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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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Litigation
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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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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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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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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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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Hermès versus Rothschild: a dispute regarding trademarks and NFT’s
8 November 2024 -
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...
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License Agreements: The Scope of Application (Part 2)
8 November 2024 -
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...
