All European firms engaged in investment business or providing investment services to clients should comply with MiFID II by 2 January 2017.

On 2 May 2023, the Belgian federal Minister of Social Security and Health published a brief policy document defining three proposed action points to deal with medicine shortages in the EU

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 2012, Van Haeren started selling high-heeled women's shoes with red soles.

On 7 August 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its first copyright judgment of 2018. The ECJ held in case C-161/17, Renckhoff, that the unauthorised re-posting of a copyrighted work is ...

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 a preliminary ruling delivered on 12 July 2012, the Court of Justice of the EU ("ECJ") provided important guidance on the status, under EU competition law, of public authorities that maintain a commercial registry database of companies and that make data contained therein publicly available in return for remuneration.

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.

Following this decision, the European Parliament asked the Commission in December 2015 to look into the patentability of these products.

On 1 December 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("ECJ") adopted a judgment in case C-145/10 Eva-Maria Painer v. Standard Verlags GmbH, Axel Springer AG, Süddeutsche Zeitung GmbH, Spiegel-Verlag Rudolf Augstein GmbH & Co KG and Verlag M. DuMont Schauberg Expedition der Kölnischen Zeitung GmbH & Co KG.

The underlying national proceedings case pitted Honda (a motor vehicle manufacturer and spare parts supplier) against Maria Patmanidi SA.

In a preliminary ruling of 7 March 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union clarified that streaming of TV content should be regarded as a communication to the public.

The European Parliament (the "Parliament") voted on 25 February 2014 on the trade mark package.

On 9 April 2024, the Commission announced a new investigation under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (‘FSR') to examine whether foreign subsidies distort competition in the European wind power market.

A Working Document issued on 28 September 2011 by the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade provides insight on proposed amendments to the EU’s Generalised System of Preferences (the GSP scheme).

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) Appellate Body has upheld the findings of a WTO panel which declared that the European Union’s basic anti-dumping laws are partially incompatible with global trade rules.

Russia responded and started third-party opposition proceedings before the Court in which it challenged the legality of those seizures.

On 15 April 2019, the Council of the European Union approved a Directive on the exercise of copyright and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions by broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television ...

Most EU Member States require that a contractual clause should obtain a national permission or prior authorisation.

On 2 March 2015, the European Data Protection Supervisor ("EDPS") announced his action plan for the next five years.