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Strelia welcomes a new partner to lead its IP and Technology practice

Strelia is proud to welcome Tom De Coster as Partner to lead its IP and Technology practice.

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AI in the Legal Landscape

What does the general public expect from online legal information sources? To what extent do they trust tools such as Google or ChatGPT for legal advice? And do they find it accept…

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Opleidingen 25 en 27/08 - Confocus

Op de valreep voor de deadline van 1 september voor de permanente vorming van advocaten voor het gerechtelijk jaar 2024-2025 biedt Confocus nog 2 opleidingen, die plaatsvinden op 2…

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ISO/IEC 42005:2025 – A New Blueprint for Legal and Commercia…

There is no doubt that artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming…

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Trackingpixels en privacy: Frankrijk maakt werk van échte pr…

Wie onze boeken of blogs over cookies en online tracking gelezen heeft, wee…

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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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ECJ Rejects Chocolate Rabbit Trade Mark

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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ECJ Refuses Trade Marks Freeriding on Reputation of Botox

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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Beatles Stop ‘BEATLE’ Electric Mobility Aids Trade Mark

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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The Protection of Intellectual Property Rights vs. the rights of Internet Service Providers A delicate balanc…

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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Can the personal data of infringers be disclosed to Intellectual Property Owners?

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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Abuse of Patent Right Before Antwerp Commercial Court

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…

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No free music in a hotel but free at the dentist's

A dentist who broadcasts phonograms free of charge in his private dental practice is not making a 'communication to the public' within the meaning of …

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Applications for ICANN’s new Top Level Domains closed on 12 April 2012

ICANN, the governing body of the Internet, has received applications for more than 1,000 new domains with extensions such as “.sports”, “.hotel”, “.af…

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New developments in the jurisprudence of the High Court regarding copyright protected works

The Belgian High Court decided that a copyright protected work does not have to reflect the personality of the author.

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Sabam Denied Netlog Filtering Demand by ECJ

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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European Commission’s Draft General Regulation on Data Protection Provides for Ground-breaking Changes

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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Supreme Court Confirms Prima Facie Validity of Patent Despite Suspended Invalidation

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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Belgian Supreme Court Rules on Copyright Protection

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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Commercial Court of Brussels Rules on Calculation of Damages in Counterfeiting Case

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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Portrait Not Less Protected under Copyright

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, …

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FBI anti-piracy warning. Closure of MegaUpload: what future for piracy?

The closure of the downloadsite MegaUpload raises both questions of copyright and communication of protected works and of the responsibility of the pr…

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SABAM/Tiscali : ISP win against copyrights holders

The Court of Justice of the European Union rejects the move to order Internet Service Providers to install filtering software in order to prevent copy…

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Intellectuele Eigendomsrechten - Cybersquatting

Cybersquatting is het registreren van een domeinnaam die identiek of gelijkaardig is aan een merk, handelsnaam, familienaam of elke andere benaming di…

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Handhaving van het auteursrecht

Bent u eigenaar van auteursrechten in sectoren zoals bij pers en literatuur, reclame, muziek en theater, film en video, radio en televisie, fotografie…

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Auteursrechten mbt software/computeprogramma's zoals ontwikkeld door werknemers en bestuurders

Er ontstaat een bijzonder probleem wanneer een werknemer een computerprogramma ontwikkeld heeft in het kader van zijn arbeidsovereenkomst en/of gebrui…

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