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The perfect place for any legal or tax professional to keep abreast of everything that’s happening on the Belgian legal scene

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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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25/08/25
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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Mag je je mailinglijst nog gebruiken na 25 mei 2018?

Met de deadline van 25 mei 2018 in het verschiet, hebben ondernemingen nog enkele maanden om zich in regel te stellen met de nieuwe privacyregels neer…

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Data Protection and Privacy Update – January 2018

This month brought the following interesting data protection developments: Update home market: The Netherlands, Belgium, L…

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Minorité digitale, votre entreprise est-elle prête ?

Le Règlement général sur la protection des données (RGPD) entrera en vigueur le 25 mai 2018, soit dans moins de 5 mois. Il introduit une nouveauté im…

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Brussels Court of Appeal decides that Aldi’s Buval Pilsner does not infringe InBev’s Jupiler Pilsner

In a decision of 12 December 2017 the Brussels Court of Appeal overturned the first instance decision and decided that Aldi’s Buval beer does not infr…

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Proceedings Before the Data Protection Authority

On 10 January 2018, the Act on the creation of the Data Protection Authority (the "Act") was published in the Belgian State Gazette. Further to our pr…

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De GDPR-trein nadert het perron – Is uw bestuur (al) GDPR-compliant?

De General Data Protection Regulation – afgekort GDPR – zorgde de voorbije maanden al voor heel wat kopzorgen binnen de lokale besturen. En terecht! M…

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Portrait photograph deserves Trade Mark Protection

On 16 November 2017, the Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (the “EUIPO Board of Appeal”) reversed the EUIPO examiner’…

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GDPR: Part 17 - International Data Transfers

This series provides more detailed insight into the General Data Protection Regulation, which was published on 4 May 2016 and must be complied wi…

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Bill Implementing Unitary Patent and European Unified Patent Court

On 6 November 2017, the Belgian government submitted a bill to the Federal Chamber of Representatives amending various provisions concerning patents i…

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New Data Protection Authority Act Published

On 10 January 2018, the act on the creation of the Data Protection Authority (the "Act") was published in the Belgian State Gazette. The Act will…

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GDPR : les règles de mise en œuvre se précisent de plus en plus

La date butoir d’entrée en vigueur du Règlement Général sur la Protection des Données (« GDPR ») ce 25 mai 2018 prochain arrivant à grand pa…

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Out with the old, in with the new: Belgian Privacy Commission becomes “Belgian Data Protection Authority”

Reform of the Belgian Privacy Commission The General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 creates a new privacy regime immediately applicable acr…

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Bill to Align Belgian Patent Law to the UPC Agreement

Although Brexit has called into question the future of the unitary patent and the Unified Patent Court, the Belgian legislature is nonetheless laying …

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Voitures intelligentes : en route pour la révolution de la mobilité

Les premières voitures autonomes ont fait leur apparition sur les routes du Nevada aux Etats-Unis en 2012. Cinq ans après, vingt-un Etats américains e…

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GDPR Series: Part 16 - Processor Obligations

This series provides more detailed insight into the General Data Protection Regulation, which was published on 4 May 2016 and must be complied wi…

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Enough about personal data, what about (restrictions to) the free flow of “non-personal data” ?

As part of its Digital Single Market strategy, the European Commission published on 13 September 2017 a proposal for a Regulation “on a framework…

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Een ambiguïteit in de GDPR: Bent u vanaf 25 mei 2018 ook/nog een “verwerker” van persoonsgegevens?

Vanaf 25 mei 2018 verbindt de General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) diverse nieuwe verplichtingen aan de verwerking van persoonsgegevens. Vele v…

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La traduction d’une marque est-elle protégée ?

Une marque déposée protège-t-elle aussi sa traduction ? Une marque déposée pour un mot permet-elle également de bénéficier d’une prote…

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DPO aanstellen of niet?

Hoewel de figuur van de DPO in bepaalde EU Lidstaten reeds bestond, voert de GDPR thans voor het ganse EU-grondgebied een verplichting in voor bepaald…

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Nieuwe regels rond cookies en direct mailings onderweg

In de week van 15 oktober week werd het ontwerp van “ePrivacyverordening” door de LIBE-commissie goedgekeurd. Na de hervorming van de wetgev…

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