Legal articles and news for companies
Grants for the IP Scan service and trademarks are back! You can apply from 2 February 2026.
It is no surprise that the Czech Republic consistently ranks among the leaders in drawing on the IP Scan grant. It is a valuable service and one that entrepreneurs genuinely need. After all, who wouldn't want cost-effective advice from a certified attorney?
And support for registering trademarks? That is undoubtedly a great opportunity to give your business a boost and protect it.
AI Compliance - Do you develop or use artificial intelligence?
The European Union is adopting the world's first rules on artificial intelligence (the AI Act). The AI Act defines the framework that developers, providers, distributors, importers and even certain users (in particular you, entrepreneurs using an AI system in your business) must follow.
The AI Act clearly says "no, thank you" to systems that could place you on a socially undesirable list, manipulate you or monitor you without authorisation. It lays down rules for high-risk systems, including transparency obligations.
A Czech court has ruled that AI-generated graphics are not a copyrighted work
It turns out that giving a prompt to an AI is more like handing a recipe to a chef – even if you provided the ingredients, the finished dish is not your work. The AI user is more of a kitchen assistant than the actual chef. In my view, what will matter greatly is what you do with the dish next and how you serve it…
Artificial intelligence is not the author of a work, just as a camera or an animal is not. So concluded the U.S. court in THALER v. PERLMUTTER
On 18 August 2023, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the Copyright Office had not erred when it refused to register copyright protection for a work created by artificial intelligence.