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Community Trade Mark oppositions based on national SPA marks: relevant public

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands
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  • June 1 2009

In L’Oréal SA v OHIM T-2107 and L’Oréal SA v OHIM2009 T-10907 (unreported), L’Oréal was prevented from registering SPALINE and SPA THERAPY as Community Trade Marks (CTM) for cosmetic products

Fortis shareholders reject sale of Fortis Belgium assets to BNP Paribas and sale of Fortis Dutch assets to Dutch government

  • Alston & Bird LLP
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  • Belgium, Netherlands
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  • February 11 2009

Following Monday's public announcement by Fortis Holding's largest shareholder, Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China Ltd., that it would vote its shares against the partial sale of Fortis Assets to France's BNP Paribas (BNP), today, Fortis Holding shareholders formally rejected the resolutions to nationalize Fortis Bank SANV and Belgium's subsequent proposed sale of 74.9 of Fortis Bank to BNP, as previously announced this past October, and subsequently suspended by the Court of Appeals of Brussels this past December, pending a Fortis Holding shareholder vote

Is the registration procedure in Benelux compatible with the Harmonisation Directive?

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands
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  • April 25 2007

On 29 June 2006, the Benelux Court of Justice (the Benelux Court) handed down a judgment related to the procedure set out in articles 6 bis and 6 ter of the uniform Benelux Trade Mark law (currently articles 2.16 and 2.17 of the Benelux Intellectual Property Treaty) for appealing to the Court of Appeal of Brussels, the Court of The Hague or the Court of Appeal of Luxemburg against a decision to refuse the registration of a trade mark by the Benelux Trade Mark Office (now the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (the BOIP

Belgian and Dutch national allocation plans accepted subject to conditions

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Belgium, European Union, Netherlands
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  • January 19 2007

The European Commission has accepted the National Allocation Plans (NAPs) of Belgium and the Netherlands for the 2008-2012 trading period on condition that certain changes are made

Five years of trademark opposition in Benelux: a review

  • NLO (Nederlandsch Octrooibureau)
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  • Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands
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  • April 1 2009

Although there are certain limitations to the Benelux opposition system, the statistics suggest that it is an ideal tool for exerting pressure in order to achieve a desired outcome swiftly and effectively

Use of a CTM in one country insufficient to constitute "genuine use"

  • NautaDutilh
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  • Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands
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  • January 22 2010

On 15 January 2010, the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property ("BOIP") rendered a noteworthy judgment in which it ruled that the use of a Community Trade Mark ("CTM") in one country is not sufficient to constitute genuine use of such a trade mark in the European Community within the meaning of Article 15 of the Community Trade Mark Regulation ("CTMR"

Operational changes in the crisis

  • NautaDutilh
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  • Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands
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  • January 20 2010

In the event of a site closure, a restructuring or a relocation, an employer that proposes to make redundant over an uninterrupted period of 60 days a certain number of employees must respect the following procedure

Tied offers and financial services

  • NautaDutilh
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  • Belgium, Netherlands
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  • June 4 2010

On 12 May 2010, the new Commercial Practices Act ("CPA") entered into force, repealing the former Fair Trade Practices Act of 14 July 1991 ("FTPA"

Three-dimensional trade marks still alive?

  • NautaDutilh
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  • Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands
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  • January 28 2010

On 12 January 2010, the Court of Appeal of 's-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch) rendered a noteworthy decision on the requirements for the validity of Benelux three-dimensional figurative trade marks ("shape marks"

UK registered trade mark for the Carlyle Hotel name revoked for non use

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • Belgium, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom
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  • March 2 2010

The owners of the Carlyle Hotel in New York have lost their UK trade mark for the CARLYLE name because that name had not been used in the UK

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