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Employer files counter-claim against ex-employee seeking damages Employment and Industrial Relations

Employer files counter-claim against ex-employee seeking damages

In the case of Brian Schembri v National Orchestra Limited, which is currently pending before the First Hall of the Civil Court, the ex-employee sued the employer for payment of three years' salary according to contract, in view of the fact that the employer had terminated the employment contract. In a rather interesting twist, the employer not only defended its position by arguing that it had terminated the contract for sufficient reasons, considering also that the employee himself had abandoned his employment, but it filed a counter-claim against the employee claiming damages suffered as a result of the ex-employee's actions.…
Christine Calleja
11th April 2018
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Positive Update on EU Trademark and Industrial Design Rights Post-Brexit Intellectual Property

Positive Update on EU Trademark and Industrial Design Rights Post-Brexit

As many are no doubt aware, an updated draft of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community was published last month.The 19 March draft highlights all the points of consensus between the EU and the UK – the continuation of EU-wide IP rights currently effective in Britain being among them. It is now virtually official that all EU trademarks and industrial designs registered before the end of the Brexit transition period will continue to be protected qua UK registrations.This is good news…
Jonathan Tonna
7th April 2018
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Positive Update on EU Trademark and Industrial Design Rights Post-Brexit Intellectual Property

Positive Update on EU Trademark and Industrial Design Rights Post-Brexit

As many are no doubt aware, an updated draft of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community was published last month.The 19 March draft highlights all the points of consensus between the EU and the UK – the continuation of EU-wide IP rights currently effective in Britain being among them. It is now virtually official that all EU trademarks and industrial designs registered before the end of the Brexit transition period will continue to be protected qua UK registrations.This is good news…
Jonathan Tonna
7th April 2018
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MGA launches guidance on DLT and VC use through sandbox approach. Telecoms, Media & Technology

MGA launches guidance on DLT and VC use through sandbox approach.

The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has launched a public consultation document on the use of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and the acceptance of Virtual Currencies (VC) within the remote gaming sector through the implementation of a sandbox approach (test and learn), whilst also drafting guidelines for the adoption of DLT within the industry.The sandbox approach is aimed to commence during the second quarter of 2018 and will last for a period of six months. The MGA will be accepting use of VCs as a means of payment subject to the satisfaction of a number of conditions, in order to ensure investor…
Ian Busuttil
2nd April 2018
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MGA launches guidance on DLT and VC use through sandbox approach. Telecoms, Media & Technology

MGA launches guidance on DLT and VC use through sandbox approach.

The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has launched a public consultation document on the use of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and the acceptance of Virtual Currencies (VC) within the remote gaming sector through the implementation of a sandbox approach (test and learn), whilst also drafting guidelines for the adoption of DLT within the industry.The sandbox approach is aimed to commence during the second quarter of 2018 and will last for a period of six months. The MGA will be accepting use of VCs as a means of payment subject to the satisfaction of a number of conditions, in order to ensure investor…
Ian Busuttil
2nd April 2018
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Silence is Golden: Holding the Breach on Free Speech with Trade Secret Law on the Horizon Intellectual Property

Silence is Golden: Holding the Breach on Free Speech with Trade Secret Law on the Horizon

What disappears when you speak its name?A riddle as old as time itself. But, as anyone charged with the keeping of secrets knows; once silence is broken, a great many more things might go the same way.Among those things, there's your intellectual property.This may seem a little counterintuitive. Common sense dictates a good idea must be disclosed to the public one way or another if it is to evolve into a good venture.Indeed, it is generally the case that intellectual property must be declared or expressed publicly before it can even become vested with the law's protection.Reality, however, is rather…
Jonathan Tonna
28th March 2018