Construction projects financed by the Flemish government must always include a minimum budget for art. The Flemish Parliament approved this by decree last Wednesday. The previous rules (the so-called Percentage Decrees of 1986, which in…
The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on 13 November 2018 (Case C-310/17) that the taste of a food product is not protected under copyright law. The case was between the Dutch companies…
On 12 September 2018, the European Parliament adopted a new draft Copyright Directive (the so called “Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market”). This new legislation is meant to correct the imbalance between creators…
Football madness is starting again, and you want to set up a commercial campaign around the Belgian Red Devils? Do you want to know what is legally allowed and what is not? Can you use…
Court of Justice of the European Union, C-339/15, Luc Vanderborght, 4 May 2017 This article by Bart Van Besien was published in Leading Internet Case Law, July-August 2017, pages 18-19. In its judgment of 4…
Finnian & Columba is attending the 2017 AIPF Annual Meeting in San Francisco (13-15 September 2017).
Suppose: you organise a competition or you publish a “white paper” on your website, to collect as many email addresses as possible. You want to use these email addresses to enrich your database and send…
When will the GDPR enter into force? The GDPR (“General Data Protection Regulation”) will enter into force on 25 May 2018. Therefore, you still have some time to check the new privacy rules and prepare…
On June 11, 2017, Bart Van Besien will give an exposition on neighbouring rights and copyrights for actors and actresses during the “Night of the Actor”, organised by the Acteursgilde. The Acteursgilde is the Flemish association for…
We are proud to announce that we have been accepted as a member of AIPF, the Association of Intellectual Property Firms. AIPF is an international association of independent law firms that devote a majority of…
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