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On 11 April 2019, the ECJ issued its judgment in the ÖKO-Test Verlag case (C-690/17) on the interpretation of Regulation 207/2009 on the European Union trade mark and Directive 2008/95 on the approximation of the laws ...

First, the Court looked at Cadbury's assertion that the trade mark had not been used with respect to all the relevant goods.

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.

In his Opinion, the Advocate General distinguished the issue of the law applicable to the data processing from the question of the competent supervisory authority.

On appeal, the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf increased the fines imposed on the companies involved in the infringement.

On 5 July 2012, the UK’s Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) handed down a judgment in which it ordered Cardiff Bus to pay 2 Travel plc £93,000 in lost profits and exemplary damages for having abusively forced it out of the Cardiff public transport market.

On 7 February 2013, EU Advocate General Jääskinen issued his Opinion on two questions referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union.

On 23 February 2016, the College of Competition Prosecutors of the Belgian Competition Authority adopted its second settlement decision involving six battery manufacturers on account of their involvement in a price fixing cartel between 2004 and 2014.

This decision appears to mark the end of a long judicial saga involving Spira BVBA ("Spira"), a Belgian dealer of rough diamonds, and De Beers, the world's leading producer of rough diamonds.

In 2010, following a four-year legal battle, Kinepolis succeeded in having the commitments partially lifted.

The Brussels Court of Appeal (Hof van beroep te Brussel / Cour d'appel de Bruxelles) overturned a 2013 decision of the Belgian Competition Authority fining cement companies involved in an alleged cartel.

In a decision dated 16 December 2010, the Constitutional Court (Grondwettelijk Hof/Cour Constitutionnelle) ruled on a preliminary question on the raised minimum paid-up capital (volgestort/libéré) of a single member private limited liability company (éénhoofdige besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid/société privée à responsabilité limitée unipersonelle).

The Royal Decree of 14 August 2018, which will enter into force on 31 October 2018, defines the regulatory framework for the new central register of beneficial ownership.

On 1 December 2015, the Supreme Court confirmed a judgment of the Court of Appeal of Antwerp which had imposed a substantial fine on Yahoo! for failing to comply with the obligation to cooperate with Belgian law enforcement officials.

Employers should normally keep a special personnel register which includes the average employment of temporary employees.

The Laws of 30 and 31 July 2013 increasing the protection of purchasers of financial products and services and broadening the competences of the financial regulator were published in the Belgian Official Journal on 30 August 2013

Under that regime, the notice period to be observed by the employer must be determined in accordance with a two-step-calculation.

In a recent decision, the Court of Appeal of Brussels has issued an interesting judgment discussing the obligations imposed on parallel importers of medicines.