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Firm News 36 results

Firm News | 1 min read | 06.18.24

Four Crowell Attorneys Named World Trademark Review 2024 Global Leaders

World Trademark Review has recognized four Crowell & Moring attorneys in its WTR Global Leaders 2024 guide. The guide, which is in its sixth edition, “brings together the world’s foremost law firm and corporate trademark experts, allowing the wider community to benefit from their insight, experience and perspectives.”

Firm News | 2 min read | 06.06.24

IAM Ranks Crowell & Moring in Patent 1000 2024

Washington – June 6, 2024: Intellectual Asset Management recognized Crowell & Moring in its IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners guide, awarding the firm a gold band ranking as one of the top three firms handling patent litigation and transactions in Belgium, and a silver ranking for the firm’s Chicago office. The firm was also recommended nationally in the United States for trade secrets litigation. This marks the eleventh consecutive year that the firm has been ranked in the guide in Belgium.
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Firm News | 3 min read | 04.01.24

Crowell Earns Top Rankings in Legal 500 EMEA 2024

Brussels and Doha – April 1, 2024: The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 2024 edition has recognized 16 practice areas and 11 lawyers in Crowell & Moring’s Brussels and Doha offices. The 11 individual lawyers received 18 total rankings across the 16 different practice areas.
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Client Alerts 29 results

Client Alert | 22 min read | 05.31.24

2024: An Overview of New and Upcoming Belgian and EU Laws and Regulations – UPDATED in May 2024

At the beginning of the year, we brought to your attention that a number of important Belgian and EU legislative changes are likely to have an impact in 2024: there are new laws that have been adopted and proposals that are expected to firm up into law.
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Client Alert | 4 min read | 05.20.24

Level Up or Level Out: EU and US Regulators Step Up Enforcement Activity against Video Game Platforms and Their Impacts on Children

On May 14, 2024, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (the “ACM”) revealed that they were fining Epic Games 1,125,000 Euros for violating “professional diligence,” following ACM’s 2023 finding that the developer of Fortnite created an environment that pressured children into make purchases in its video game. In issuing the fine, the Decision declared that “ACM is making it known that unfair treatment of children in the digital world is particularly grave and will be dealt with severely.” 
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Client Alert | 19 min read | 01.31.24

2024: An Overview of New and Upcoming Belgian and EU Laws and Regulations

A number of important Belgian and EU legislative changes are likely to have an impact in 2024. On the one hand, there are new laws that have been adopted and will start to bite, and, on the other, there are proposals that are expected to firm up into law.
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Press Coverage 9 results

Publications 22 results

Events 19 results

Event | 03.27.24, 9:00 AM CET - 1:30 PM CET

Hallucinating Deepfakes and Their Human Friends: Life, Love and Law in times of Generative AI

This is an invite-only client event.

Would you replace a human news anchor by synthetic animation? Would you use AI-generated music for a commercial, for a documentary or for a feature film? Would you have an AI tool write a first draft of an article or, inversely, edit and correct human copy? Would you have an AI make the first selection of among hundreds of scenarios? Or would you trust it to pick the ingredients for a hit series? Would you let an AI make trailers and thumbnails of a new series for the socials? Would you have your subscribers chat to an AI to process their complaints?

Event | 12.05.19, 3:30 AM CST - 7:30 AM CST

IJE / IBJ Deep Dive - Trade Secrets and Whistle Blowers

The EU Trade Secrets Directive, which dates back to 2016, has been implemented into Belgian law for over a year. Time to take a deep dive into the actual changes that have been brought about by this legal framework that some consider a revolution and others view with skepticism. With concrete examples, we will demonstrate the type of information that can be protected and the scope of protection that can be provided. Furthermore, we will guide you through the best practices that will help you to maximize the protection of your commercially valuable information under this new legal regime. 
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Event | 03.31.16 - 04.01.16, 12:00 AM UTC - 12:00 AM UTC

Fordham Intellectual Property Law and Policy Conference

On March 31 and April 1, 2016, the Fordham Intellectual Property Law and Policy Conference will return to Fordham University School of Law in New York City.
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Webinars 2 results

Webinar | 02.24.22, 6:00 AM CST - 8:00 AM CST

Selected IP/IT Topics in a Digital Environment

In Collaboration with the IBJ/IJE Intellectual property and information technology law has a broad scope and raises numerous concerns for company lawyers. Furthermore, the question often arises whether traditional concepts can still be applied in a digital environment. Our Technology & IP team will address some of the questions raised in the day-to-day practice, such as:
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Webinar | 02.11.20, 6:00 AM EST - 7:00 AM EST

Webinar Series: Trade Secrets are Not Intellectual Property – At Least Not in the European Union

Trade secrets are not intellectual property – at least not in the European Union (EU) under the EU Trade Secrets Directive. How are trade secrets defined in the EU vs the US? How do the US and EU judicial bodies differ in their view of trade secrets, and how does that protect, or leave vulnerable, your company’s most valuable information? How might cross-border (or transnational) companies protect their intellectual property assets and prepare for threats when subject to dual (EU/US) enforcement?
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Speaking Engagements 29 results

Blog Posts 14 results