
Register of corporate beneficial owners and other legal entities in the department of companies and official receiver
Article 30 of the 4th European Directive (EU) 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering or terrorist financing requires Member States of the European Union - 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...
Post GDPR: Cyprus Supreme Court directions on the Online Publication of Court decisions
A. Introduction Right after the new General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) came into force, many debates were initiated regarding its limits and the proper way of its implementation. The GDPR provides a new set of - Read More...
Cyprus and United Kingdom signed a Tax Treaty on 22nd March 2018
Introduction On the 22nd of March 2018, Cyprus and United Kingdom entered into a Double Tax Treaty (‘DTT’) that enables both countries to expand their DTT network and strengthen their mutual economic and commercial relations. - Read More...
Cyprus firms up discussions with India on new Double Tax Treaty
On 29 June 2016, Cyprus successfully completed the negotiation on the Double Taxation Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income with India. - 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...
Harris Kyriakides covers the Cyprus chapter of the inaugural edition of Sovereign Immunity 2018
Harris Kyriakides is covering the Cyprus chapter of the first edition of Getting the Deal Through – Sovereign Immunity 2018. This is the first volume to critically and comparatively assess the state of play of the law of sovereign - Read More...
By Michael Kyriakides
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...
Practice direction on black and white trade marks in Cyprus
For the purpose of adopting a common framework governing the protection of black and white trade marks in Cyprus, the Cyprus Department of Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver has issued a new practice - Read More...