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Belgium has a few separate tax schemes that apply to acquired IP rights. For instance, the innovation allowance for innovation income.

The Committee on Legal Affairs of the European Parliament voted on 17 December 2013 the trade mark package which the European Commission had tabled on 27 March 2013

On 16 November 2017, the Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office reversed the EUIPO examiner's refusal to register a portrait photograph of the Dutch model Maartje Verhoef as an EUTM for a large number of products and services.

The guidelines offer potential solutions and give practical suggestions as to how Google’s privacy policy could satisfy EU data protection requirements.

On 21 August 2012, the Court of First Instance of The Hague handed down a judgment in summary proceedings between eleven holders of well-known trade marks for watches.

Last year, our Video Game series explored the complex legal landscape covering everything from trademarks and adaptation rights to consumer protection.

On 23 June 2011, the Commercial Court of Brussels (the "Court") handed down a judgment in which it shed an interesting light on the elements taken into account for the calculation of damages awarded to the a trade mark holder to compensate for the sale of counterfeit products.

On 21 December 2013, the EU’s Official Journal published a request for a preliminary ruling from a Greek Court (Monomeles Protodikeio Athinon) inquiring whether the use by Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha ("Honda") of its trademarks to prevent the importation of Honda spare parts from Thailand to Greece breaches Articles 101 or 102 TFEU or is in conflict with international trade rules, i.e. the GATT and TRIPs agreements.

On 4 February 2014, the Brussels Court of Appeal refused registration of the colour yellow as a trade mark for Telenet’s "triple play" services.

On 16 April 2015, Advocate General Cruz Villalón issued an opinion on a request for a preliminary ruling from the Federal Court of Justice of Germany...

In a judgment delivered on 24 May 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") confirmed a judgment of the General Court of the European Union (the "GC") that the shape of Lindt’s chocolate rabbit figures cannot be registered as a Community trade mark ("CTM").

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the European Union that apply to register their industrial property rights this year can recover up to 75 % of the official registration fees...

The infringement lasted from 1 January 2014 to 31 October 2017.

On 16 September 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") ruled on a request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice of England & Wales, Chancery Division, Intellectual Property.

On 26 September 2012, the President of the Commercial Court of Brussels granted an injunction in a cease-and-desist procedure on the merits (vordering tot staking/ action en cessation) brought by Red Bull against NV Konings ("Konings"), a bottler of "BULLET" cans.

Trademark applicants and owners often receive documents asking for payments related to a trademark or design application or renewal. Cautiousness is highly recommended in this respect!

The European Parliament has recently approved the new Regulation concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights.