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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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The GOLDEN BALLS trademark saga continues: the CJEU sends the case back to the OHIM

In its judgment in joined (opposition) cases C-581/13 P and C-582/13 P Intra-Presse SAS v. OHIM and Golden Balls Ltd regarding the registration of the…

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Red soles of Louboutin protected by trademark law

The Court of Appeal of Brussels has decided that red soles of the brand Louboutin are a valid trademark. As a consequence [of this decision], other sh…

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Europe’s Right to be forgotten: update on implementation guidelines

In an earlier newsletter, we wrote that the Article 29 Working Party ("Working Party 29″) has adopted guidelines relating to the implementation of the…

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Antwerp Commercial Court Issues Injunction Closing Down Collaborative Video Recorder Provider Bhaalu

On 4 November 2014, the Commercial Court of Antwerp ("the Court") issued a cease and desist order against NV Right Brain Interface ("RBI") to close do…

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Nouvelle circulaire fiscale sur la cession ou concession de droits d’auteur ou de droits voisins

L'administration fiscale a publié une circulaire n°36/2014 le 23 octobre 2014. La circulaire détaille comment les revenus obtenus par une personne phy…

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“Collaboratieve videorecorder” Bhaalu verboden door rechtbank

Terwijl op de achtergrond Netflix in België gelanceerd werd en Telenet naarstig verder werkt aan eigen content in concurrentie met de televisiezenders…

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Big Data’s legal and compliance challenges

On behalf of time.lex, I was invited to speak at EPCA PAYMENT SUMMIT held in Brussels, in March 2014, about one of the most important topics of today'…

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The CJEU defined the concept of parody in the Suske en Wiske’ case (C-201/13 Deckmyn)

The concept of parody is an autonomous concept of EU law. The only characteristics of a parody are to evoke an existing work while being noticeably di…

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Nieuwe domeinnaam extensies: .vlaanderen en .brussels

Het wordt steeds moeilijker om een plaatsje te veroveren op het internet. De bekende webextensies (.com, .be, .org, .eu) raken stilaan overbevolkt. Al…

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Towards Strong Authentication for Electronic Payments

Recently the presidency of the Council of Ministers recommended that strong customer authentication should be mandatory in a whole range of electronic…

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Voordelen inzake handhaving van intellectuele eigendomsrechten

De huidige informatiemaatschappij liegt er niet om: het verwerven van kennis garandeert een concurrentievoordeel. Door middel van intellectuele eigend…

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Domain names: extensions .brussels and .vlaanderen available since 1 September 2014.

Since 1 September 2014, it has been possible to register domain names with the .brussels and .vlaanderen extensions. However, to date, this possibilit…

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Using Customer Payment Data as Effective Marketing Tool

Although winning and maintaining customer loyalty is a key goal for any retailer, it is especially important for businesses that specialize in niche p…

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Electronic Identification and Trust Services (eIDAS) Regulation Published

The proposed EU Regulation on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market has now been adopted, wi…

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ECJ Ruling on Meaning of ‘Parody’

On 3 September 2014, the ECJ handed down its judgment in Case C-201/13 Deckmyn en Vrijheidsfonds in which it gave guidance regarding the parody except…

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GPEN Privacy Sweep 2014: mobile apps

We gaven het in mei van dit jaar al mee: de GPEN, een wereldwijd netwerk van nationale Privacycommissies en -commissarissen, heeft een nieuwe sweep ui…

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Grootscheepse controle cookie wetgeving in Frankrijk en andere EU landen

Vorige week was het "cookie sweep day" in Frankrijk en in verschillende andere Europese landen. De Franse privacy commissie (CNIL) en andere Europese …

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Early entry into force for some chapters of book XI "Intellectual Property" in the Belgian Code of Economic La…

On 11 September 2014, two royal Decrees relating to the implementation, on the one hand, of the patent provisions (here) and, on the other hand, of th…

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Article 29 Data Protection Working Party issues Opinion on Personal Data Breach Notifications

On 25 March 2014, the Article 29 Working Party ("WP 29") issued Opinion 03/2014 (the "Opinion"). The Opinion provides guidance to data controllers to …

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ECJ - C-201/13 – an autonomous concept of 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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