New EU consumer legislation
The new Enforcement and Modernisation Directive 2019/2161, also known as the Omnibus Directive, aims to update consumer protection rules and to improve legal protection of consumers
read moreSupreme Court: Lookalike is a portrait after all
Two years ago we already wrote about the portrait of our national Formula 1 hero Max Verstappen. In 2016 delivery supermarket Picnic had posted a video on social media showing a lookalike of Max Verstappen.
read moreShaken, not stirred
A brand distinguishes products and services from those of competitors. When you think of a brand, you usually think of a word or logo, or a combination thereof, and sometimes a shape.
read moreAdvertising by internet pharmacies – II
In 2017 and 2018, various fines were imposed by the Minister of Medical Care on the operator of this website (“Dokteronline”), located in Curaçao, for (1) offering without a license so-called UR and UA medicines and advertising such medicines, as well as (2) selling medicines online to Dutch consumers, while it does not have the mandatory EU logo for the online sale of medicines.
read moreIs a descriptive trade name of any use to you?
Every company has one or sometimes several trade names, the names under which the company operates. This does not require registration; the right to the trade name arises by using it.
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