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The Electronic Communications Act of 13 June 2005 was recently amended in order to implement, amongst other provisions, the new European rules on the …
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On 12 July 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) confirmed the admissibility of interim cross-border injunctions in patent disputes…
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On 11 July 2012, the European Commission has published a proposal for a Directive on collecting societies and multi-territorial licensing of rights in…
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On 5 April 2012, a new bill amending various provisions concerning Electronic Communications (the "Bill") was submitted to the Belgian Parliament. The…
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In a judgment delivered on 24 May 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ECJ”) confirmed a judgment of the General Court of the Europe…
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On 10 May 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) upheld a judgment of the General Court (“GC”) which had dismissed actions brought b…
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In its judgment of 29 March 2012, the General Court (“GC”) confirmed the decision of the Office of Harmonisation for the Internal Market (the “OHIM”) …
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Over the last couple of years, it has become clear that Trademark and Copyright owners have a tense relationship with the Internet Service Providers.
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The European Court of Justice does not object to the disclosure of personal data of infringers to the rightful owners of intellectual property rights.…
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On 3 April 2012, the President of the Commercial Court of Antwerp found that a patent holder had abused its patent right by serving notice on an alleg…
Lire plusUn dentiste qui diffuse gratuitement des phonogrammes dans son cabinet privé ne réalise pas 'une communication au public' au sens du droit de l'Union.…
Lire plusICANN, l’organisation américaine qui gère l’Internet, a reçu des demandes pour l’ouverture de plus de 1.000 nouveaux domaines, tels que “.sports”, “.h…
Lire plusSelon la Cour de Cassation il n’est plus requis qu’une œuvre porte l’empreinte de la personnalité de l’auteur.
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On 16 February 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) handed down its preliminary ruling in Case C-360/10, Belgische Vereniging van …
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On 25 January 2012, the European Commission (the “Commission”) adopted a legislative proposal for a reform of the EU data protection regulatory framew…
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On 5 January 2012, the Belgian Supreme Court (Hof van Cassatie / Cour de Cassation) upheld an earlier judgment of the Brussels Court of Appeal, confir…
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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, …
Lire plusLa fermeture du site de téléchargement MegaUpload soulève autant la question du droit d’auteur par la diffusion et la communication d’œuvres protégées…
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