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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...
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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...
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IT & Privacy
Long-term cooperation contracts: the value of a good balance sheet determination
4 December 2024 -
Scooperation contracts are often entered into for longer periods of time (>5 years). Voften a defined degree of exclusivity is agreed uponbut that can also...
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Tax
Legal and tax concerns of transferring IP rights within a group
4 December 2024 -
In this blog, we discuss the positioning of Intellectual Property Rights ("IP rights"), such as copyrights, patent rights and trademark rights, within the...
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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...
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Tax
Key highlights from the Tax Plan 2024
8 November 2024 -
On Tuesday, September 19, 2023 (Budget Day), the outgoing Dutch Minister of Finance revealed the Tax Plan 2024 in which several tax measures were announced....
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Labour & Pensions
Cross-border employment: The competent court in case of cross-border employment
8 November 2024 -
Increasingly, employees live and work remotely, in addition to the regular cross-border worker who lives just across the border in Germany and/or Belgium. The...
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IT & Privacy
Everything you need to know about the Data Act
8 November 2024 -
In recent years, the European Union (EU) has been working to regulate the digital world. The goal is to give citizens more control over their data and to...
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Labour & Pensions
Work in paid employment & other employment
8 November 2024 -
In this seventh blog, we will discuss the other residence permits for work.
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Tax
Expansion of compliance obligations for DAC7
8 November 2024 -
As of 1 January 2023, certain digital platform operators are required to collect, verify and report information of sellers on their platform to the tax...
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Intellectual Property & Innovation
IP-litigation in the Netherlands
8 November 2024 -
At Dirkzwager, our specialized team of IP-lawyers acts for parties in legal proceedings regarding the infringement of Intellectual Property rights before the...
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Corporate & M&A
Franchising
8 November 2024 -
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...
