Defining Success in Litigation & Arbitration
Are we producing winners and losers – or solution to common problems? Everyday practice in the Greek courts reveals that the parties need to satisfy other interests than their actual position.
EU & Greek Legislation for Renewable Energy Sources
The main body of legislation which regulates on the one hand the production of electricity from renewable energy sources (“RES”) and particularly from photovoltaic stations (“PV”), and on the other the provision of investment incentives is the following …
Merger Control in the Balkans
Mergers and acquisitions (together, the Concentrations) are subject to merger control under Law 703/1977 “on the control of monopolies and oligopolies and the protection of free competition”, as amended repeatedly and for the last time by Law 3373/2005 (the Competition Law), provided the thresholds imposed by the Law are met.
Greek Law and Jurisprudence on Infringements of Personal Privacy & Personality Rights
Article 9 par. 1 of the Greek Constitution provides that: “The private and family life of the individual is inviolable”. Article 8 par. 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights, as enacted into Greek Law by Law 53/1974, provides that: “Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence”.
International Licensing / Nature of Licensing Agreements
There are three (3) principle legal methods that can be used in order to bring about a commercial transfer and acquisition of technology, namely: a. The Sale (i.e. Assignment), b. The License Agreement and c. The Know-How Agreement. The commercial transfer of technology through a license is the giving by the owner of a patented invention to another person or legal entity of the permission to perform, in the country and for a limited period of time, one or more of the acts which are covered by the exclusive rights of the owner of the invention patented in that country. When that permission is given, a “license” has been granted.