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Article on maritime violence by Alison Vassallo
The article by Alison Vassallo was published in the Business Section of the Times of Malta. The article discusses the recent events of piracy on the high seas and legal measures to combat them. A review of legal measures to combat maritime violence The recent spate of attacks directed against...

Maltese Foundations as Vehicles for CSR
The Article discussing Foundations as vehicles for corporate social responsibility by Nicolai Xuereb was published by the International Law Office in their Offshore Services Newsletter. Dr Xuereb specialises in trusts and foundations at Fenech & Fenech Advocates. The Maltese Foundation: A Vehicle for Corporate Social Responsibility The social, political...

A spoonful of sugar
The article by Jeanine Rizzo discusses music licensing and copyright and was published in the Business Section of the Times of Malta. A spoonful of sugar Last week, a case of tonsillitis kept me house bound for a few days... which led to my discovery of a new...

Guest article on Wine Square
The article Borrowed Notes by Jeanine Rizzo has appeared in the October edition of the wine newsletter Wine Square, which is edited by Mr Georges Meekers. The article discusses intellectual property issues encountered by wine critics. Borrowed notes The use of tasting notes as a marketing and sales...

Amendments to the Copyright Act
The article by intellectual property lawyer Jeanine Rizzo discusses the recent changes made to the Maltese Copyright Act and was published in the Business Section of the Times of Malta. Intellectual Property News Update The Law constantly changes and evolves as society itself does. In life, we see how...

Chamber of Commerce Seminar in Collaboration with Fenech & Fenech
Monica Galea and Nicolai Xuereb will be addressing the Trusts and Foundations Seminar, today the 29th January 2010. This wonderful opportunity to learn more about trusts and foundations is a special event which is being organised by the Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with Fenech &...

The Trust versus the Foundation
This article by Nicolai Xuereb compares the main tenets of the trust to the foundation. The article is the culmination of the Trusts and Foundations seminar presented by the author together with Monica Galea and organised in collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce. The Trust vs the Foundation Most people...

Fashion industry copyright news
This article by intellectual property lawyer Jeanine Rizzo discusses the latest copyright infringement case filed in Germany. The case concerns an item of clothing, and the article subsequently discusses how fashion is protected by IP. The article was published on the Times of Malta, Business Section. Copy-wrongs In...

Are you active in the arts?
The Malta Council for Culture and the Arts and the Creative Economy Working Group are running a survey for all people involved in the creative sector in Malta. Please see below, and click on the link to access the survey. If you're Maltese or living in Malta and you're...

Return of Lost or Stolen Art
Following the high profile art theft from the Paris Museum of Modern Art, this article by Jeanine Rizzo from the Art & Cultural Heritage department, discusses the legal remedies for the return of stolen works of art. The odds of return Picasso. Matisse. Modigliani. Their paintings were part of a group...

Estate Planning – Would a Trust help?
The following article by Monica Galea, a member of the Trusts department, has just been published. The article discusses the use of a Trust in estate planning. Estate Planning – Would a Trust help? Estate planning is defined as the process of anticipating and arranging...

Is YouTube Really Free?
This article by Jeanine Rizzo discusses the recent YouTube judgment whereby the US Courts where asked to judge whether YouTube were guilty of copyright infringement due to the number of videos containing copyrighted content being posted by third party users on their site. This intellectual property case is very interesting...