Joris Deene
Anyone who registers a trademark is given five years to actually use that mark. Some trademark owners try to avoid that obligation of use by registering the same mark again just before the end of that period....
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Can a simple product shape be protected as a trademark?
A trademark consisting only of a simple basic geometric shape - a circle, a rectangle, a flat disk - cannot in principle be protected as a valid shape mark. That is what the strike judge of the...
May a SaaS provider qualify itself as a processor in its terms and conditions?
May the provider of an online identification service position itself as a processor in its general terms and conditions when it has designed the entire layout of that service itself? No, rules the...
When is a similar process not a patent infringement?
Anyone who markets a similar invention to a patented one does not automatically escape patent infringement. But neither is strong similarity sufficient to establish infringement - even through the...
Does deactivating an ex-employee's mailbox suffice?
No. A deactivated mailbox that continues to exist on the employer's servers is not sufficient to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (AVG/GDPR) - the mailbox must be effectively deleted. The...
What GDPR obligations does a lawyer have to his clients?
The Data Protection Authority on May 8, 2026, in its decision No. 99/2026, sentenced a law firm to a total fine of €4,920 for two violations of the General Regulation...
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