On April, 4th, the European Commission announced its decision to refer the ACTA to the European Court of Justice. According to the Commission, this will allow this Court to proceed to a detailed examination of whether the online copyright enforcement measures foreseen under ACTA are compatible with several fundamental rights such as the freedom of expression and information, the right to data protection and the right to property (including that of intellectual property).

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Edwin Jacobs van time.lex deelt zijn expertise rond e-currency in E&T magazine.

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Intellectual property (copyright, neighbouring rights, trademarks, designs, patents, etc.) is becoming increasingly important. Many of our clients' business mainly consists of developing and commercializing assets that are protected by intellectual property rights.

Today the worldwide intellectual property community celebrates World Intellectual Property Day. According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) this is a great opportunity to generate public and media interest in issues relating to intellectual property.

As intellectual property law is one the core specialties of time.lex, we gladly join this celebration.

More information is available on http://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/2012.

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SABAM v. Netlog: the ECJ confirms that general filtering systems installed for the prevention of copyright infringements are disproportionate

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The European Commission recently adopted a Communication on e-commerce and other online services. This Communication sets out the Commission's vision for the potential represented by online services in growth and employment and identifies the principal obstacles to the development of e-commerce and online services.

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The European Commission recently published a study on the existing national legal protection in the EU Member States against parasitic copying. The study concludes that companies suffering losses from parasitic copying should be in the position to react against such unfair practices.

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The European Commission recently published a study on the legal protection of trade secrets also referred to as confidential business information. In general trade secrets are legally protected against theft in all Member States. However the study concludes that the need for effective protection has increased in recent years.

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Jos Dumortier examines the main changes for data controllers

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Mozilla Public License v2 aims to facilitate open source software development involving multiple licenses

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Different criteria for stalking and cyberstalking are not discriminatory

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