Employee participation law keeps developing. Below are some alerts for those who are interested in or concerned with employee participation.
read moreIn 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.
read moreFrom 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.
read moreThere 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:
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.
read moreThe transition compensation keeps the legislator and the judiciary occupied. Below a survey of recent developments and rulings, after a brief explanation of the general rules in connection with the transition compensation.
read moreAct amending the Works Council Act (WOR) and the Pension Act concerning the rights of the Works Council relating to pension as an employment condition (of 22 June 2016)
read moreEmployees have a confidentiality obligation regarding confidential information on the employer’s business operations. It relates to customer base, pricing, bids, all the information that is not publicly available, and in cases where the employer has an interest in protecting the information, for instance because it concerns considerations of competition or reputation.
read moreFor those who are involved in or getting involved in litigation, the following aspects are worth knowing. Independent claim unregistered licensee. A manufacturer or trademark proprietor has given a customer a license in order to put products or services on the market using his European Union trademark or design right.
read moreOn 16 March 2017, the draft bill amending the Dutch Medicines Act (Geneesmiddelenwet) due to technical improvements and the raising of the maximum penalty was submitted to the Lower House of the Dutch Parliament (Tweede Kamer).
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