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21/11/24

The Cyber Resilience Act - A new step forward for the cybersecurity of Digital products in the EU

The Cyber Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2024 on horizontal cybersecurity requ…

18/11/24

Overview of the new legal framework for Designs in the EU - The beginning of a new era for this underused righ…

Often misunderstood and definitely underused, EU design law is about to receive a long-awaited facelift. On 10 October 2024, the Council finally appro…

06/11/24

Règlement IA : comment encadrer contractuellement la sous-traitance ?

Le Règlement sur l’IA, adopté le 13 juin 2024, impose toute une série d’obligations aux acteurs intervenant dans la chaîne d’approvisionnement des sys…

24/10/24

How can you legally protect your website from being read and copied by AI companies?

Recently, Getty Images filed a lawsuit against Stability AI, accusing it of using copyrighted images to train its AI models without Getty’s consent.

23/10/24

AI Act | Pioneering AI Regulation in Europe

On 12 July 2024, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (the “AI Act”) was published in the EU Official Jou…

22/10/24

EU’s NIS 2 enters into force: compliance is now mandatory

On 18 October 2024, NIS 2 officially came into force across all EU member states. While many member states missed the deadline to create national cybe…

21/10/24

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21/10/24

CJEU clarifies “First” Marketing Authorization in SPC Applications

A Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) is an intellectual property right that serves as an extension to a patent right.

18/10/24

The AI Act and IP rights: key obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models

The European Union’s Regulation 2024/1689, also known as the AI Act, is one of the first laws governing the deployment of artificial intelligence tool…

17/10/24

AI and copyright: exploring exceptions for text and data mining

The rapid advancement of generative AI raises significant copyright concerns, particularly around the use of copyright protected content for training …

16/10/24

Le Data Governance Act bientôt implémenté en Belgique !

Le projet de loi belge mettant en œuvre le règlement (UE) 2022/868, connu sous le nom de Data Governance Act (DGA), vise à renforcer la gouvernance de…

14/10/24

The implementation of the NIS2 Directive in Belgium: enhancing cybersecurity resilience

14/10/24

Cybersécurité : La Loi NIS 2 entre en vigueur le 18 octobre 2024

Le 18 octobre 2024 marque un tournant crucial pour la cybersécurité en Belgique avec la mise en œuvre de la du 26 avril 2024, aussi connue sous le nom…

11/10/24

Artificial intelligence and copyright: what are AI companies allowed to do?

Having addressed the issue of copyright protection of the output of generative AI tools (such as whether AI-generated content can be protected by copy…

04/10/24

ArtificiaI Intelligence in Belgium | Legal State of Play in 2024

The Legal 500 Artificial Intelligence Guide | Belgian Chapter 2024

03/10/24

Could AI-generated designs find protection under EU design law?

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to revolutionize the creative industry, it brings with it a host of legal questions, particularly in the rea…

25/09/24

The Belgian Data Protection Authority publishes an informative brochure on artificial intelligence systems and…

The Belgian Data Protection Authority has just published a brochure entitled “Artificial Intelligence Systems and the GDPR - A Data Protection Perspec…

24/09/24

Trademark rights in the digital age: AI and NFTs

Imagine a world where machines can write books, design virtual fashion, and create entire marketing campaigns. This is not science fiction – it is our…

19/09/24

AI-generated content and personality rights: the importance of consent and clear contractual stipulations

In recent years, technological advancements have brought about impressive yet controversial achievements. For instance, an AI-generated cover of the s…

11/09/24

The relationship between intellectual property and AI

Like many of our clients, the IP lawyers at CMS are struck by the speed at which AI is developing and by the impact that AI will have on the applicati…