Ignace Vernimme and Michiel Van Roey speak on IP rights during Agoria's Research & Standardization Event

Short Reads - The COVID-19 pandemic has a significant and immediate adverse effect on many companies in different industries. Many PE portfolio companies are particularly vulnerable given the typical high leverage finance structure and inherent need to maintain cash flow. To meet these challenges and mitigate liability risks, management and owners may need to take clear and immediate action (and refrain from certain other actions) in the interest of all stakeholders. The following sets out some key legal guidelines for management and owners when dealing with a Dutch subsidiary in distress.

Articles - It is a world of change in which we live, and a world of uncertainty”  Het bovenstaande citaat is van de Amerikaanse econoom Frank H. Knight en afkomstig uit zijn in 1921 verschenen boek.1 Knight beschrijft daarin wat het belang is van het concept “onzekerheid” in economische theorievorming. Onzekerheid, zo leert Knight ons, moet worden onderscheiden van risico.

Short Reads - Afgelopen vrijdag (20/3/2020) heeft het European Data Protection Board (EDPB) een verklaring afgegeven waarin zij benadrukt dat, ook in deze buitengewone tijden, verwerkingsverantwoordelijken en verwerkers zorg moeten dragen voor de bescherming van persoonsgegevens. 

Articles - In the interests of promoting harmonisation and knowledge exchange in patent enforcement and litigation practices, the European Patent Academy, together with authors from all over Europe, has compiled a book to offer a comprehensive reference and guide to the measures available to protect patent rights across the 38 EPC contracting states as well as the relevant national procedures to enforce them.