Introduction On 11 March 2020 COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, two days following the first confirmed COVID-19 case in Cyprus. Between then and 13 March 2020 – when the first protective measures were announced by the Cypriot government – little could foretell the avalanche of decisions, measures, countermeasures and statements…
Forced sale orders on the grounds of unfair prejudice and shareholder oppression
Posted on: Thursday, June 21, 2018
Introduction In leading case O’Neill v Phillips, Lord Hoffmann compared shareholder petitions of unfair prejudice to divorce petitions. Indeed, these shareholder disputes tend to carry the same level of acrimony, especially when courts are faced with the option of deciding the sale of one shareholder’s shares to another. Fairness is at the heart of the…
Existence and use of ‘golden shares’ in private limited liability companies
Posted on: Thursday, February 15, 2018
The Challenging IP Software Protection
Posted on: Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Three giant telecommunication companies set a new record of patent applications filed with the WIPO in 2014. Chinese Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd led the way with 3,442 published PCT application followed by U.S.-based Qualcomm Inc. with 2,409 published applications. China’s ZTE Corp. took third place with 2,179 applications. These record-breaking numbers denote the growing importance…