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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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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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Court of Cassation confirms access right of data subject

In a judgment of the Court of Cassation of 14 February 2013, the Court confirmed that the data controller’s obligation to file a privacy notification …

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Brussels Court of Appeal invalidates software editors’ settlement agreement because of wilful misrepresentatio…

The Belgian Judicial Code allows an intellectual property rightholder to seek, ex parte, a “descriptive seizure order” from the court if this righthol…

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WIPO publishes comparative analysis of the legal status of video games around the world

Video games have become an increasingly popular form of entertainment, as well as a powerful new platform for innovative art and a multibillion dollar…

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Beware for the upcoming inspections of the Belgian Privacy Commission

The establishment of an inspection service within the Belgian Privacy Commission. The Belgian Privacy Commission has recently announced that it will t…

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PAY … FOR DELAY?

Intellectual Property Rights (“IPRs”) and Antitrust have always had a dif"cult relationship. IPRs may confer legal monopolies, antitrust "ghts them. D…

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The Court of Cassation is mistaken when defining originality in copyright law

The Court of Cassation has adapted its case law concerning the originality of a copyright-protected work following recent case law of the Court of Jus…

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Working Party 29 guidance on cookie consent

Today the Article 29 Working Party ("WP29")[1] published a working document on how consent for cookies may be obtained. The WP29's opinions and w…

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The intellectual property rights in the new Code of economic law

The Belgian government has recently adopted Book XI of the new Code of economic law. Book XI deals with the intellectual property rights and will soon…

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Publicité sur internet : le droit des pratiques commerciales au secours des titulaires de marques ?

Depuis quelques temps, le référencement payant de Google est devenu une épine dans le pied des titulaires de marques. D'autant que la jurisprudence ré…

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A misleading practice shall be prohibited as unfair without being assessed whether it is also contrary to the …

On the 19th of September 2013 the Court of Justice of the European Union handed down an important judgment regarding the assessment of "professional d…

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Amendment to the Electronic Communications Act is partial transposition of EU Data Retention Directive into Be…

On 23 August 2013, the Act of 30 July 2013 amending Articles 2, 126, and 145 of the Act of 13 June 2005 on electronic communications was published i…

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Counterfeiting: Customs Tighten Their Grip

At the borders of the European Union, customs authorities are on the front line in preventing counterfeit goods from entering the domestic market. In …

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Moet Google schrappen? Het vergeetrecht als tempering voor het olifantengeheugen van het internet

De huidige informatiemaatschappij biedt de mogelijkheid om via zoekmachines als Google, Yahoo en andere snel en gericht informatie te verzamelen over …

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Belgian collecting society SABAM sues main internet service providers for payment of royalties for music that …

The Belgian collecting society SABAM claims that the internet service providers Belgacom, Telenet and Voo should pay a royalty of 3.4% of their turnov…

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Dispute about the reworked cover of a Spike and Suzy comic strip leads to the referral of a preliminary questi…

A reworked cover of a Spike and Suzy comic strip on a calendar of the far-right Belgian political party ‘Vlaams Belang’ led to a dispute before the Co…

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Intellectual rights according to the new legal provisions about public procurements

Intellectual rights in public procurements – ownership – enforceability – funding

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Leidraad bij de bescherming van Apps

De bescherming van (mobiele applicaties) ‘APPS’ verschilt in principe niet van die van andere computersoftware. Tegenwoordig is het voor een bedrijf e…

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Un subside de 50 millions EUR pour développer la technologie '5G'

European Commissioner, Neelie Kroes, announced the grant of a EUR 50 million subsidy to promote research into 5G mobile technology.

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Reform of European Trade Mark Law

Almost 25 years after the adoption of the Trade Marks Directive, harmonizing national trade mark law throughout the EU (now codified as Directive 2008…

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Brussels Court of appeal acquits defendant for hyperlinking to an infringing video

In a decision of 19 March 2013, the Brussels Court of Appeal held that hyperlinking to an infringing video is not a criminal offence if malicious inte…

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