The Act on Data Secrecy came into effect mid 2007, when the old Act on Protection of Data Secrecy from 1996 became non-effective except the provisions regarding the business and professional secret. The business secret actually comprises the data which are determined as the business secret by the law, other regulation or by-laws of a company, institution or other legal persons. Such data represent a production secret, the results of research or construction work and other information whose announcement to an unauthorized person could lead to bad consequences for its economic interests. Since a business secret is primarily self-regulated within a business entity, its regulation is becoming more important. The importance of information is a key factor for the good performance and its secrecy will not so frequently be regulated by foreceful measures. Therefore, all the business entities should include the provisions on business secret in their by-laws, which is usually in the form of a rulebook. In view of commercial (contractual) relations of the market members it is necessary to draw up a contract on secrecy.
The decisions made by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia are not published in the official gazette of the Republic, which is regularly carried out with the decisions made by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia. The author of this article analyses a decision made by the Supreme Court, which in view of its importance should have been published in the official gazette. The author makes the conclusion that in the case of the important court decisions, which stand above the interests of the both parties, the public should be informed in a clearer and more direct way. Otherwise, all the information is proceeded personally or through surfing the web sites of the court.
Contracts are usually signed with the intention of their fulfillment by the contract parties. However, there are the cases of their non-fulfillment and are terminated in one of the ways determined by the obligatory law. One of such ways is termination of the contract, which causes certain dilemmas. The author of this article analyses a case from the domestic court paractice and concludes that the court in the case of the termination of the sales contract can make a declarative instead of a constitutive decision.
The provisions of the Tenancy Act regulate the rights and obligations referring to the rent and use of a flat or a part of a flat. The relationship between the tenant and landlord is regulated by the written contract on flat rental. The important elements of such a contract are determined in the Te
The amendments of the Croatian Maritime Code from 2008 accepted the provisions of three conventions, the first one referring to the Protocol of 1996 to Amend the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976, which was ratified by the Republic of Croatia and which substantially raises t
The recognized right to a hallmark represents an exclusive right of its holder. The holder can preserve this right or use, sell, licence, rent, give the permission to use it and alike. Individuals and companies often invest large amounts of money and a great effort in developing a new product or service and then due to negligence or lack of knowledge jeopardize their marketing opportunities. With relatively low expenses the industrial property should be protected. Otherwise, the competition may appear with the same product or the same hallmark and take the credit for the efforts and investments made by other companies