Belgium: Patent

On 11 December, after overnight interinstitutional negotiations between the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union ("Council") and the European Commission...

Pursuant to R. 197.1 RoP, the Court may order measures to preserve evidence without the defendant having been heard, in particular where any delay is likely to cause irreparable...

In this sixth alert in our weekly series on the EU Pharma Package, we focus on the proposals of the European Commission, European Parliament and Council of the EU for another topic with a highly debated scope and with diverging interpretations across EU Member States: the "Bolar" exemption.

Evidence preservation measures in the form of a "saisie-contrefaçon" have long been part of the patent litigation landscape in civil law jurisdictions like Belgium...

Companies acquiring new tangible or intangible fixed assets (incl. capitalised personnel expenses) used in Belgium for business purposes can, under certain conditions...

The transformative nature of artificial intelligence means it will continue to be a live issue this year, with attention also on the UPC, SEP licensing and platform liability.

In a judgment of 28 February 2018, the Brussels Court of Appeal (the "Court") held that, by failing to inform it that specific circumstances could cast doubt on the validity of the right at stake ...

On 29 November 2017, the European Commission presented an intricate set of policy documents designed to increase the level of protection afforded by intellectual property rights in the European Union.

On 7 June 2017, Justice Birss of the English High Court of Justice issued a "FRAND" injunction against Huawei in its longstanding licensing dispute pitting it against Unwired Planet, a US based patent assertion entity.