De Voorzitter van de Ondernemingsrechtbank te Antwerpen, zetelend zoals in kort geding, oordeelde dat het gebruik van bepaalde grafische elementen die behoorde tot de huisstijl van een ander architectenbureau,
Dans un arrêt du 7 juillet 2021 (T-668/19), le Tribunal de l’Union européenne s’est prononcé, pour la première fois, sur la validité d’un enregistrement d’une marque sonore présentée en format audio.
A (former) distributor who files an identical or similar EU trademark to foreign trademarks or protected signs, is in a more uncomfortable position when defending a registration in bad faith claim than a random third party.
On 22 June 2021, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued a ruling on the liability of platform operators with regard to illegal uploads of copyrighted content by their users.
Today is the World Anti-Counterfeiting Day. The day on which we recognize the hard work necessary to stop the manufacture, sale and distribution of counterfeit goods worldwide.
You will certainly have heard about the discussion between the political movement Vooruit and the art centre in Ghent with an identical name over the past few months. The use of an identical trade mark for different activities is not unusual and is even embedded in trade mark law. When registering a trade mark, you must therefore choose which goods and services you want to obtain trade mark registration for.
In a recent judgment, the General Court has confirmed that repeat filings of trademarks may, in certain circumstances, constitute bad faith
The health crisis has not eased the tensions between the management and the trade unions of the Belgian National Orchestra (“BNO”). The pandemic has even caused an additional outbreak of ‘fever’, which even a Brussels Court of Appeal
Au cours des derniers mois, vous avez sans doute entendu parler de la discussion entre le mouvement politique Vooruit et le centre d'art gantois portant le même nom.
TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, ... these are all social networks that have sparked the development of a new form of advertising over the past years: influencer marketing
