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Future of Security Token Offerings in Malta

Author: Deborah Chappell Date: 16 Mar 2020

<ol> <li style="text-align: justify;">Defining STOs</li> </ol> In the Consultation Document, the Authority proposed a categorization of different types of STOs, being: <ol style="list-style-type: ...

Using a Maltese “Earlier Right” to Oppose an EUTM Application

Author: Timothy Spiteri Date: 28 Feb 2020

The EU Trademark Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) (the “EUTMR”) allows proprietors of “non-registered trademarks or of another sign used in the course of trade” to ...

Employee Share Options in Malta

Author: Alain Muscat Date: 31 Jan 2020

Employee share options are often used to align the interests of employees with those of the company by tying part of the remuneration package with performance, as reflected in the share price.  In the world of finance, an ...

The Registration of Private Residential Lease Agreements and Formalities

Author: Joseph Mizzi Date: 13 Jan 2020

The legislation regulating the institute of the lease has seen a number of developments over the years. For instance, prior to the amendments introduced in 2010, there was no obligation imposed on the parties to a lease to draw up a ...

Salient features of the New Copyright Directive - Part 2

Author: Timothy Spiteri Date: 24 Jun 2019

Beyond the hype, the controversy, talk of meme bans and impending doom for the internet, what will the new law really change? This article is a continuation of an <a ...

Muscat Mizzi Advocates to attend and speak at the Malta AI & Blockchain Summit

Author: Deborah Chappell Date: 21 May 2019

Muscat Mizzi Advocates will be attending the Malta AI & Blockchain Summit between the 23rd and 24th May.  Our colleague, Dr Deborah Chappell, will be speaking on Thursday 23rd May between 10:50am - 11:10am on the ...

Muscat Mizzi receives 'in principle' approval to act as VFA Agent

Author: Alain Muscat Date: 02 Apr 2019

Muscat Mizzi Advocates is pleased to announce that its virtual financial assets arm, MMC Consultancy Limited, is in receipt of an ‘in principle’ approval from the Malta Financial Services Authority to be registered as a ...

Salient features of the new Copyright Directive - Part 1

Author: Timothy Spiteri Date: 28 Mar 2019

The EU’s current legislative framework governing copyright and related rights dates all the way back to 2001 - to a pre-historic digital landscape incredibly different to the present day. This was a time which pre-dated the ...

ESMA’s Advice on ICOs and Crypto-Assets: an endorsement of Malta’s legal framework?

Author: Alain Muscat Date: 11 Feb 2019

On 9 January 2019, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published its advice to regulators across the EU Member States in relation to initial coin offerings (“ICOs”) and crypto-assets in ...

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