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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.

On 22 June 2018, the Belgian Supreme Court confirmed an earlier judgment of the Brussels Court of Appeal annulling a decision of the Belgian Competition Authority that imposed a fine on a group of cement companies ...

On 9 July 2015, the Brussels Court of Appeal held that antitrust dawn raids carried out in 2006 at the premises of cargo handlers by the former Belgian Competition Council (now the Belgian Competition Authority) were illegal.

The air travel tax is an excise duty which airline companies operating in Ireland must pay in respect of every passenger departing on an aircraft from an airport situated in Ireland.

A DG Comp public consultation is anticipated on the draft Guidelines.

Samsung operates a selective distribution system for its high-end products and prohibits its dealers from selling outside the network, including over the Internet.

A contractual employee of the administration of a municipality was accused of aggressive behaviour. The municipality organised a hearing in order to investigate the accusations.

Dr. O.G. had been involved in a car accident causing the death of two persons. This accident was reported in the November 1994 edition of Le Soir featuring a specific reference to Dr. O.G.'s name and surname.

In light of these circumstances, the ECJ ruled that the grant of such preferential access to a public infrastructure in favour of black cabs did not involve a transfer of state resources.

Those proceedings were however stayed pending the ECJ's response to the questions referred by the Belgian Constitutional Court in the present proceedings.

On 17 March 2016, the Belgian Constitutional Court partially annulled Article XVII.39 of the Code of Economic Law (Constitutional Court, judgment 41/2016 of 17 March 2016).

On 7 June 2017, Justice Birss of the English High Court of Justice issued a "FRAND" injunction against Huawei in its longstanding licensing dispute pitting it against Unwired Planet, a US based patent assertion entity.

The judgment was issued following an appeal lodged by VAB, VAB Rijschool and Rijscholen Sanderus – companies which offer roadside assistance and driving lessons in Belgium.

The Constitutional Court explained that in a civil procedure the plaintiff carries the burden of proof and that the existence of a competition law infringement is essential for the establishment of a tort-based fault under civil law.

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.

The supermarket chain had sold tobacco products at a unit price below the price indicated on the revenue stamp affixed by the manufacturer or importer and had applied several types of discounts to tobacco products.

On 8 December 2010, the EU Commission imposed fines of over € 648 million on six Korean and Taiwanese producers of LCD panels used in televisions and computer monitors for operating a price-fixing cartel.