In a decision of 7 October 2025, the Litigation Chamber of the Belgian Data…
Recent French judgments from the Nantes Judicial Court have drawn a clear l…
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Cette année, l'Office Benelux de la Propriété intellectuelle (OBPI) fête ses 40 ans d'existence. L' Office est l'unique instance officielle dans le Be…
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On 20 July 2011, a law has been published in the Belgian Official Journal protecting new fathers against dismissal in case they take up paternity leav…
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LE PATRIMOINE IMMATÉRIEL EST DE PLUS EN PLUS IMPORTANT Il est devenu banal de souligner que, dans nos économies développées, ce qui fait la valeur de …
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Quel est le lien entre l'odeur de framboises pour des produits pétroliers, le cri de Tarzan pour des services multimédia et la douce texture d'un emba…
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In the case, Söll case (C-420/10), that was submitted to the ECJ for preliminary ruling by the District Court of Hamburg (Germany), two competing comp…
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On June 14 2011 EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht said that an upcoming ruling of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is likely to strengthen EU cla…
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On aurait tendance à l'ignorer mais le droit d'auteur est un droit de propriété intellectuelle qui peut avoir une valeur économique significative pour…
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There is no harmonised EU legislation on origin-marking, nor is there a general obligation to indicate a product's origin in the interest of the consu…
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On May 21 2011 the Official Journal published EU Regulation 494/2011, which extends the existing ban on the presence of cadmium in products to cover a…
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Pour favoriser l'innovation, il est indispensable d'élaborer des outils de protection efficaces et abordables pour maintenir la compétitivité entre ac…
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Much has already been written about the in Belgium still existing distinction between blue-collar and white-collar workers. As of 7 July 2011, a new e…
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Le sort des droits sur les créations réalisées par les salariés est déterminé par des règles qui réalisent un arbitrage entre la logique du droit du t…
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On 11 June 2011, the Commission published five Regulations implementing Regulation (EU) 1107/2009 concerning the placing on the market of plant protec…
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The Belgian Supreme Court has rendered a new judgment which will be warmly welcomed by employers working with "stand by" or "on call" services. An emp…
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Several media outlets announced at the end of April that legislation with regard to student labour will be made more flexible from 1 January 2012.
Read MoreThe Social Penal Code reorganizes the penalties that apply in the case of the illegal employment of foreign workers. Even though penalties are severe …
Read MoreThe new Social Penal Code modifies and clarifies as from 1 July 2011 some rules regarding the competence of social inspectors in their performance of …
Read MoreThe codification implemented by the Social Penal Code aims to clarify the procedures and penalties available to deal with violations of social legisla…
Read MoreBesides the many questions with regard to the interpretation of the various legislative acts and the note of 1997 which remain unanswered, the questio…
Read MoreThe penalties for the violation of the prohibition of the posting of workers are integrated into the structure of the Social Penal Code. This Code pen…
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