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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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GDPR : Should non-EU companies designate a DPO/a representat…

Even if your company is not established in the EU, you probably have heard …

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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.

It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Belgian and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

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Copyright in the Digital Single Market. Analysis and Implementation of the New Directive. Introducing the impa…

Following the referendum of 23 June 2016 on the membership of the United Kingdom (« UK ») to the European Union (« EU ») (referendum on Brexit), the U…

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Data breaches: tips & tricks.

When a company appears in the news because of a GDPR violation, this is often due to a data breach. In addition to the commercial consequences and the…

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Copyright in the Digital Single Market. Analysis and Implementation of the New Directive. Introducing the Broa…

The Broadcasting Directive (1) aims to contribute to the Digital Single Market by allowing a wider dissemination of radio and television programmes th…

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De GBA publiceert richtlijnen voor GDPR compliance in Direct Marketing

De Belgische Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit lanceerde afgelopen week met wat vertraging een 80 pagina’s lange “Aanbeveling betreffende de verwerking v…

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Combattre la mort par la technologie, où mettre la limite ?

Une enfant joue dans un parc, sous le regard ému de sa maman. Rien d’anormal. Jusqu’à ce que la maman, en pleurs, retire son casque de réalité virtuel…

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Patent dispute settlements under scrutiny by the CJEU: the crossroads between IP & competition law

It is safe to say that on 30 January 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereafter the “CJEU”) handed down a landmark decision in EU IP …

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EU White Paper on Artificial Intelligence – getting ready for the future

There has been quite some upheaval the last few weeks in the legal digital micro-space after a draft of the White Paper on Artificial Intelligence (AI…

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Copyright in the Digital Single Market. Analysis and Implementation of the New Directive. Introducing the Marr…

The Copyright package also includes a Directive, already transposed into Belgian law by the law of 25 November 2018 (1), and a Regulation with “extern…

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Belgian DPA publishes new detailed guidelines on direct marketing

The Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA) has just published its new Recommendation for the processing of personal data for direct-marketing purpose…

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Copyright in the Digital Single Market. Analysis and Implementation of the New Directive. The Portability Regu…

The Portability Regulation is one of the first legal instruments adopted to implement the digital single market strategy, more particularly as to its …

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(Rainy) Sky v. SkyKick : the CJEU opened its umbrella

On 29 January 2020, the CJEU handed its much anticipated decision in the referral from the English High Court in the ‘Sky v. SkyKick’ case. And e…

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Sky vs Skykick: A trademark without an intent of use is bad faith

A recent judgment of the European Court of Justice makes it clear that trademark applicants must be very careful when filing a trademark applicat…

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First decision under new trade secrets law

The act of 30 July 2018 transposed Directive (EU) 2016/943 on trade secrets into Belgian law (see Eubelius Spotlights September 2018). …

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Copyright in the Digital Single Market. Analysis and Implementation of the New Directive. Introducing the Copy…

On 6 May 2015, the European Commission announced its 'Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe' (1).  This strategy was based on three pillars:

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InfoSoc Directive : no digital exhaustion according to the ECJ

For the ECJ, the sale of second-hand e-books through a website constitutes a communication to the public that requires the author’s authorization (C-2…

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Valse reviews op je bedrijfspagina: wanneer een lust een last wordt.

Reviews zijn eigenlijk de digitale versie van mond-aan-mondreclame en kunnen voor je onderneming enorm nuttig zijn. Hoe langer hoe meer zullen klanten…

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World Data Privacy Day – What can we expect from the Belgian Data Protection Authority in 2020?

28th January, is World Data Privacy Day in the US, in Canada and in 47 European countries. Since 2007, this day is dedicated to raising awareness abou…

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Can shapes and colours be protected as trade marks?

At present, the possibilities for distinguishing goods or services from one another by means of a trade mark are almost unlimited. Companies no longer…

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What’s the latest on standard contractual clauses for international data transfers?

On 19 December 2019, Advocate General at the Court of Justice Saugmandsgaard Øe confirmed the validity of the standard contractual clauses for the int…

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Caméras et location de bureaux : quelles obligations ?

Nombreux sont les propriétaires d’immeubles qui gèrent un système unique de caméras de surveillance dans les locations.

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