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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 its judgment of 29 March 2012, the General Court (“GC”) confirmed the decision of the Office of Harmonisation for the Internal Market (the “OHIM”) …
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Over the last couple of years, it has become clear that Trademark and Copyright owners have a tense relationship with the Internet Service Providers.
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The European Court of Justice does not object to the disclosure of personal data of infringers to the rightful owners of intellectual property rights.…
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On 3 April 2012, the President of the Commercial Court of Antwerp found that a patent holder had abused its patent right by serving notice on an alleg…
Read MoreA dentist who broadcasts phonograms free of charge in his private dental practice is not making a 'communication to the public' within the meaning of …
Read MoreICANN, the governing body of the Internet, has received applications for more than 1,000 new domains with extensions such as “.sports”, “.hotel”, “.af…
Read MoreThe Belgian High Court decided that a copyright protected work does not have to reflect the personality of the author.
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On 16 February 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) handed down its preliminary ruling in Case C-360/10, Belgische Vereniging van …
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On 25 January 2012, the European Commission (the “Commission”) adopted a legislative proposal for a reform of the EU data protection regulatory framew…
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On 5 January 2012, the Belgian Supreme Court (Hof van Cassatie / Cour de Cassation) upheld an earlier judgment of the Brussels Court of Appeal, confir…
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On 26 January 2012, the Belgian Supreme Court (Hof van Cassatie/Cour de Cassation, the “Court”) handed down a judgment in a case between Artessuto NV …
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On 23 June 2011, the Commercial Court of Brussels (the “Court”) handed down a judgment in which it shed an interesting light on the elements taken int…
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On 1 December 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) adopted a judgment in case C-145/10 Eva-Maria Painer v. Standard Verlags GmbH, …
Read MoreThe closure of the downloadsite MegaUpload raises both questions of copyright and communication of protected works and of the responsibility of the pr…
Read MoreThe Court of Justice of the European Union rejects the move to order Internet Service Providers to install filtering software in order to prevent copy…
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Cybersquatting is het registreren van een domeinnaam die identiek of gelijkaardig is aan een merk, handelsnaam, familienaam of elke andere benaming di…
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Bent u eigenaar van auteursrechten in sectoren zoals bij pers en literatuur, reclame, muziek en theater, film en video, radio en televisie, fotografie…
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Er ontstaat een bijzonder probleem wanneer een werknemer een computerprogramma ontwikkeld heeft in het kader van zijn arbeidsovereenkomst en/of gebrui…
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Vanaf het aanslagjaar 2008 (programmawet van 27 april 2007 (BS 08.05.2007)) heeft de Belgische overheid de mogelijkheid ingevoerd om een deel van de i…
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On 20 October 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ECJ”) delivered its judgment in case C-140/10 Greenstar-Kanzi Europe NV (“GKE”) v…
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