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The Pay Transparency Directive is already a reality — on June 7, 2026, the new Act No. 76/2026 Coll., which transposed into Slovak law the European rules for equal remuneration of men and women. Find out what new obligations it brings to employers in terms of pay transparency and how applying the principle of equal pay for work of equal value will affect your company in practice.

How to protect traditional Slovak products? Read about geographical indications (PDO, PGI, TSG) and insights from the international conference in Bratislava.

Brichta & Partners has been strengthening its intellectual property practice since September 1, 2026. Joining the team as Senior Counsel is Karin Pomaizlová, one of the most experienced and respected intellectual property experts on the Czech market.

Under the term design, most of us imagine aesthetics, beautiful shapes, the work of a graphic designer or product designer. However, in the legal and business world, design is something much more tangible. It is a strategic tool to protect the visual identity of your products.

Why does a patented product often look different in real life than in patent drawings? Indeed, a truly strong protection of intellectual property rarely rests on just one right. Find out exactly how to combine patent, design and trade secret so that your innovations receive maximum legal and commercial protection.

Filing a patent application is only the first step on the long road to obtaining exclusive protection. The entire patenting process can take from 1 to 5 years and consists of several key stages in which it is easy to make unenforceable errors. See what steps the procedure actually consists of and what your company needs to think about before filing an application.

Owning a patent or utility model is not a matter of course, even if you have financed the entire development. Unclear legal relations between the author of the solution and the company are among the most frequent reasons for blocking investments and expensive litigation. Read what is the fundamental difference between the originator and the applicant and how to properly treat the transfer of IP rights.

The law firm BRICHTA & PARTNERS has reached another important international milestone. The prestigious IAM Patent 1000 ranking for 2026 has placed us among the world's top in the field of patent law. Read what awards our key experts have received and how we combine technical precision with business strategy.