On 26 April 2022, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) judged that Article 17 of Directive (EU) 2019/790 (“Digital Single Market” or “DSM”) is compatible with the right to freedom of expression and information.
Since 5 May 2022, companies and designers are able to obtain international design protection also in China. In parallel, Chinese residents are now able to seek international protection of their designs in all countries covered by the Hague System
On April 28, 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down a judgment that is expected to significantly improve the chance of patent owners being granted a preliminary injunction before national EU patent courts, and, most likely, also before the future divisions of the Unified Patent Court (UPC).
NFTs and IP rights have certainly been a hot topic since the beginning of the year.
In “Ferrari / Mansory Design” (C-123-20), the CJEU clarified that unregistered design rights could arise in individual car parts as a result of the disclosure of an overall image of the car in the EU.
In een vonnis van de Ondernemingsrechtbank Gent, afdeling Gent oordeelde de rechtbank dat haar cursusmateriaal niet beantwoordde aan de vereisten voor auteursrechtelijke bescherming.
Since 1 January 2022, the Hague System Common Regulations contain new rules on force majeure, design publication and transfer of ownership.
On 18 November 2021, the President of the Brussels Enterprise Court rejected all the claims brought by a local political movement to oppose the new name of the Flemish social democrats.
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