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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 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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On 20 October 2011, the Court of Justice of the EU (“ECJ”) gave judgment for the first time on the interpretation of the scope of protection of regist…
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On 7 November 2011, a Royal Decree was published in the Belgian Official Journal which sets forth a settlement procedure facilitating the destruction …
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La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne (CJUE) a rendu un nouvel arrêt relatif au service de référencement payant de Google le 22 septembre 2011 (arr…
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The Antwerp Court of Appeal overturned a judgment of the President of the Commercial Court of Antwerp of 28 September 2011 by ordering internet provid…
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Depuis 2007, la Belgique s’est dotée d’une législation permettant aux autorités de lutter de manière plus efficace contre la production et la commer…
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Pouvez-vous, en tant qu'employeur, contrôler la boîte mail de vos travailleurs? Pouvez-vous vérifier quels sites ont été visités? Pouvez-vous lire les…
Read MoreAs from September 2011, pornographic websites with a .XXX extension are available. How can you avoid any unwanted association between your trademark a…
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Although it tends to be overlooked, copyright is a potentially economically valuable intellectual property right for all types of businesses, be they …
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On 18 July, the Belgian Conference of Electronic Communications Sector Regulators ("CRC"), including the Vlaamse Regulator voor de Media, the Conseil …
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On 8 June 2011, the Brussels Commercial Court (the "Court") issued a judgment in a case between Powerdrinks Group BVBA ("Powerdrinks") and Red Bull Gm…
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