8/21/2023 8:42:24 AM Advertising and “class actions“ in Slovakia By Peter Marciš Following the example of other EU countries, Slovakia has just adopted new rules for asserting consumer claims. The new Act on Lawsuits...
9/28/2022 1:24:15 PM Brand new Code of Influencer Marketing released in Slovakia By Peter Marciš After months of preparations, IAB Slovakia together with the Association of Digital Marketing Agencies (ADMA) finally released and...
9/14/2022 12:12:36 PM Retailers in Slovakia beware: An additional obligation to publish prices in relation to special offers is on the way By Peter Marciš Although the implementation of the EU Directive 2019/2161 has been delayed in Slovakia, we already know what to expect from it. New...
8/13/2021 8:13:22 AM Privacy regulations and comeback of contextual advertising By Peter Marciš Contextual advertising has been here forever. However, with the continuous development of tracking technologies, the use of personal...
4/27/2021 11:59:34 AM Targeted advertising on social media and GDPR By Peter Marciš Do you target your advertising on social media platforms? (Of course, you do). Then you should know that you may be responsible for...
1/29/2021 1:48:54 PM To consume, or not to consume, that is the question By Peter Marciš The Slovak Advertising Standards Council (SRPR) assessed the food chamber's complaint against a series of Christmas advertisements of the...
6/18/2020 10:35:42 AM Free samples of medicinal products to pharmacists. Yes or no? By Peter Marciš In a dispute between two pharma companies in Germany, a question was raised about whether it was legal to distribute free samples of...
3/30/2020 2:23:28 PM Tracking mobile phones in Slovakia during the pandemics By Peter Marciš A new Slovak Act on certain emergency measures in relation to the spread of COVID-19 will authorize the Public Health Authority to...
3/4/2020 12:07:31 PM Fack Ju Göhte…and principles of morality By Peter Marciš In 2015, following a great success of the comedy “Fack Ju Göhte”, the German production company Constantin Film decided to apply to EUIPO...
11/5/2019 4:42:29 PM The General Court confirms the cancellation of the EUTM consisting of the shape of the Rubik’s Cube By Peter Marciš In 1999, the cube shape of the iconic Rubik's Cube was registered as a three-dimensional European Union Trade Mark (EUTM). This EUTM was...
5/12/2020 12:00:00 AM GALA Webinar: The Global Legal Challenges of Plain Packaging By Dušan Nitschneider It's been several years since plain packaging legislation was introduced with respect to tobacco products, now it has expanded to include...
5/18/2023 10:03:33 AM Influencer marketing - an international perspective (webinar) By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA) is a network of impressive advertising law experts around the world. We at GALA are...
6/2/2021 4:08:57 PM Bad Luck Brian Ad and Self Regulation By Marek Bugan Peter Marciš One of the Slovak advertising agencies has chosen a peculiar approach to advertising by using the well-known Bad Luck Brian meme in a...
11/26/2020 11:40:05 AM Sale and advertising of CBD products in Slovakia By Peter Marciš The Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic has submitted a bill that would remove cannabidiol (CBD) from the list of narcotic and...
6/9/2025 12:33:22 PM Come Join Us in Cannes! By Jeff Greenbaum On Tuesday, June 17th, the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance will be hosting, in Cannes, “AI, Advertising, and the Future of Creativity...
10/28/2022 6:06:34 PM ICYMI -- GALA Releases Videos from "Global Advertising in an Age of Crisis and Change" Conference By Jeff Greenbaum Earlier this month, the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance hosted its annual global advertising law conference in London. The...