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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!
On 5 May 2011, the Brussels Court of Appeals confirmed the earlier Court decision in which Google was held liable for infringement of the copyright of…
Read MoreThe ex parte proceedings to obtain a "counterfeit" seizure » cannot be used, according to the Court, to prevent an undertaking that allegedly uses cou…
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No one can deny that intellectual property is a valuable asset. However, businesses consistently tend to underestimate the value of their intellectual…
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De e-mail heeft de gewone brief volkomen verdrongen en is vandaag veruit het meest populaire en gebruikte communicatiemiddel. Zelfs in het handelsrech…
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Marque communautaire - article 98 du règlement (CE) n° 40/94 - Portée territoriale d'une interdiction des actes de contrefaçon prononcée par un tribun…
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If your Community trademark is infringed or is threatened to be infringed, a Community trade mark court can issue an order prohibiting the defendant f…
Read MoreThe Commercial Court of Mechelen decided on 12 April 2011 that the simultaneous transmission of television programmes via an analogue and a digital si…
Read MoreIn its decision of 24 March 2011, the Supreme Court ruled that a party that is involved in descriptive seizure proceedings is entitled at any stage of…
Read MoreThe Max Planck Institute in Munich has, upon request of the European Commission, carried out an independent study regarding the functioning of the com…
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NautaDutilh recently marked an important victory before the Mons Court of Appeal in Belgium.
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A Member State may prohibit the exclusive broadcast of all World Cup and EURO football matches on pay television, in order to allow the general public…
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Organisations that wish to establish a presence on the Web usually apply for a second-level domain. For example, in nautadutilh.com or nautadutilh.be,…
Read MoreBelgian law is expected to implement the amended European E-Privacy Directive (2009/136/EC) by the end of May 2011. The most important innovation in t…
Read MoreThe Act of 10 January 2011 regarding the execution of the Patent Treaty and relating to European patents contains important modifications to the Belgi…
Read MoreAccording to the Benelux Court of Justice, the holder of a lapsed trademark may not claim protection against the mere use of that sign by a company th…
Read MoreThe General Court of the EU rendered on 17 February 2011 a judgment which reinforces to a certain extent the rights of football spectators.
Read MoreCustoms may seize in-transit goods in the EU if there are sufficient grounds for suspecting they are counterfeit and to be put on the market in the EU…
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NautaDutilh recently scored an important victory before the General Court of the European Union in Luxembourg.
Read MoreThe inspectorate of the Ministry of Economic Affairs has recently taken steps to combat piracy, which resulted in the withdrawal of advertising from t…
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28/09/2010 - Arrêté ministériel relatif au registre informatisé dans les abattoirs. M.B. 22 octobre 2010, p. 62846
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