Intellectual Property, ICT & Data Protection

Discover KPMG Law Belgium's latest updates on IP, ICT & data protection law.

Is football leaving a (trade)mark on IP?

It’s time to take a moment to reflect on the extent to which football and Intellectual Property (IP) are intertwined

With the 2022 World Cup moving towards its final stages, it’s time to take a moment to reflect on the extent to which football and IP are intertwined.

“Goodbye” to your word mark

The contested decision was upheld, and the mark was declared invalid.

The Benelux Court of Justice ruled on 13 May 2022 that the (word) mark "GOODBYE ” followed by a color was purely descriptive.

Proof of originality in copyright protection

The Court of Appeal of Ghent ruled on a case concerning an alleged infringement of an artist's copyright.

The Court of Appeal reiterated that for the artist to enjoy copyright protection on his work, it is necessary for him to prove that his creations are the expression of his own intellectual creation.

TM registration of packaging

Obligation to register reaffirmed

The Court of Appeal of Ghent ruled on a case concerning allegedly confusing and parasitic copy of packaging.

Fine for mass processing of social media data

In connection with the Benalla affair for political profiling

The Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA) recently fined an NGO and its researcher for publishing raw and sometimes sensitive data.

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