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European Court of Justice gives its blessing to Dutch cross-border practice

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • European Union, Netherlands
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  • July 16 2012

On 12 July 2012, the Court of Justice (“CJ”) rendered its eagerly anticipated judgment in Solvay v Honeywell (C-61610) relevant to the admissibility of cross-border injunctions in IP cases

Dawn raids at mobile operators attract media and political attention

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • European Union, Netherlands
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  • January 19 2012

On December 6 2011 the Competition Authority raided the premises of mobile operators KPN, Vodafone and T-Mobile on suspicions of collusion in regard to "mobile telecommunications offerings on the Dutch consumer market" and "the division of independent sales channels"

Detaining in transito counterfeit goods

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • European Union, Netherlands
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  • December 12 2011

In the Netherlands, the Anti-Piracy Regulation ("APR") has also been applied to in transito goods

Negative term SPC possible says Court of Justice of the European Union in Merck C-12510

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • European Union, Germany, Netherlands
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  • December 12 2011

On 8 December 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJ") delivered its decision on another SPC matter that has caused disharmony in Europe: the possibility to grant zero andor negative term SPCs

EU General Court annuls antitrust fine imposed on Dutch packaging producer Stempher

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • European Union, Netherlands
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  • November 17 2011

On 16 November 2011, the General Court (the "Court") ruled on nine appeals against the Commission decision to impose a total of EUR 290 million in fines on 16 firms for their alleged participation in a cartel in the plastic industrial bags sector

Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York confirms: low threshold for foreign debtors to use chapter 11

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • European Union, Netherlands, USA
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  • October 27 2011

On Friday 21 October 2011, the Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York handed down an important decision, confirming that foreign (groups of) companies can use Chapter 11 without any significant threshold as to their nexus with the United States

European Court of Justice ruling in IMC Securities v AFM

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • European Union, Netherlands
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  • October 14 2011

On 7 July 2011, the European Court of Justice ruled on the interpretation of the market manipulation prohibition in the Market Abuse Directive (20036EC), as implemented in the Netherlands in Section 5:58 paragraph 1 sub b FMSA

EU General Court annuls antitrust fine imposed on Dutch beer brewer Grolsch

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • European Union, Netherlands
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  • September 20 2011

On 15 September 2011, the General Court (the "Court") annulled a fine of EUR 31.66 million imposed by the European Commission on Koninklijke Grolsch NV ("Grolsch") for its alleged participation in a cartel between Dutch beer producers (case T-23407 Koninklijke Grolsch NV v European Commission

Game on! Council of State rules in favour of Betfair

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • European Union, Netherlands
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  • July 25 2011

In light of last year's preliminary ruling by the European Court of Justice, the Council of State recently concluded that the current system for the grant or renewal of a licence for games of chance to a single operator without competitive tendering restricts the freedom to provide services as laid down in Article 56 TFEU

ECJ judgement L'Oréal v. eBay: a major step in combating online infringements

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • European Union, Netherlands
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  • July 13 2011

On 12 July 2011, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") handed down its much anticipated decision in L'Oréal v. eBay