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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!
In a decision of 27 March 2014, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) held that Article 8(3) of Directive 2001/29/EC (the “Copyright Direc…
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Maximilian Schrems zet zijn kruistocht tegen Facebook verwoed verder. Na verscheidene procedures voor de Privacycommissies van Ierland, Luxemburg en D…
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In 2012, the Court of Appeal of Svea (Sweden) submitted to the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) preliminary questions on whether providing hyperlin…
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On 5 June 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ECJ”) held that browsing websites without first obtaining the authorisation from the …
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On 20 November 2013, the Court of Appeal of Antwerp partially confirmed the Criminal Court of Dendermonde’s judgment dated 2 March 2009. The Criminal …
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This update focusses on the issue of whether these sanctions will affect the operations of IT companies that conduct business activities in Russia.&nb…
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09/01/2014 - Arrêté royal rendant obligatoire la convention collective de travail du 19 avril 2013, conclue au sein de la Commission paritaire pour le…
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On 19 June 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) handed down a preliminary ruling in joined cases C-217/13 and C-218/13 on the regi…
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On 5 June 2014, the European Court of Justice (the “ECJ”) ruled on a preliminary reference from the German Supreme Court regarding the interpretation …
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On 10th July 2010, in the case C-421/13, the European Court of Justice has decided that the representation of the layout of a retail store can be regi…
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On 23 January 2014, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) issued a judgment in response to a request from the Tribunale di Milano (“Milan Court of Fir…
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The European Court of Justice acknowledged the right to be forgotten. But is it really that easy to implement this principle?
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The Belgian Privacy Commission (“BPC”) recently addressed the privacy implications concerning the use of dashboard cameras (“dashcams”) in cars.
Read MoreThe draft directive introduces a common definition of trade secrets, as well as a means by which victims of trade secret misappropriation can seek red…
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On 6 June 2014, Belgium deposited its instrument of ratification to the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court, joining Sweden, France, Denmark and Aus…
Read MoreThe CJEU held that the reproduction of copyright-protected content on users’ screens and cached on users’ computers while web browsing does not consti…
Read MoreSuccessful trademarks may become generic and lose their exclusive trademark status. This was once more confirmed by the Court of Justice of the EU in …
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On 8 April 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("ECJ") handed down a judgment on two references for a preliminary ruling from the High Co…
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Qui effectue une recherche sur une personne dans un moteur de recherche ne peut être que continuellement étonné par l'incroyable quantité d'informatio…
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The objective of these two acts is to codify the existing legislation in relation to intellectual property (patents for inventions, supplementary prot…
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