Pension Law
We are engaged in advising, litigating and drawing up contracts with regard to general pension law. We are particularly involved in changing pension schemes and advising on pension aspects in acquisitions.
Renzo Ter Haseborg
partner/lawyer
News
Alerts on employee participation: remuneration, the right of consent on the sale of the company, participation and role supervisor, and privacy
Employee participation law keeps developing. Below are some alerts for those who are interested in or concerned with employee participation.
Can a work of art be a Trademark?
In the autumn of 2015, the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (“BOIP”) organized a marketing campaign. During the campaign, anyone depositing a logo with the BOIP would be presented with the logo as a painting on canvas.
Keep your trade secrets safe
From 9 June 2018, the European Trade Secrets Directive has to be part of Dutch law. The bill is at present being debated. The new law should give holders of trade secrets more possibilities to act against unlawful use of their trade secrets.
Franchise and distribution development
There are a number of interesting recent developments in the field of franchise and distribution:
Franchise bill ‘on hold’
First of all, the franchise bill, on which an internet consultation was held in 2017, has been put ‘on hold’ in October 2017. In the coalition agreement Rutte III[1], which the new Dutch government presented on 10 October 2017, says about franchise:
Franchise prognoses: the dutch supreme court clarifies its standpoint, but it is not groundbreaking
On 24 February 2017, the Dutch Supreme Court (ECLI:NL:HR:2017:311) ruled that a franchisor can also act unlawfully when a prognosis drawn up by him/her contains errors, without the franchisor knowing of these errors.