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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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European Court of Justice clarifies what constitutes a "parody"

On September 3, 2014, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") issued a judgment in response to a request from the Hof van Beroep te Brussel ("Court of A…

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Search engine activities are subject to data protection rules when processing online personal data

On 13 May 2014 the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) rendered a decision in a case in which the Court had to answer important questions relating to …

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European Court of Justice specifies conditions under Article 8(3) of the Copyright Directive governing an inju…

In a decision of 27 March 2014, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) held that Article 8(3) of Directive 2001/29/EC (the “Copyright Direc…

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Schrems vs. Facebook

Maximilian Schrems zet zijn kruistocht tegen Facebook verwoed verder. Na verscheidene procedures voor de Privacycommissies van Ierland, Luxemburg en D…

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Svensson-case: European Court of Justice rules hyperlinking to protected works can be done without consent

In 2012, the Court of Appeal of Svea (Sweden) submitted to the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) preliminary questions on whether providing hyperlin…

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ECJ: Internet Browsing Does Not Amount To Copyright Infringement

On 5 June 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ECJ”) held that browsing websites without first obtaining the authorisation from the …

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Court of Appeal of Antwerp confirms Yahoo!'s obligation to cooperate with law enforcement agencies

On 20 November 2013, the Court of Appeal of Antwerp partially confirmed the Criminal Court of Dendermonde’s judgment dated 2 March 2009. The Criminal …

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Will the EU Sanctions against Russia affect IT Companies?

This update focusses on the issue of whether these sanctions will affect the operations of IT companies that conduct business activities in Russia.&nb…

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Chronique législative et réglementaire belge IP/IT (du 1er avril au 30 juin 2014)

09/01/2014 - Arrêté royal rendant obligatoire la convention collective de travail du 19 avril 2013, conclue au sein de la Commission paritaire pour le…

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ECJ Guidance on Acquired Distinctiveness of Colour Trade Mark

On 19 June 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) handed down a preliminary ruling in joined cases C-217/13 and C-218/13 on the regi…

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ECJ Interprets Rules of Jurisdiction for Community Trade Mark Infringements and Unfair Competition Actions

On 5 June 2014, the European Court of Justice (the “ECJ”) ruled on a preliminary reference from the German Supreme Court regarding the interpretation …

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The representation of a retail store layout can be registered as a Community trademark

On 10th July 2010, in the case C-421/13, the European Court of Justice has decided that the representation of the layout of a retail store can be regi…

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European Court of Justice clarifies the scope of technological prevention measures designed to prevent unautho…

On 23 January 2014, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) issued a judgment in response to a request from the Tribunale di Milano (“Milan Court of Fir…

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Search engines and the right to be forgotten

The European Court of Justice acknowledged the right to be forgotten. But is it really that easy to implement this principle?

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Belgian Privacy Commission's position on the use of dashcams

The Belgian Privacy Commission (“BPC”) recently addressed the privacy implications concerning the use of dashboard cameras (“dashcams”) in cars.

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The new council proposal of the Trade Secrets Directive

The draft directive introduces a common definition of trade secrets, as well as a means by which victims of trade secret misappropriation can seek red…

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Belgium’s ratification to the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court and creation of a local division

On 6 June 2014, Belgium deposited its instrument of ratification to the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court, joining Sweden, France, Denmark and Aus…

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Surfing on the internet does not infringe copyright

The CJEU held that the reproduction of copyright-protected content on users’ screens and cached on users’ computers while web browsing does not consti…

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Revocation of successful trademarks that became “common in the trade”

Successful trademarks may become generic and lose their exclusive trademark status. This was once more confirmed by the Court of Justice of the EU in …

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Recent Developments in Data Protection

On 8 April 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("ECJ") handed down a judgment on two references for a preliminary ruling from the High Co…

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