News & Articles

26/05/21

Vooruit and Vooruit: can trade marks continue to coexist?

You will certainly have heard about the discussion between the political movement Vooruit and the art centre in Ghent with an identical name…

24/05/21

Repeat trademark filings: General Court confirms bad faith filing in Monopoly case

In a recent judgment, the General Court has confirmed that repeat filings of trademarks may, in certain circumstances, constitute bad faith

22/05/21

L’obligation de collaboration du client dans un contrat Agile

Le manifeste Agile met en évidence le processus collaboratif sur lequel reposent les méthodes du même nom. Les nombreuses interactions entre…

19/05/21

Dies Irae at the Belgian National Orchestra: the Brussels Court of Appeal rules on musicians’ neighbouring rig…

The health crisis has not eased the tensions between the management and the trade unions of the Belgian National Orchestra (“BNO”). The pandemic has e…

19/05/21

Gegevensbeveiliging: wie draagt verantwoordelijkheid?

Wie draagt de verantwoordelijkheid voor het nemen van gegevensbeveiligingsmaatregelen?

14/05/21

De vernietiging van de Dataretentiewet, wat nu?

Het Grondwettelijk Hof heeft in een arrest van 22 april 2021 de zogenaamde Dataretentiewet [1] van 2016 vernietigd. Het Hof oordeelt dat de algemene e…

11/05/21

Vooruit en Vooruit: kunnen merken samen blijven bestaan?

U heeft de jongste maanden ongetwijfeld de discussie opgevangen tussen de politieke beweging Vooruit en het gelijknamige Gentse kunstencentr…

10/05/21

Recours aux caméras intelligentes et protection des données

Depuis le début de la pandémie de la Covid-19, les autorités publiques et entités privées ont eu recours à des caméras intelligentes. Ces de…

03/05/21

Framing et hyperliens : une technique hyper en-cadrée?

Avez-vous déjà entendu parler du framing, aussi appelé « transclusion » ?

30/04/21

Influencers and IP rights: Top 5 most asked practical questions by brands

TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, ... these are all social networks that have sparked the development of a new form of advertising over …

29/04/21

Insufficient cybersecurity measures under GDPR: 100k EUR fine in Belgium & key fines elsewhere

On 26 April 2021, the Litigation Chamber of the Belgian Data Protection Authority (BDPA) handed down its first fine specifically for cybersecurity fai…

26/04/21

European Commission publishes proposal for AI regulation

In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has been a popular buzzword and a hot topic that has caught the attention of lawmakers. For several year…

14/04/21

Recent Developments in EU Telecommunications Regulation

Recent months have witnessed a flurry of activity from the European Commission in the field of telecommunications regulation. On December 18, 2020, th…

13/04/21

After the Uber case and the Airbnb case … the Star Taxi App case: focus on the question of the qualification a…

Societal and digital developments are reflected in the case law of the CJEU. For several years now, European judges resolve disputes relating to digit…

12/04/21

Privacy rulings in Belgium soon?

The world we live in is growing ever more complex and so is the regulatory landscape. Companies and businesses are subject to multiple layers of rules…

07/04/21

Wetsontwerp wil “privacy rulings” invoeren naar analogie met fiscale rulings

De GDPR is inmiddels 5 jaar in werking en de voorbije 3 jaar, sinds mei 2018, wordt de inhoud ervan ook effectief afgedwongen door de overheid. Ook n…

30/03/21

RGPD : consentement de l’enfant, comment procéder ?

26/03/21

Minorité digitale : interprétation très large du concept par l’APD

Le Règlement général sur la protection des données (RGPD) a introduit le concept de minorité digitale. De quoi s’agit-il ?

19/03/21

Hyperlinking and copyright law: effective technological measures are the key

The Court of Justice of the European Union has given a welcome answer to the question of under what circumstances embedding, by means of the technique…

15/03/21

Transfert de données vers le Royaume-Uni – no worries ? not yet !

Nouveau rebondissement concernant le transfert de données au Royaume-Uni !