About us

Law firm Hradec Králové provides legal services in the Czech republic since 1998 for important Czech and international clients in civil, commercial, family and copyright law.

Law firm Hradec Králové grants legal aid to clients in everyday legal matters (preparation of all contractual documentation and other related legal acts). Law firm Hradec Králové also represents clients in civil court proceedings, administrative proceedings, extrajudicial recovery, enforcement and insolvency proceedings. In addition, it provides assistance in business transactions and other matters in which legal advice are sought in the Czech republic.

Law firm Hradec Králové deals effectively with all legal needs of our clients, as well as provides assistance of specialists such as notaries, tax consultants, authorized experts, county court bailiffs and insolvency administrators with whom cooperates in the long term.

Remuneration for the provision of legal services depends on the complexity of the case. The adequate remuneration can be determined as a fixed amount or as a percentage of the outcome of the case or as legal remuneration in accordance with the legal tariff, which is defined by Regulation of the Ministry of Justice No. 177/1996 Coll. of 4^th June 1996, on fees and remuneration of lawyers for the provision of legal services (the lawyer´s tariff)– see statutory text.

The Czech Bar Association (see http://www.cak.cz/en/ ) has been appointed as an alternative entity for out-of-court settlement of disputes between consumers and attorneys-at-law concerning legal service and Code of Conduct of Lawyers.

OUR FOCUS

Law firm Hradec Králové is specialized in Czech copyright and intellectual property law. Law firm focuses on legal representation in civil proceedings in the Czech republic concerning copyright infringements, counterfeiting, plagiarism, piracy, illegal copying and uploading music and movies.

Law firm also provide legal protection of intellectual property concerning trademarks, copyright, industrial design rights.

Law firm Hradec Králové provides legal protection against unfair conduct of Czech Collective Copyright Protection Associations such as OSA, INTERGRAM DILIA, OOA-S and OAZA and their controllers. Law firm has been successful in dozens of lawsuits concerning copyright royalty fees, which are often illegally enforced by Czech Collective Copyright Protection Associations.

Significant achievement of Law firm has been judgement of Czech Constitutional Court dated 15. 4. 2014, Ref. No.: II ÚS 3076/13, which have been breakthrough in the issue of copyright royalties – see on our Youtube Channel.

Law firm Hradec Králové also supports development of local culture and of “free music” which means the production of independent authors and artists who are not represented by any Collective Copyright Protection Associations such as OSA or INTERGRAM.

Another significant achievement is currently the judicial finding of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic dated May 21, 2019 – Judgment III. ÚS 3102/16, INTERGRAM vs. Houlík. According to this finding, copyright collective societies shall not automatically recover the copyright royalties from tavern and restaurant owners. First, it must be checked and proved that the television, radio or similar broadcasting contains any copyright works or artists’ performances contracted and represented by these copyright collective societies. Learn more here.

Law firm Hradec Králové supports the development of local music culture and works by local independent authors and artists. It further offers various legal services to the independent copyright societies, such as IS Media s.r.o. or Nezávislá kultura s.r.o.