Entry of Academic Degrees into the Commercial Register

The Supreme Court in Prague has recently dealt with a question whether the holder of an academic degree has a right to ask for the entry of the degree into the public registries, for example into the Commercial Register (judgment of the Supreme Court in Prague as of 28.05.2013, Reference Number 7 Cmo 346/2013).

 The association of unit owners has filed a motion to the Commercial Register and besides other things also asked for the entry of the academic degree of the member of the assembly of the association of unit owners. The Commercial Register did not comply with this request because it did not consider that an academic degree is one the data that may be entered into the Commercial Registry.

 The Supreme Court in Prague did not share this legal opinion. According to the Supreme Court in Prague, every person that was granted with an academic degree has a right to ask for the entry of the degree into the public registries.