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Ne manquez pas les Universités d'été d'AVOCATS.BE – Inscrivez-vous aujourd'hui

Nous sommes ravis de constater votre enthousiasme pour la 8ème édition des Universités d’été qui aura lieu les 20 et 21 août 2024 au magnifique Château-ferme de Courrière. Avec déj…

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L’avenir numérique s’éclaire

Le 12 juin 2024, les 11.000 avocats flamands, et les 8.300 avocats francophones et germanophones ont uni leur destin numérique dans la société DPA (Digital Platform for Attorneys),…

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New Partner at Deloitte Legal

We are thrilled to announce the appointment of DeloitteLegal’s newest partner in Belgium: Matthias Vierstraete.

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The Cyber Resilience Act - A new step forward for the cybers…

The Cyber Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 of the European Parlia…

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Overview of the new legal framework for Designs in the EU - …

Often misunderstood and definitely underused, EU design law is about to rec…

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La Cour de Justice confirme la légalité de principe des liens hypertextes au regard du droit d’auteur

Dans un arrêt Svensson fort attendu et prononcé ce 13 février 2014, la Cour de Justice de l’Union européenne (CJUE) a conclu que le propriétaire d’un …

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EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE DECLARES DATA RETENTION DIRECTIVE TO BE INVALID

On 8 April 2014, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its long-awaited preliminary ruling on the validity of …

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Copyright fees are due for the communication by television or radio of protected music within the premises of …

The ECJ delivered on the 27th of February 2014 a new decision by which it made the application of the concept of "communication to the public" referre…

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Hyperlinks to freely accessible works without the authorization of the copyright holders are allowed, accordin…

Last month, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued its decision in the Svensson case about hyperlinks to copyright-protected works. The Cou…

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Google obliged to display comparable specialized search rivals

The European Commission has obtained an improved commitments proposal from Google in the context of the ongoing antitrust investigation into online se…

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Antiquité et authenticité : comprendre le descriptif des œuvres

L'authenticité est une des qualités essentielles de toute œuvre d'art ou antiquité. Pourtant, régulièrement, il n'est pas possible d'avoir une certitu…

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Control of access to the Pirate Bay

As from now, Internet Service Providers will have to check whether domain names refer to the Pirate Bay.

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Reprography remuneration now also for printers and prints?

In Belgium, reprography remuneration is raised for copying (from a paper base) protected works to paper.

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Combatting Online Trademark Abuse: The Court of Justice Strenghtens Trademark Holders' Arsenal

While offering trademark holders unparalleled marketing opportunities, the Internet also allows competitors to ride on their coattails. Such freeridin…

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Modifications légales importantes en matière de commerce électronique et de contrats à distance

Dans le cadre de la mise en place progressive du Code de droit économique et de la transposition de la directive 2011/83/UE relative aux droits des co…

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Iran back in business?

Iran counts almost 78 million inhabitants and showed an economic growth of 6 to 8% on average between 2006 and 2008. Economic growth has dropped in th…

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UPC Agreement (European Patent) : soon time for legislators and undertakings to take decisions

The UPC Agreement is a convention concluded between 25 Member States and which installs a unified patent court. With two regulations adopted by the Eu…

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IN PIRATE BAY CASE, BELGIAN SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS LAWFULNESS OF GENERIC IP BLOCKING INJUNCTIONS

By the judgment rendered on 22 October 2013 in the Belgian version of the long-lasting The Pirate Bay saga, the Belgian Court of Cassation (Belgium’s …

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Supreme Court Confirms Order Obliging Internet Providers to Block Access to Pirate Bay Websites

On 22 October 2013, the Belgian Supreme Court (Hof van Cassatie/Cour de cassation) handed down a judgment concerning the obligation of internet provid…

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Brussels Court Of Appeal Confirms AB InBev Infringement of Maes’ Blue Colour Trade Mark

On 21 October 2013, the Brussels Court of Appeal ruled on a dispute between Alken Maes Brouwerijen N.V. and InBev Belgium N.V. concerning the alleged …

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Belgian Court of Cassation confirms that ISPs can be requested to block all domain names leading to a certain …

The Belgian Court of Cassation recently confirmed an order by an investigative judge to block all domain names leading to the filesharing website, “Th…

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Economic inspection assesses e-commerce

A general assessment of online tradesmen showed that 10% of undertakings active in e-commerce infringe the law. Most of them undertake an independent …

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Accessing workers’ private e-mails: return to square one?

In a judgment dated 7 February 2013, the Labour Court of Brussels distanced itself from recent case law of the labour jurisdictions and considered tha…

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BELGIAN PRIVACY COMMISSION CLARIFIES THE PROCEDURES FOR DATA TRANSFER AGREEMENTS

The Belgian Privacy Commission recently concluded a Protocol Agreement with the Ministry of Justice, which clari es the administrative procedure for d…

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Privacy Commission concludes a new protocol with the Ministry of Justice concerning the transfer of personal d…

On 25 May 2013, the Belgian Privacy Commission (BPC) concluded a protocol with the Ministry of Justice in order to simplify the administrative procedu…

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