Copyrighted work and advertising This diploma thesis explores the field of intellectual property law and deals with the current legal regulation of copyrighted work and advertising. The thesis aspires to introduce the basic attributes of the individual legislative regulations of the concepts of copyrighted work and advertising and to show the basis on which works are protected by the Copyright Act, what rights the authors have concerning their works and how can this issue be reflected in the process of creating advertising. At its core the thesis discusses the relationship between the copyrighted work and advertising and points out the factual intersection and proximity of these two areas. This thesis also looks into the decisions of Czech courts in the area of copyright infringement when using a specific foreign copyrighted work in advertising. The thesis consists of an introduction, which presents the topic to the reader, and continues to introduce the two main areas, the copyrighted work and advertising, which are further divided into 8 chapters. The first chapter describes the systematic incorporation of the copyright law in the field of intellectual property law, the constitutional basis which the copyright law relies upon and intangible assets, as the subject of protection of this legal...