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Legal Geek Europe 2026

Legal Geek Europe returns on 14 April 2026 at De Hallen Studio’s, Amsterdam.

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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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EU Cybersecurity Month: Protecting your business from invest…

EU Cybersecurity Month is an annual awareness campaign held every October t…

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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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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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LA MONOPOLISATION DES SENS DE L’OUIE, DE L’ODORAT ET DU TOUCHER PAR LE DROIT DES MARQUES

Quel est le lien entre l'odeur de framboises pour des produits pétroliers, le cri de Tarzan pour des services multimédia et la douce texture d'un emba…

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L’IMPORTANCE DU DROIT D’AUTEUR POUR L’ENTREPRISE

On aurait tendance à l'ignorer mais le droit d'auteur est un droit de propriété intellectuelle qui peut avoir une valeur économique significative pour…

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Le brevet unitaire pour 680 EUR, une utopie ?

Pour favoriser l'innovation, il est indispensable d'élaborer des outils de protection efficaces et abordables pour maintenir la compétitivité entre ac…

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Qui peut exploiter les créations du salarié ?

Le sort des droits sur les créations réalisées par les salariés est déterminé par des règles qui réalisent un arbitrage entre la logique du droit du t…

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Google News is infringing the copyrights of journalists and newspaper publishers in Belgium, according to the …

On 5 May 2011, the Brussels Court of Appeals confirmed the earlier Court decision in which Google was held liable for infringement of the copyright of…

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The Antwerp Court of Appeals recently rendered a decision that is critical in the anti-piracy actions of the B…

The ex parte proceedings to obtain a "counterfeit" seizure » cannot be used, according to the Court, to prevent an undertaking that allegedly uses cou…

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The audit and valuation of IP rights

No one can deny that intellectual property is a valuable asset. However, businesses consistently tend to underestimate the value of their intellectual…

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De Bewijswaarde Van Een E-Mail

De e-mail heeft de gewone brief volkomen verdrongen en is vandaag veruit het meest populaire en gebruikte communicatiemiddel. Zelfs in het handelsrech…

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L’arrêt Chronopost : un arrêt qui soulève plus de questions qu’il n’en résout ?

Marque communautaire - article 98 du règlement (CE) n° 40/94 - Portée territoriale d'une interdiction des actes de contrefaçon prononcée par un tribun…

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Your Community trade mark can be protected in the entire EU

If your Community trademark is infringed or is threatened to be infringed, a Community trade mark court can issue an order prohibiting the defendant f…

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Telenet does not have to pay copyright fees for offering digital television

The Commercial Court of Mechelen decided on 12 April 2011 that the simultaneous transmission of television programmes via an analogue and a digital si…

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The Belgian Supreme Court construes the rules for descriptive seizures in a patent infringement case between N…

In its decision of 24 March 2011, the Supreme Court ruled that a party that is involved in descriptive seizure proceedings is entitled at any stage of…

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The Max Planck study regarding the functioning of the trade mark system in Europe

The Max Planck Institute in Munich has, upon request of the European Commission, carried out an independent study regarding the functioning of the com…

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Car parts protected by copright

NautaDutilh recently marked an important victory before the Mons Court of Appeal in Belgium.

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EU law allows national measures preventing exclusive broadcast of World Cup and EURO

A Member State may prohibit the exclusive broadcast of all World Cup and EURO football matches on pay television, in order to allow the general public…

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ICANN launches new gTLD Programme

Organisations that wish to establish a presence on the Web usually apply for a second-level domain. For example, in nautadutilh.com or nautadutilh.be,…

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The E-Privacy Directive: opt-in or opt-out for storing “cookies”?

Belgian law is expected to implement the amended European E-Privacy Directive (2009/136/EC) by the end of May 2011. The most important innovation in t…

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The Act of 10 January 2011 will simplify the current Act of 28 March 1984 regarding patents

The Act of 10 January 2011 regarding the execution of the Patent Treaty and relating to European patents contains important modifications to the Belgi…

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The Benelux Court of Justice rules about the “reflex effect” in trademark law

According to the Benelux Court of Justice, the holder of a lapsed trademark may not claim protection against the mere use of that sign by a company th…

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EU law and exclusive football broadcasting rights : the saga continues

The General Court of the EU rendered on 17 February 2011 a judgment which reinforces to a certain extent the rights of football spectators.

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