MV501K Unfair Competition, Trade Mark Law, Trade Names Law and Protection of Origin in the CR and the EU

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Dana Ondrejová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Eva Večerková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Michal Vítek (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Dana Ondrejová, Ph.D.
Department of Commercial Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Vladimíra Vraná
Supplier department: Department of Commercial Law – Faculty of Law
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MV501K/01: Mon 1. 10. to Fri 21. 12. Mon 16:00–17:40 215, D. Ondrejová
MV501K/02: No timetable has been entered into IS. D. Ondrejová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
At the end of the course students will be able to understand of conditions of general clause of unfair competition; understand of legal aspects of commercial firm; differentiate the delusory and comparative advertising; to work with information on knowledge domain and commercial secret; make legal and ethical evaluation of choosen advertisings; acquire information of trade mark law, trade names law and origin; understand of legal protection of unfair competition; learn about actual judical decisions of the Czech Supreme Court and find it s problematic aspects; understand to european regulation of unfair competition.
Syllabus
  • Commercial firm and unfair competition.
  • Subjects of unfair competition.
  • Commercial secret and unfair competition.
  • The general clause of unfair competition.
  • Trade mark law and unfair competition.
  • The delusory and comparative advertising.
  • Trade names law and unfair competition.
  • Ethical and legal analysis of problematic cases of unfair competition.
  • The domain names and unfair competition.
  • Legal protection of unfair competition I
  • Actual judical decisions of the Czech Supreme Court of unfair competition.
  • Legal protection of unfair competition II and the European regulation of unfair competition.
  • Colloquium
Literature
    required literature
  • ONDREJOVÁ, Dana and David SEHNÁLEK. Vliv práva Evropské unie na českou regulaci nekalé soutěže a nekalých obchodních praktik (The influence of European Union law on Czech regulation of unfair competition and unfair trade practices). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016, 315 pp. Edice Scientia 570. ISBN 978-80-210-8398-1. Open access Vědecký web PrF info
  • ONDREJOVÁ, Dana. Nekalá soutěž v novém občanském zákoníku (Unfair Competition in New Civil Code). 1st ed. Praha: C.H.Beck, 2014, 384 pp. Komentář. ISBN 978-80-7400-522-0. info
    not specified
  • ONDREJOVÁ, Dana. Přehled judikatury ve věcech nekalé soutěže (The overview of judgements in unfair competition disputes). první. Praha: Wolters Kluwer a.s., 2011, 302 pp. ISBN 978-80-7357-670-7. info
  • ONDREJOVÁ, Dana and Blanka SCHOBLOVÁ. Dokazování ve sporech z nekalé soutěže z pohledu teorie a praxe (The Argumentation in the Disputes of Unfair Competition from the View of theory and praxis). Právní fórum. Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR, a. s., 2010, vol. 2010, No 7, 6 pp. ISSN 1214-7966. info
  • ONDREJOVÁ, Dana. Právní prostředky ochrany proti nekalé soutěži (Legal Menas of Protection against Unfair Competition). Praha: Wolters Kluwer a.s., 2010, 328 pp. Právní monografie 791. ISBN 978-80-7357-505-2. info
  • ONDREJOVÁ, Dana. Právnické osoby oprávněné hájit zájmy soutěžitelů nebo spotřebitelů v nekalosoutěžních sporech (The Body Corporate rightful to the interests of competitors or consumers defend in unfair competition disputes). Právní fórum. Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR, a. s., 2010, vol. 2010, No 2, 6 pp. ISSN 1214-7966. info
  • ONDREJOVÁ, Dana. Procesní specifika ve věcech nekalé soutěže (Procedural particularities in case of unfair competition). Právní fórum. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, a. s., 2010, vol. 2010, No 5, 7 pp. ISSN 1214-7966. info
  • ONDREJOVÁ, Dana. Generální klauzule nekalé soutěže v aktuální rozhodovací praxi Nejvyššího soudu (General Clause of Unfair Competition in Actual Case-law of Czech Supreme Court). Soudní rozhledy. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2009, vol. 2009, No 4, 6 pp. ISSN 1211-4405. info
  • ONDREJOVÁ, Dana. Tzv. product placement: evropské výzvy pro českého zákonodárce (Product placement: European Appeals for Czech Regulation). Právní rozhledy. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2009, vol. 2009, číslo 2, 5 pp. ISSN 1210-6410. info
  • VEČERKOVÁ, Eva. Nekalá soutěž a reklama : (vybrané kapitoly). Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2005, 330 s. ISBN 8021036079. info
  • VEČERKOVÁ, Eva. Postavení soutěžitele a spotřebitele v nekalé soutěži (Position of a competitor and consumer in unfair competition). Právní fórum : český právnický měsíčník. Praha: ASPI Publishing, 2005, Roč. 2, č. 5, p. 196-200. ISSN 1214-7966. info
Teaching methods
lectures, assessment of actual decision making of Czech and European courts, power-point prezentation processing, writing an analysis of the choosen cases
Assessment methods
colloquium; the presumption of colloquium will be graduation of presentation realized at the lecture and given attendance at lecture; colloquium will be consist of answers of questions, which were declaimed and writing analysis of choosen cases
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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