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22/12/16

New Belgian protocol agreement on adoption of Binding Corporate Rules for data processors

EU data protection legislation provides that personal data can only be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”) when the co…

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21/12/16

The position of IT service providers (data processors) under the GDPR

Many articles have highlighted the changes that the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natura…

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12/12/16

Les droits des auteurs encore négligés

Un an après le prononcé de l’arrêt HP contre Reprobel par la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne, le gouvernement belge vient de déposer u…

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12/12/16

Repackaging: when is it allowed?

On 10 November 2016, the European Union Court of Justice (ECJ) rendered a judgment regarding the "need of repackaging" of pharmaceuticals and the reaf…

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05/12/16

Are dynamic IP addresses personal data? Europe’s highest court says they are in certain circumstances

On 19 October 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued its judgment in Patrick Breyer v. Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

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02/12/16

The CJEU determines scope of implicit consent of authors to use their works

Earlier this month the Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) has rendered a decision in the Marc Soulier, Sara Dokes v. Premier Ministre, Ministre de la…

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30/11/16

Adidas Three-Stripe Trademark vs. Nike Blaugrana Stripes: Earn Your Stripes!

For more than one hundred years, generations of FC Barcelona fans have witnessed amazing players wearing the famous Blaugrana shirt with garnet and bl…

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22/11/16

EU General Court Finds Body-builder Silhouette is Descriptive and Cannot Be Registered as Trade Mark

On 29 September 2016, the EU General Court (“GC”) ruled on the validity of a trade mark registration sought by Universal Protein Supplements Corp. (“U…

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15/11/16

Court of Cassation: right to privacy encompasses (online) ‘right to be forgotten’

On 29 April 2016, the Court of Cassation dismissed an appeal lodged by the Belgian newspaper Le Soir against the ruling of the Court of Appeal of Lièg…

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09/11/16

Court of Appeal rejects the Belgian courts’ jurisdictional competence regarding Facebook Inc. and Facebook Ire…

On 29 June 2016 the Court of Appeal of Brussels rejected the suit filed by the Belgian Privacy Commission against Facebook Inc., Facebook Ireland and …

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08/11/16

Is aanbieder van een WIFI-netwerk verantwoordelijk voor IP inbreuken van een derde gebruiker?

In vrijwel alle openbare ruimtes is er toegang tot een WiFi- netwerk voorzien. Het komt dan ook af en toe voor dat een gebruiker van een WiFi-netwerk …

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07/11/16

New data retention obligations for providers of publicly available electronic communications services or netwo…

On 18 July 2016, the Belgian Official Gazette published the Act of 29 May 2016 on the collection and storage of data in the electronic communication s…

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07/11/16

“Losers” lose: transfer of a back-up copy of software, unless authorized, is not allowed

The European Court of Justice (“ECJ”), in the Aleksandrs Ranks and Jurijs Vasilevics case (C-166/15), held that although in applying the UsedSoft case…

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02/11/16

Cable transmission, not retransmission: Telenet prevails

On 30 September 2016, the Belgian Court of Cassation decided to partly annul the Court of Appeal of Antwerp’s decision of 4 February 2013 in which the…

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01/11/16

EU Code of Conduct for mobile health apps almost finalized

A code of conduct for mobile health (mHealth) apps has been drafted by the European Commission (the “Code of Conduct”) to guide mHealth-app developers…

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28/10/16

E-mails stored outside the US cannot be claimed by the US Government

On 14 July 2016 the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (the Court of Appeals) rendered a judgment in the “Warrant case” (or the “Mi…

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28/10/16

Likelihood of confusion in just one part of the EU, EU trade mark infringement and prohibition order in that p…

On 22 September 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) rendered an interesting judgment in case C‑223/15 regarding the question whe…

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27/10/16

GDPR – Processing of sensitive personal data

This update aims to provide you with a practical overview of the most relevant changes resulting from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a…

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25/10/16

Lucasfilm vs The Lightsaber Academy: Who is The Real Jedi?

It's a good time to be a Star Wars fan! Not only the first new epic Lucasfilm 's spinoff Star Wars soon arrives in theaters (“Rogue One: A Star Wars S…

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25/10/16

Dynamic IP Addresses Deemed Personal Data

The Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") ruled that dynamic IP addresses constitute personal data within the meaning of Article 2(a) of Dir…

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11/09/26

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De richtlijnen van de Europese Commissie inzake de Cyber Resilience Act zijn gepubliceerd: wat …

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Does the EU Cyber Resilience Act apply to your product? Scope, definitions and the product clas…

16/09/26

Ruling Office: Tax regime for copyright and computer program…

09/09/26

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22/12/16

New Belgian protocol agreement on adoption of Binding Corporate Rules for data processors

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The position of IT service providers (data processors) under the GDPR

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Les droits des auteurs encore négligés

12/12/16

Repackaging: when is it allowed?

05/12/16

Are dynamic IP addresses personal data? Europe’s highest court says they are in certain circumstances

02/12/16

The CJEU determines scope of implicit consent of authors to use their works

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Adidas Three-Stripe Trademark vs. Nike Blaugrana Stripes: Earn Your Stripes!

22/11/16

EU General Court Finds Body-builder Silhouette is Descriptive and Cannot Be Registered as Trade Mark

15/11/16

Court of Cassation: right to privacy encompasses (online) ‘right to be forgotten’

09/11/16

Court of Appeal rejects the Belgian courts’ jurisdictional competence regarding Facebook Inc. and Facebook Ire…

08/11/16

Is aanbieder van een WIFI-netwerk verantwoordelijk voor IP inbreuken van een derde gebruiker?

07/11/16

New data retention obligations for providers of publicly available electronic communications services or netwo…

07/11/16

“Losers” lose: transfer of a back-up copy of software, unless authorized, is not allowed

02/11/16

Cable transmission, not retransmission: Telenet prevails

01/11/16

EU Code of Conduct for mobile health apps almost finalized

28/10/16

E-mails stored outside the US cannot be claimed by the US Government

28/10/16

Likelihood of confusion in just one part of the EU, EU trade mark infringement and prohibition order in that p…

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GDPR – Processing of sensitive personal data

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Lucasfilm vs The Lightsaber Academy: Who is The Real Jedi?

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Dynamic IP Addresses Deemed Personal Data

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