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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!
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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Dans un arrêt du 3 juin 2010, la Cour de cassation casse un arrêt rendu par la Cour d´appel de Gand le 3 novembre 2008 et précise qu´il ne peut existe…
Read MoreAfter legal proceedings that lasted several years, the Brussels Court of Appeal ruled that a Chinese domain name grabber must release 10,200 .eu domai…
Read MoreThe President of the First Instance Court of Brussels qualifies Sabam as a merchant in the framework of cease and desist proceedings based on an infri…
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Since acceding to the Presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 July 2010, Belgium has diligently tried to advance the European Union ("EU"…
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A l´heure actuelle, lorsqu´un internaute change de fournisseur d´accès à inter-net, l´adresse e-mail et le nom de domaine fournis par son précédent fo…
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You may recall that on 15 May 2007, Belgium passed an Act sanctioning counterfeiting and piracy of intellectual property rights (the Act). Belgium, cr…
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Trade marks with a reputation are better protected than other trade marks. The owner of a trade mark with a reputation can oppose the use of a sign wh…
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Since 1 November 2007 there are two possible types of proceedings in Belgium in order to obtain the definitive cessation of a patent infringement: bes…
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The opposition proceedings ONEL - OMEL (No.2004448), filed before the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (hereinafter “BOIP”) should have passed…
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A l´heure actuelle, lorsqu´un internaute change de fournisseur d´accès à internet, l´adresse e-mail et le nom de domaine fournis par son précédent fou…
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