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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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Enforcement of the EU AI Act: The EU AI Office

On 21 May 2024, the Council of the European Union adopted the Regulation la…

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Adoption of the AI Act: What does it entail?

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Application of the DLT Pilot Regime

As part of its Digital Finance Package introduced on 24 September 2020, the European Commission proposed a pilot regime for market infrastructures bas…

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Trademark protection in Web 3.0: Lessons from the Hermès vs. Metabirkins case

On 8 February 2023, a New York jury delivered its long-awaited verdict in a case brought by the French luxury brand Hermès, against the artist Mason R…

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ChatGPT et la protection des données à caractère personnel.

ChatGPT , le chatbot développé par l’entreprise OpenAI est disponible depuis le 30 novembre 2022 et permet à n’importe qui de pouvoir poser des questi…

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Het fiscaal gunstregime voor auteursrechten anno 2023 hervormd – Welk nieuws onder de zon?

De hervorming van het gunstig fiscaal stelsel voor auteursrechtenvergoedingen was de voorbije weken en maanden niet weg te slaan uit het nieuws. Zowel…

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Data Protection in Belgium: the 2023 focus of the BDPA

In 2022, the Belgian Data Protection Authority ("BDPA") rendered a large number of decisions and identified priorities for the following year that poi…

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UPC-Overeenkomst | De Opt-Out

De hervorming van het Europees octrooirecht waarbij een Europees octrooi met eenheidswerking wordt ingevoerd, gaat gepaard met de oprichting van een E…

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UPC-Overeenkomst | Algemeen overzicht

Op 19 februari 2013 hebben vijfentwintig lidstaten van de Europese Unie (“de Unie”) een overeenkomst tot oprichting van het Eengemaakt Octrooigerecht …

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The Belgian Whistleblowing Act enters into force. What do you need to know regarding data protection?

The Belgian Parliament recently approved the Act implementing EU Directive 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 …

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Third parties can now also lodge appeals before the Market Court against decisions of the DPA’s Litigation Cha…

The Constitutional Court ruled on 12 January 2023 that the absence of appeal possibilities for interested third parties against decisions of the Litig…

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New Belgian law of contracts: impact on IT contracts

The new Belgian contract law has become applicable from 1 January 2023. Curious about the impact of these (new) rules on IT contracts concluded from t…

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Des seins nus sur Instagram et Facebook ?

Les seins nus sont admis sur Instagram et Facebook … s’ils sont masculins. Toute autre poitrine est bannie du réseau. Motif : exhibition sexuelle. Le …

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De auteursrechten in fiscalibus tot 2022 - de taxatiefase voorbij: what’s next?

Over het auteursrecht is de jongste maanden veel inkt gevloeid. Eind 2022 is een wetswijziging terzake goedgekeurd waarbij het fiscaal gunstregime van…

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The Whistleblowing Act has been published in the Belgian State Gazette

In our newsflash of 7 December 2022, we wrote that the draft Belgian Act on whistleblowing for the private sector, which transposes EU Directive 2019/…

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The EU Whistleblowing Directive enters into force in Belgium

The Act transposing the EU Whistleblowing Directive was published in the Official Gazette yesterday, entering into force in Belgium on 15 February 202…

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EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework – Draft Adequacy Decision by the European Commission: The Long-Awaited Replacem…

The European Commission launched the formal process to adopt an adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework on December 13, 2022. The fra…

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Looking ahead to the Belgian Data Protection Authority’s priorities for 2023

With the end of 2022 in sight, it’s time to look ahead to 2023. The new Executive Committee of the Belgian Data Protection Authority (“Belgian DPA”) c…

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Draft Belgian Whistleblowing Act now adopted in Parliament!

The draft Belgian Act on whistleblowing for the private sector, which transposes EU Directive 2019/1937 (‘the Whistleblowing Directive’) into national…

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A low degree of similarity?

In a recent decision, the General Court held that the trade mark consisting of a figurative animal (right) does not cause a likelihood of confusion wi…

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Klokkenluiden in de private sector

Vandaag (15 december 2022) is de Wet betreffende de bescherming van melders van inbreuken op het Unie- of nationale recht vastgesteld binnen een jurid…

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Digital Markets Act (DMA) comes into force on 1 November 2022

The Digital Market Act (DMA) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 12 October, and it will enter into force on 1 November. La…

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