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Banking & Finance
Abolition of Pledge Prohibitions Act
2 July 2025 -
The Senate has passed the Abolition of Pledge Prohibitions Actand its effective date is known, which is July 1, 2025. The Act has an impact on how parties can...
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IT & Privacy
Limiting vendor lock-in: how do you maintain freedom and flexibility in a digital world?
11 April 2025 -
In an increasingly digital world, we rely on numerous third-party vendors for their software, cloud solutions and other IT services. This collaboration often...
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Intellectual Property & Innovation
Intellectual Property in the Netherlands and the EU: Development, Ownership and Exploitation
7 April 2025 -
Technological advancement and globalization have dramatically changed the world economy. These developments continue to have a material impact on value chains,...
Article
Resilient organisation
Platforms of dominant companies and mandatory interoperability: Important ruling by the CJEU on Android Auto
31 March 2025 -
On 25 February 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued an important preliminary ruling in the case between Alphabet (Google) and the...
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Intellectual Property & Innovation
Design and Copyright Protection in the EU
11 February 2025 -
Copyright and design protection are increasingly important topics in the European Union (EU). Recent legislative initiatives and court rulings across various...
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Labour & Pensions
Secondment as an alternative to self-employment: what do you need to know?
22 January 2025 -
Much has been written about the risk of false self-employment and ways to mitigate it. We too regularly publish and advise on this topic. But the question that...
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Intellectual Property & Innovation
No trademark registration for ‘Glashütte Original’ in virtual watches
15 December 2024 -
The town of Glashütte is known for producing high-quality watches. Therefore, it fails to register ‘Glashütte Original’ as a trademark for virtual goods.
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Intellectual Property & Innovation
Top 40 charts protected by database?
4 December 2024 -
Are the Top 40 charts a database within the meaning of the Databases Act? Legal proceedings on databases are not numerous, but in this case the Dutch Top 40...
Article
Intellectual Property & Innovation
Works of applied art from US also protected by EU copyright!
4 December 2024 -
Designs created in the U.S. are copyrighted here in the EU under the European harmonized rules of copyright.
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Intellectual Property & Innovation
Food labeling: ban on meat names for vegetarian products?
4 December 2024 -
Packaging and labeling regulations from the EU aim to protect consumers from being misled. Does this include a ban on offering or advertising vegetarian...
Article
Intellectual Property & Innovation
Does world champion Max Verstappen win off track in trademark dispute?
4 December 2024 -
Max Verstappen recently took legal action (through his company) against the trademark registration of "SUPERMAX," arguing that there is a likelihood of...
