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On 3 November 2026, CJEU Advocate General Szpunar delivered an Opinion examining when AI chatbots’ use of online news may infringe press publishers’ rights. His proposed approach d…
Après les cyberattaques visant les frigos connectés de supermarchés, qui assume les pertes dans un réseau de franchise ? Lexing examine le devoir d'assistance et d'information du f…
Une entreprise qui fait créer son logo ou son identité visuelle par un graphiste indépendant n’en détient pas automatiquement les droits d’auteur. Sans cession écrite et précise, l…
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Een generiek AI-model kent het recht, maar niet jouw werkwijze. ICTRecht le…
AVG, DORA, NIS2, CRA, CER en de AI Act: steeds meer wetten leggen vergelijk…
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In a groundbreaking judgment of 3 July 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) seriously undermined the online sales model used by sof…
In its long awaited decision in Solvay v. Honeywell, the Court of Justice of the EU allows the owners of a European patent to obtain preliminary measu…
The exhaustion of the distribution right does not only apply where the copyright holder markets copies of his software on a material medium but also w…
The Electronic Communications Act of 13 June 2005 was recently amended in order to implement, amongst other provisions, the new European rules on the …
On 12 July 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) confirmed the admissibility of interim cross-border injunctions in patent disputes…
On 11 July 2012, the European Commission has published a proposal for a Directive on collecting societies and multi-territorial licensing of rights in…
On 5 April 2012, a new bill amending various provisions concerning Electronic Communications (the "Bill") was submitted to the Belgian Parliament. The…
In a judgment delivered on 24 May 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ECJ”) confirmed a judgment of the General Court of the Europe…
On 10 May 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) upheld a judgment of the General Court (“GC”) which had dismissed actions brought b…
In its judgment of 29 March 2012, the General Court (“GC”) confirmed the decision of the Office of Harmonisation for the Internal Market (the “OHIM”) …
Over the last couple of years, it has become clear that Trademark and Copyright owners have a tense relationship with the Internet Service Providers.
The European Court of Justice does not object to the disclosure of personal data of infringers to the rightful owners of intellectual property rights.…
On 3 April 2012, the President of the Commercial Court of Antwerp found that a patent holder had abused its patent right by serving notice on an alleg…
A dentist who broadcasts phonograms free of charge in his private dental practice is not making a 'communication to the public' within the meaning of …
ICANN, the governing body of the Internet, has received applications for more than 1,000 new domains with extensions such as “.sports”, “.hotel”, “.af…
The Belgian High Court decided that a copyright protected work does not have to reflect the personality of the author.
On 16 February 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) handed down its preliminary ruling in Case C-360/10, Belgische Vereniging van …
On 25 January 2012, the European Commission (the “Commission”) adopted a legislative proposal for a reform of the EU data protection regulatory framew…
On 5 January 2012, the Belgian Supreme Court (Hof van Cassatie / Cour de Cassation) upheld an earlier judgment of the Brussels Court of Appeal, confir…
On 26 January 2012, the Belgian Supreme Court (Hof van Cassatie/Cour de Cassation, the “Court”) handed down a judgment in a case between Artessuto NV …
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