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In an interim judgment of 5 May 2015, the Brussels Court of Appeal referred three questions for a preliminary ruling to the Court of Justice of the European Union.

On 13 September 2018, the ECJ held in Case C-26/17P, Birkenstock v. EUIPO, that Birkenstock's pattern of wavy lines crisscrossing at right angles in a repetitive sequence could not be protected as a figurative mark.

In a remarkable case with an unfortunate outcome for the trade mark holder, the ECJ confirmed that a party has the right to claim damages on the basis of a judgment of another Member State's national court.

In three judgments issued on 5 May 2015, the General Court of the European Union denied the registration of "SKYPE" as a Community trade mark.

In the framework of the European emission trading system, companies are required to cover all their emissions of greenhouse gasses by emission allowances.

On 26 July 2018, the Brussels Court of Appeal confirmed the judgment of the Brussels Commercial Court of 25 October 2017 on whether Longchamp, owned by the Jean Cassegrain company, had a copyright ...

The case arose from proceedings before the Latvian Competition Council concerning alleged bid-rigging.

A company and its two managers are suspected of having made false declarations to evade European customs regulations by importing American biodiesel into the EU.

On 28 July 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that a standard choice of law clause in favour of the law of the EU Member State in which the seller or supplier is established, is unfair.

The painting at issue portraits Jean-Marie Dedecker, a Belgian politician, after he had suffered a heavy defeat at the ballots.

On 20 March 2014, the Court of Appeal of Liège handed down a judgment on the requirement of having a document "in writing" for evidentiary purposes in cases relating to the assignment of a copyright protecting a computer program.

On 24 March 2015, Advocate General Wahl (the "Advocate General") delivered his opinion in a case pitting Iron & Smith Kft against Unilever NV (Case C‑125/14).

Instead, a definition must be provided by considering the usual meaning of the word ‘shape' in everyday language.

On 13 December 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered three judgments on separate appeals brought against judgments of the General Court by Gascogne Sack Deutschland ("Gascogne"), Kendrion and Plasticos Españoles ...

The Guidelines recall that the ECJ's judgment has made it clear that search engine operators process personal data and therefore qualify as data controllers.

On 5 May 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("ECJ") handed down its judgments on Spain's challenges of the legality of the "unitary patent package".

On 3 December 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on a request for a preliminary ruling from the Brussels Court of Appeal regarding the interpretation of Council Directive 86/653/EEC of 18 December 1986 .

On 28 February 2019, the Council of State (Raad van State/Conseil d'État) issued an opinion on the amendment to the bill for the creation of the Brussels International Business Court (the "BIBC")...