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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!
As from now, Internet Service Providers will have to check whether domain names refer to the Pirate Bay.
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In Belgium, reprography remuneration is raised for copying (from a paper base) protected works to paper.
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While offering trademark holders unparalleled marketing opportunities, the Internet also allows competitors to ride on their coattails. Such freeridin…
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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 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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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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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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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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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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The Belgian Court of Cassation recently confirmed an order by an investigative judge to block all domain names leading to the filesharing website, “Th…
Read MoreA general assessment of online tradesmen showed that 10% of undertakings active in e-commerce infringe the law. Most of them undertake an independent …
Read MoreIn 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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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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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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In a judgment of the Court of Cassation of 14 February 2013, the Court confirmed that the data controller’s obligation to file a privacy notification …
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The Belgian Judicial Code allows an intellectual property rightholder to seek, ex parte, a “descriptive seizure order” from the court if this righthol…
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Video games have become an increasingly popular form of entertainment, as well as a powerful new platform for innovative art and a multibillion dollar…
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The establishment of an inspection service within the Belgian Privacy Commission. The Belgian Privacy Commission has recently announced that it will t…
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Intellectual Property Rights (“IPRs”) and Antitrust have always had a dif"cult relationship. IPRs may confer legal monopolies, antitrust "ghts them. D…
Read MoreThe Court of Cassation has adapted its case law concerning the originality of a copyright-protected work following recent case law of the Court of Jus…
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