In part 2 of this blog series, we delve into the scope of license agreements. In particular: Are there geographical boundaries to licenses and can licenses be limited to specific acts of use, sectors, and applications?
In part 1 of this blog series, we will describe the nature of a license agreement: what does a license agreement entail and what rights can be licensed?
Will you be sending your employees to work abroad on a project or for a fixed number of days a week? Alternatively, are you an employee yourself and do you find yourself in such a situation? In either case you may always want to check whether this will give rise to tax and/or social security obligations for the relevant employee in the country in which they will be working. Below you can read about the situations which should set alarm bells ringing.
The mere branding of luxury goods does not suffice to protect the luxurious image of goods. Registration, enforcement and contracts are key...
As part of our DFA practice, we provide advice to businesses on distribution agreements. We also help our clients avoid disputes or – in the worst case – to resolve them.
A data breach happens to the best of us. Every company or organisation can face it sooner or later. In European countries, tens of thousands of data breaches have been reported to local authorities. In the Netherlands, for example, around 25,000 reports were made. When a data leak occurs, an organisation faces a lot of issues in a short period of time. Fast and adequate action is crucial in such incidents. In this article, we provide a practical step-by-step action plan of what to do in the event of a (potential) data breach, particularly in light of the obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Our DFA practice lawyers provide advice to businesses on franchising agreements. We also help our clients avoid disputes or – in the worst case – to resolve them.
Our DFA practice lawyers provide advice to businesses on agency agreements. We also help our clients avoid disputes or – in the worst case – to win them.
Non fungible tokens (NFT’s) are increasingly popular among artists who trade their art digitally. In this context, the use of well-known brands in NFT’s, as part of digital artworks, is also taking off and raised the question on how trademark law might apply to the tokens. In a recent lawsuit at the federal court of New York over the use of Hermès bags in NFT’s, the New York jury ruled on this topic.
Dirkzwager advised Arcadis on its acquisition of 70% of the share capital of Water Platform Company, the Dutch-based software company that owns HydroNET.
On 22 December 2021, the European Commission proposed new rules aimed against the misuse of shell entities for improper tax purposes. Based on the proposal, EU companies that qualify as shell entities may be disallowed to claim tax advantages under an applicable tax treaty or EU directive.
It is with remarkable frequency that pensions appear to be an inadequately considered item in the case of mergers and acquisitions. It is remarkable because pensions can have exceptionally far-reaching financial consequences.
