Belgium
Gevers
In this perspective, the claims should not be interpreted strictly, in the sense of only the dictionary definition of a certain wording.
Gevers
Indeed, there are also different categories of patent claims that can be used. In general, a distinction can be made between two different categories.
Gevers
You must have been living on Mars lately to not know that the metaverse is the next best thing. One can give several definitions to the metaverse, but – simply put...
Gevers
Article 27.2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states the following: "Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author."
Gevers
Contraception is not a novel concept for anyone in this day and age. In fact, due to the advances in science and technology, we can now find innovative contraceptives even in our local pharmacies and drug stores.
Astrea Law
In a previous article ("NFT, THE NEW HYPE. WHAT ABOUT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS?") we took a closer look at Non Fungible Tokens or NFTs and explained what exactly these NFTs are.
Astrea Law
Good marketing is storytelling. It is making the consumer believe they have to be part of an experience.
Timelex
Since 1 August 2022, Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC (‘DSMD') has been transposed into book XI of the Belgian Economic Law Code.
Marx Van Ranst Vermeersch & Partners
In a decision of 17 December 2020 (C-490/19, Syndicat interprofessionnel de défense du fromage Morbier), the ECJ reminds everyone...
Simont Braun
Trademark applicants and owners often receive documents asking for payments related to a trademark or design application or renewal. Cautiousness is highly recommended in this respect!
Dentons
In today's ever expanding digital application landscape, lagging legislation is no longer the exception. Therefore pre-internet / online applications legislation often needs an evolutionary or teleological interpretation to accommodate these new developments.
Van Bael & Bellis
It wanted to denounce Studio 100 for promoting products that are bad for children's health by licensing Maya the Bee's image for its meat products.
European Union
Gevers
Filing Patents is often an important aspect for implementing an intellectual property strategy for innovative companies.
Gevers
Since 1 January 2021, EU trademarks (EUTMs) are no longer protected trademarks in the UK due to Brexit. In light hereof, the UK IPO created a comparable UK trade mark...
Timelex
Chances are you have already interacted with generative AI – whether by prompting ChatGPT to write a poem about the unbearable lightness of being on a Thursday night, or by generating images of "Pikachu riding a horse in Tuscany, ukiyo-e style" with Dall-E.
Hogan Lovells
A new "IP Fast Action Protocol" has been approved by the Commercial Courts of Barcelona and the European Union Trademark Courts located in Alicante
Van Bael & Bellis
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 ...
Worldwide
Hogan Lovells
For LGBTQ individuals, organizations, businesses and their allies, .gay will serve as a virtual Pride flag and inclusive badge of honor.
Hogan Lovells
The panel found that the
complainant had failed to prove that its notoriety had transcended
its own field and reached Pakistan, where the respondent was
based
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