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Edward Taelman strengthens Crowell & Moring leading position in IP litigation.

Edward Taelman joins Crowell & Moring from his position as a senior associate at Allen & Overy in Brussels. Since 2018, he was a senior associate in their intellectual prop…

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Creactivity s’agrandit avec Sophie Everarts de Velp et Peter Decru !

Lexing – Belgium se développe avec l’arrivée de deux nouveaux collaborateurs au sein de Creactivity : notre département en Propriété Intellectuelle, Technologies de l’Information e…

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EU IPO finds that half of young consumers find it acceptable to buy fakes

The EU IPO has released the results of its 2023 study on ‘European Citizens and Intellectual Property: Perception, Awareness and Behaviour’ (IP Perception study), and sheds further…

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The EU AI Act and Obligations for Companies Operating in the…

In an era where regulatory landscapes are rapidly evolving, companies with …

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15/04/24
Navigating the AI Act: legal insights and analysis

The rapid development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI), its i…

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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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L’IA bientôt réglementée : êtes-vous concerné(e) par ces règles ?

Le règlement sur l’intelligence artificielle (IA) (« AI Act ») devrait bientôt être formellement adopté suite à l’approbation, ce 13 mars 2024, par le…

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Domain names are assets that can be attached

On 16 January 2024, the Brussels Court of First Instance rendered an interesting decision about the right of a creditor to attach the domain names of …

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Notice and Action Mechanisms in the DSA – Balancing the Removal of Illegal Content and the Freedom of Expressi…

On February 17, 2024, The Digital Services Act (DSA) will become applicable, introducing a new regulatory framework for providers of intermediary serv…

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Belgium is getting ready for the Digital Services Act: Are you impacted?

On 17 February 2024, the EU Digital Services Act became fully applicable to online intermediaries and platforms (online marketplaces, social networks,…

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Dossier médical : droit d’obtenir gratuitement une première copie

Comme expliqué dans notre précédente news "Comment reconnaître une demande d’accès aux données "?, le RGPD octroie à chaque personne un droit d’accès …

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Lanceurs d'alerte : quelques ambiguïtés clarifiées

La plupart des entreprises et organisations sont désormais familiarisées avec le concept de « signalements », et en particulier avec la loi belge du 2…

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DSA – Balancing the Removal of Illegal Content and the Freedom of Expression

On February 17, 2024, The Digital Services Act (DSA) will become applicable, introducing a new regulatory framework for providers of intermediary serv…

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Right of access – Recent lessons learned from the CJEU and EDPB

Happy Data Protection Day! Yesterday, we celebrated Data Protection Day, which is this year dedicated to taking control of one’s data. For this occas…

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Regulating the Buzzword – What the AI Act Means for Your Business

On Friday 8 December 2023, after a period of lengthy and intense negotiations, European legislators have reached a political agreement on the AI Act. …

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Protect your Trade Secrets – Maintaining confidentiality during legal proceedings

In the latest episode of our Trade Secrets Series we focused on the position of trade secrets in the employer-employee relationship. In this fifth epi…

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European Parliament Adopts Final EU Data Act

On November 9, 2023, the European Parliament has adopted the final version of the Data Act, marking a significant milestone in the evolving landscape …

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Protect your Trade Secrets – Criminal Law Protection & Tax Issues

In the latest episode of our Trade Secrets Series we discussed the measures aimed at maintaining the confidentiality of trade secrets during legal pro…

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European Data Protection Supervisor Releases New Opinion on the EU’s Proposed AI Act

On October 24, 2023, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), which is the supervisory authority for the EU institutions, bodies, offices and a…

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Protect your Trade Secrets – Maintaining confidentiality during legal proceedings

In the latest episode of our Trade Secrets Series we focused on the position of trade secrets in the employer-employee relationship. In this fifth epi…

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Protect your Trade Secrets – Employer-employee relationship

In the first three episodes of our Trade Secrets Series we gave an introduction to the legal framework governing trade secrets in Belgium and explaine…

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Belgium’s Harmonic Discord on related rights

For the first time, the CJEU has been asked to clarify the temporal applicability of the right to “appropriate and proportionate remuneration” laid do…

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Strelia Whistleblowing Insight: Which companies must set up internal whistleblowing reporting channels?

The Belgian Whistleblower Act of 28 November 2022 on the protection of reporters of violations of Union or national law transposes the EU Whistleblowe…

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The impact of the GDPR on AI

The use of an artificial intelligence (AI) system is inextricably linked with the use of data. This data can include data such as images, paintings, t…

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EU Cybersecurity Month: The looming threat of a single phishing click to your business

The EU Cybersecurity Month (ECSM) is an annual awareness campaign held every October throughout Europe, orchestrated by European and national institut…

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Meta Platforms: GDPR violations by dominant platforms may amount to abuses under competition law

Companies holding a dominant position on their (digital) markets may be sanctioned by (national) competition authorities for infringing… the General D…

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