Pick your cherry chocolate lookalike packaging (GCEU, 29 November 2023, T‑29/23)
In case T‑29/23 (Vobro/Mieszko), the General Court of the EU (GCEU) was asked to rule on the likelihood of confusion (LoC) of two complex signs containing word elements and the image of a cherry dipped in chocolate in relation to class 30 goods (confectionery and sweets). Summary of the decision After the EUIPO Opposition Division […]
Protect your Trade Secrets – Criminal Law Protection & Tax Issues
In the latest episode of our Trade Secrets Series we discussed the measures aimed at maintaining the confidentiality of trade secrets during legal proceedings. In this sixth and final episode we elaborate on the criminal law protection of trade secrets and tax issues related to trade secrets. Criminal law protection of trade secrets Article 309 […]
Protect your Trade Secrets – Maintaining confidentiality during legal proceedings
In the latest episode of our Trade Secrets Series we focused on the position of trade secrets in the employer-employee relationship. In this fifth episode we will discuss the measures aimed at maintaining the confidentiality of trade secrets during legal proceedings. The Trade Secrets Act introduced a new Article 871bis in the Judicial Code, which […]
INSOLVENCY Series | Episode 4: Liquidation Proceedings
Preserving undertaking’s business continuity is one of the main purposes of the Belgian insolvency law. However, in some cases, the undertaking’s situation is so serious that there is no better option than its liquidation. Liquidation proceedings aim to winding up the debtor’s estate and distributing the proceeds among its creditors to pay off its debts. […]
Protect your Geographical Indications | New EU Regulation for Craft and Industrial Products
On 27 October 2023 the Regulation (EU) 2023/2411 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 October 2023 on the protection of geographical indications for craft and industrial products and amending Regulations (EU) 2017/1001 and (EU) 2019/1753 (“Regulation”) was published. This Regulation introduces a new EU intellectual property right, extending the protection for […]
Bescherm uw Privacy Online | Juridische Optimalisatie
Bescherm uw Privacy Online | JURIDISCHE OPTIMALISATIE TEGEN ONGEWENSTE VERSPREIDING VAN SEKSUELE INHOUD Op 9 augustus 2023 werd in het Belgisch Staatsblad de wet van 31 juli 2023 om justitie menselijker, sneller en straffer te maken IV, gepubliceerd. In het kader van deze ingrijpende hervorming van justitie heeft de wetgever beslist de paragrafen 5 en […]
INSOLVENCY Series | Episode 3: Public and private reorganisation procedures
An undertaking in financial distress can consider judicial reorganisation as a means of restoring its financial stability. The judicial reorganisation procedure (“JRP”) is the Belgian pre-insolvency procedure, whose purpose is indeed to safeguard the continuity of the undertaking facing financial difficulties. Belgian law provides for two JRPs: JRP by mutual agreement, which aims to reach […]
Protect your Trade Secrets – Employer-employee relationship
In the first three episodes of our Trade Secrets Series we gave an introduction to the legal framework governing trade secrets in Belgium and explained in more detail the acts against which a trade secret holder can take action and what measures and remedies he can obtain. In this fourth episode we will focus on […]
Specialisatieovereenkomsten | Enkele versoepelingen en een overgangsperiode
Sinds 1 juli 2023 is er een nieuwe verordening van kracht betreffende de groepsvrijstelling voor specialisatieovereenkomsten (Verordening 2023/1067 van de Commissie van 1 juni 2023 betreffende de toepassing van artikel 101, lid 3, van het Verdrag betreffende de werking van de Europese Unie [VWEU] op bepaalde groepen specialisatieovereenkomsten, Pb. L., 2 juni 2023, nr. L […]
INSOLVENCY Series | Episode 2: Identifying risks and preventive tools
IDENTIFYING RISKS OF INSOLVENCY AND PREVENTIVE TOOLS TO AVOID INSOLVENCY Insolvency proceedings, and in particular liquidation proceedings, should remain a last resort. Accordingly, the Belgian Code of Economic Law (“CEL”) contains several preventive mechanisms designed (1) to detect the risk of insolvency in due course, and (2) to take preventive measures to redress undertakings’ financial […]
Protect your Trade Secrets – Procedures, Measures and Remedies
In the first two episodes of our Trade Secrets Series we gave an introduction to the legal framework governing trade secrets in Belgium and explained in more detail the acts against which a trade secret holder can and cannot take action. In this third episode we will analyse the procedures, measures and remedies that can […]
INSURANCE LAW – IMPORTANT CHANGES AHEAD
INSURANCE LAW – UPDATED RULES ON CONTRACT RENEWAL AND TERMINATION AHEAD On 5 October 2023, the Belgian Federal Parliament passed a draft law adapting the rules on (almost all) non-life insurance policies’ renewal and termination (the “Law”). This Law will come into force on the first day of the 12th month following its publication in […]
