Advertising law
Advertising law comprises all rules relating to advertising. Advertising law protects consumers against unfair trade practices, for example, but also competitors from one another against misleading or illegal comparative advertising.
In brief, a trade practice is unfair if (1) the trader has breached its duty of care; and (2) the consumer’s...
Advertising law comprises all rules relating to advertising. Advertising law protects consumers against unfair trade practices, for example, but also competitors from one another against misleading or illegal comparative advertising.
In brief, a trade practice is unfair if (1) the trader has breached its duty of care; and (2) the consumer’s...
Business law
This concerns all contracts that are relevant to running a business and the legal form of business opted for. Deals must be laid down in contracts. Different interpretations of agreements can be prevented only by formulating them effectively. This is the contract side of things.
Then, the business organizational form. The ‘BV’ (private...
This concerns all contracts that are relevant to running a business and the legal form of business opted for. Deals must be laid down in contracts. Different interpretations of agreements can be prevented only by formulating them effectively. This is the contract side of things.
Then, the business organizational form. The ‘BV’ (private...
Competition law and distribution
Until recently, the Netherlands was a cartel paradise, because there was a rule under which cartels were permitted unless these were contrary to the public interest. The Competitive Trading Act (Mededingingswet), which was enacted in 1998, prohibited cartels unless the public interest can be invoked. The book cartel is an example of such an...
Until recently, the Netherlands was a cartel paradise, because there was a rule under which cartels were permitted unless these were contrary to the public interest. The Competitive Trading Act (Mededingingswet), which was enacted in 1998, prohibited cartels unless the public interest can be invoked. The book cartel is an example of such an...
Contract law / law of obligations
Knowledge and the application of the law of obligations is a prerequisite to running an entertainment law practice. Without a written contract or a deed drafted, any assignment of intellectual property rights, for example, is impossible. Naturally, one of the activities performed by a media and entertainment lawyer is drafting contracts. Such...
Knowledge and the application of the law of obligations is a prerequisite to running an entertainment law practice. Without a written contract or a deed drafted, any assignment of intellectual property rights, for example, is impossible. Naturally, one of the activities performed by a media and entertainment lawyer is drafting contracts. Such...
Copyright law
Copyright protects works of literature, science and art. At first sight, this may seem a fairly narrow definition, but this is the literal phrase used in the Dutch Copyright Act. In the wealth of case law devoted to this issue, the phrase ‘an original work that bears the author’s stamp’ is used. This could comprise a great many things, which is...
Copyright protects works of literature, science and art. At first sight, this may seem a fairly narrow definition, but this is the literal phrase used in the Dutch Copyright Act. In the wealth of case law devoted to this issue, the phrase ‘an original work that bears the author’s stamp’ is used. This could comprise a great many things, which is...
ICT law
Many areas of law are relevant to ICT products and services. What is known as ICT law extends to such matters as copyright law, including software copyright, e-commerce and privacy legislation, the law of obligations and property law. But ICT law also encompasses areas such as automation disputes, contracts concerning the delivery of...
Many areas of law are relevant to ICT products and services. What is known as ICT law extends to such matters as copyright law, including software copyright, e-commerce and privacy legislation, the law of obligations and property law. But ICT law also encompasses areas such as automation disputes, contracts concerning the delivery of...
Labour law
Labour law (also called ‘employment law’) governs the legal relationship between an employer and an employee. In this respect, it does not make any difference whether you work for a large fashion house, a well-known record company or the local broadcasting organization. Usually this legal relationship is governed by a contract of employment....
Labour law (also called ‘employment law’) governs the legal relationship between an employer and an employee. In this respect, it does not make any difference whether you work for a large fashion house, a well-known record company or the local broadcasting organization. Usually this legal relationship is governed by a contract of employment....
Neighbouring Rights
Since 1993, the Neighbouring Rights Act has been in force in the Netherlands. From that time on, the artist who does not compose but only performs works has had an intellectual property right with respect to his performance of a song. And the company recording this performance has a neighbouring right with respect to this recording. The...
Since 1993, the Neighbouring Rights Act has been in force in the Netherlands. From that time on, the artist who does not compose but only performs works has had an intellectual property right with respect to his performance of a song. And the company recording this performance has a neighbouring right with respect to this recording. The...
Privacy law
The Netherlands does not have a single ‘Privacy Act’; the right to privacy is enshrined in the Dutch Constitution and worked out in more detail in the Personal Data Protection Act (Wbp). The supervision carried out by the Dutch Data Protection Authority is getting stricter and stricter. Every sector is being affected by that. The purposes,...
The Netherlands does not have a single ‘Privacy Act’; the right to privacy is enshrined in the Dutch Constitution and worked out in more detail in the Personal Data Protection Act (Wbp). The supervision carried out by the Dutch Data Protection Authority is getting stricter and stricter. Every sector is being affected by that. The purposes,...
Trademark law
Businesses often spend a great deal of time and money developing a trade mark. It is therefore highly important for a business that third parties do not use this mark. By registering a trade mark in the trademark register, a business acquires the right to prohibit the use of its trade mark by third parties. A trade mark is not registered if it...
Businesses often spend a great deal of time and money developing a trade mark. It is therefore highly important for a business that third parties do not use this mark. By registering a trade mark in the trademark register, a business acquires the right to prohibit the use of its trade mark by third parties. A trade mark is not registered if it...