No one can deny that intellectual property is a valuable asset. However, businesses consistently tend to underestimate the value of their intellectual property (IP) and often have an unclear view of the content of their IP portfolio.

With effect from 1 July 2011, the present system of preventive supervision and the related requirement of a declaration of no objection will be abolished.

No one can deny that intellectual property is a valuable asset.

On 14 February 2012, the Corporate Governance Committee issued eight new guidelines to help companies better explain why they derogate from particular provisions of the Corporate Governance Code ("the 2009 Code").

With effect from 1 July 2011, the present system of preventive supervision and the related requirement of a declaration of no objection will be abolished.

Excessive and imprudent risk taking in the banking sector has led to the failure of many institutions, and regulators and governments have identified inappropriate remuneration policies as having wrongly incentivised such risks.

On 7 February 2013, the Brussels Labour Court of Appeal rendered a judgment on the admissibility into evidence of e-mails obtained in violation of the privacy rules.

With effect from 11 May 2011, the Dutch rules on financial collateral arrangements (FCAs) have been amended. The amendment act, which implements Directive 2009/44/EC (the Amending Directive) in Dutch law, allows so-called "credit claims" to be used as collateral under an FCA.

In a groundbreaking judgment of 3 July 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union seriously undermined the online sales model used by software developers.

The Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI) and the Netherlands Commercial Court (NCC) recently pub-lished a joint model clause combining NAI Arbitration and NCC court litigation before, during or after the arbitration.

The Ministry of Security and Justice is currently conducting a public consultation on a draft bill to amend the Dutch Personal Data Protection Act.

A striking feature of Dutch insolvency law is the strong position of secured creditors. Pursuant to Section 57 of the Bankruptcy Act, a pledgee and a mortgagee may independently exercise their rights as if there were no bankruptcy at all.

Bill No 7825 (the Bill), which aims, amongst other things, to amend the Act of 2 March 2004 on securitisation, as amended, was submitted to the Chambre des Députés on 21 May 2021.

For several years now, L'Oréal has been combating the sale of counterfeit and other infringing products on the online marketplace eBay.

This is the quarterly Energy & Utilities Newsletter which highlights the main developments in the energy field in both the Netherlands and Belgium.

The Electronic Communications Act of 13 June 2005 was recently amended in order to implement, amongst other provisions, the new European rules on the use of cookies.

On 28 November 2013, the European Commission released a "Proposal for a Directive on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure".

The EU Regulation on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment (the "Taxonomy Regulation") was published in the Official Journal on 22 June 2020.

The law of 5 August 2005 on financial collateral agreements, as amended (the 2005 law), provides an attractive legal framework for creditors as its insolvency ring-fencing provisions protect security ...

Provided a number of technical and other requirements are met, intended to guarantee authenticity and integrity, an electronic copy of a document will be presumed to have the same probative value as the original, pursuant to the actual rules of evidence set out in the Luxembourg Civil Code.