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Ne manquez pas les Universités d'été d'AVOCATS.BE – Inscrivez-vous aujourd'hui

Nous sommes ravis de constater votre enthousiasme pour la 8ème édition des Universités d’été qui aura lieu les 20 et 21 août 2024 au magnifique Château-ferme de Courrière. Avec déj…

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L’avenir numérique s’éclaire

Le 12 juin 2024, les 11.000 avocats flamands, et les 8.300 avocats francophones et germanophones ont uni leur destin numérique dans la société DPA (Digital Platform for Attorneys),…

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New Partner at Deloitte Legal

We are thrilled to announce the appointment of DeloitteLegal’s newest partner in Belgium: Matthias Vierstraete.

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The Cyber Resilience Act - A new step forward for the cybers…

The Cyber Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 of the European Parlia…

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18/11/24
Overview of the new legal framework for Designs in the EU - …

Often misunderstood and definitely underused, EU design law is about to rec…

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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!

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To what extent can artists use trademarks in their works?

The Benelux Court of Justice (“BCJ”), an international court composed of magistrates from the highest courts of the three Benelux countries, rules on …

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A lawyer's guide to programming and computer science

Wim Dejonghe recently claimed that "the legal professional of the future needs programming skills". The Allen & Overy partner is not the only one …

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Parodie binnen de modewereld

Mode-ontwerpers halen vaak hun inspiratie uit het verleden of uit bestaande trends en geven daar hun persoonlijke “touch” aan waardoor een nieuw ontwe…

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Data protection – third quarter update

Now that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been in force for more than a year, the (European) supervisors seem to be reaching cruising…

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The use of (electronic) identity cards.

(Electronic) identity cards are an easy means to identify people. However, their use is not without risk.

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Week van de bedrijfsoverdracht | Intellectuele eigendomsrechten en privacy bij bedrijfsovernames: belangrijkst…

Dikwijls vormen de intellectuele eigendomsrechten (IP) de meest waardevolle actiefbestanddelen van een onderneming. Vaak is de verwerving van de IP-po…

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Opgelet met “abandonware”, zorg steeds voor een licentie

Je wil graag dat spel uit 1989 op Commodore of Atari nog eens spelen, maar die console ben je natuurlijk al lang kwijt. Geen nood, want met emulators …

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Consent to cookies : The Court of Justice has ruled!

In a judgment dated 1 October 2019, the European Court of Justice has ruled that the authorisation of cookies presupposes an active action on the part…

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Bezint eer ge tekst: zijn de regels over openbaarheid van bestuur ook van toepassing op sms- en andere tekstbe…

De Nederlandse Afdeling Bestuursrechtspraak van de Raad van State werd recent geconfronteerd met de vraag of ook sms- en e.a. tekstberichten (bv. What…

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Europe and Belgium further expand possibilities for re-use of public sector information (open data)

Thanks to technological developments, the amount of data and the possibilities for the use of data have increased exponentially over the past decades.…

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Deal or no-deal, I protect my mark after the Brexit!

You do business in the UK (or you intend to do so). Then you also have a brand: after all, your customers need to be able to identify your products an…

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Hoe ver dient de verwijdering van links door zoekmachines te gaan?

Op 24 september 2019 heeft de Grote kamer van het Hof van Justitie in zaak C-507/17 uitspraak gedaan over de interpretatie van de voormalig …

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SkypeOut is subject to the Electronic Communications Act

A user of SkypeOut can make calls from a terminal connected to the internet to a fixed or mobile telephone line using the Voice over IP technique. The…

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Kan je je verzekeren voor geldboetes bij datalekken?

Uit het IAPP-EY Privacy Governance Report 2019 blijkt dat 38% van de respondenten in het afgelopen jaar een datalek heeft gemeld. Dit is een stijging …

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The Belgian State can recover a domain name as its "natural holder"

On 8 April 2019, the Ghent court of appeal ruled that the domain name "brandweer.be" exclusively belongs to the Belgian State, since it is the "natura…

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Export van persoonsgegevens na de Brexit: de klok tikt…

De Brexit nadert dag na dag en alles wijst erop dat het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 1 november 2019 definitief en zonder akkoord de Europese Unie zal verla…

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FSMA and Centre for Cyber Security Publish Guidance for the Management of Cybersecurity Risks

Just in time for Cyber Security Month: the FSMA has published, in collaboration with the Centre for Cyber Security Belgium, a document on the basic pr…

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Data processing agreements: tips & tricks.

Article 28 GDPR requires a controller and a processor (see GDPR Toolkit 09) to enter into a data processing agreement. Companies can only rely on…

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Consentement et case cochée par défaut ? Pas de cookies…

Le consentement actif des internautes est requis pour le placement de “cookies” Tel est l’enseignement apporté par la Cour de justice de l’Union euro…

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Facilitating patent applications: no formal requirements for transfer of priority rights

Recently the Court of Appeal of The Hague handed down an important decision on the issue of the transfer of priority rights under the European Patent …

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