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

The Commission had already accepted and made binding commitments offered by Paramount Pictures in July 2016.

On 25 March 2019, the European Commission ("Commission") announced its decision to fine Nike € 12,555,000 for limiting the ability of licensees to sell licensed merchandising products to other EEA countries.

When Belgian political party Vlaams Belang used IKEA's trademark and drawings in an anti-immigration campaign, it sparked a landmark EU court decision on the boundaries between political expression and trademark rights. The Court of Justice examined whether political parody provides "due cause" for using another's trademark, weighing freedom of expression against property rights in a case where the trademark owner maintained neutrality on the political message.

On 17 December 2014, the Commercial Court of Brussels handed down a judgment regarding comparative advertising of Mobistar with regard to the supposed quality of its 4G mobile network.

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.

Belgian law traditionally has rather elaborate and strict rules on the announcement of price reductions.

On 16 November 2015, the Mons Court of Appeal (the "Court") handed down a judgment in a dispute between Verabel, a trademark holder, and Verandas Confort, which used the word 'Verabel' as a Google AdWord.

On 17 February 2024, the EU Digital Services Act became fully applicable to online intermediaries and platforms (online marketplaces, social networks, content-sharing platforms, etc.) operating in Europe.

Purpose of the Guidelines is to help online influencers, advertisers, agencies, media and platforms to protect the consumer, who has the right to always know clearly if a social media post is a commercial communication.

On 27 April 2016, the Belgian self-regulatory advertising authority Jury on Ethical Practices in Advertising ("JEP") published its Recommendation on Native Advertising.

In reaching this conclusion, the Court referred to the Belgian regulatory framework which embraces the principle of "therapeutic freedom" which, as a rule, prohibits substitution in the deliverance of medicines.

The email from Lenovo featured text which stated "You're in the know. Insiders get first access to email exclusive deals, product releases, and Lenovo news. Get 10% off any product".

On 20 March 2019, the European Commission announced that it had issued a decision imposing a € 1.49 billion fine on Google for breaching Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

On July 4, 2023, the highest EU court issued a landmark judgment in Case C-252/21, where the German court referred several questions for a preliminary ruling related to (i) the interplay between...

With reference to the case at hand, the ECJ found information concerning the difference in store sizes on which the price comparison is based to be material.

On 25 July 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union held in case C-129/17, Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha Ltd & MCFE BV v. Duma Forklifts NV and GSI International BVBA, that the debranding and rebranding ...

At a time when consumers have become increasingly aware of sustainability issues, it is sometimes difficult to find one's way through the various green claims and environmental labels.