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Firm News 24 results

Firm News | 2 min read | 03.25.25

Chambers Ranks Crowell & Moring Lawyers and Practices in 2025 Europe Guide

Brussels – March 25, 2025: Chambers and Partners has ranked five Crowell & Moring practice groups and nine individual lawyers in the Chambers Europe 2025 guide.

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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Firm News | 3 min read | 03.19.24

IP Litigator Edward Taelman Joins Crowell & Moring’s Brussels Office

Edward Taelman has joined Crowell & Moring’s Brussels office as a partner. His litigation experience and technical knowledge will strengthen the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group, particularly in the area of trademark litigation.

Client Alerts 18 results

Client Alert | 6 min read | 03.11.25

Europe’s Highest Court Compels Disclosure of Automated Decision-Making “Procedures and Principles” In Data Access Request Case

On February 27, 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued a ruling about the requirements on data controllers to respond to data access requests regarding an automated decision-making system. In particular, the CJEU interpreted the meaning (under Article 15(1)(h) GDPR) of the phrase “meaningful information about the logic involved” in automated decision-making. Importantly, the ruling also separately addressed how to balance data access rights with the protection of the controller’s trade secrets, when the protection of trade secrets is invoked under Article 15(4) as a reason not to disclose a copy of personal data in an access request.
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Client Alert | 6 min read | 10.29.24

EU Court of Justice Rules on Copyright Protection for Non-EU Designers of Works of Applied Art: A Kwantum Leap?

On October 24, 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down its highly anticipated ruling in the Kwantum v. Vitra case (C-227/23). In short, the CJEU held that EU Member States must afford copyright protection for works of applied art (i.e., furniture, lighting, home appliances, etc.) that meet the originality-requirement, regardless of the country of origin of these works or the nationality of the author.
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Client Alert | 5 min read | 06.24.24

Brussels Court of Appeal Prohibits the Rebranding of a Generic Pharmaceutical Into the Originator Reference Product in the Framework of Parallel Import

The Judgment of the Brussels Court of Appeal is the latest development in the saga in Belgium where a Belgian parallel importer, PI Pharma NV, imported a generic Sandoz product from the Netherlands, repackaged and rebranded them, and placed them on the Belgian market alleging they were a Novartis’ originator product.
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Publications 9 results

Publication | 01.12.24

Overal genAI: een festival van juridische onzekerheid

Event Confederation

Publication | 04.16.23

Apps are ruling

Healthcare Business Today

Events 1 result

Event | 10.05.17, 10:00 AM UTC - 12:00 PM UTC

IBJ-IJE Deep Dive

This deep dive will take a practical look at how best to create your company’s IP strategy and defend your all-important IP rights. Actual cases will be the basis for a discussion about some commonly occurring IP issues, including some current hot topics. Throughout the deep dive, we will give you a taste of what can happen if your IP is not properly protected.
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Webinars 12 results

Webinar | 01.28.25, 12:00 PM CET - 2:00 PM CET

The New Law on Private Investigations: Challenges, Risks, and Best Practices

In collaboration with the IBJThe Belgian law of 18 May 2024 regulating private investigations marks a significant shift in the legal landscape for employers conducting internal investigations. This comprehensive reform replaces outdated legislation and introduces stricter compliance requirements, notably impacting data privacy and HR practices. Understanding these legal requirements is essential to avoid potential pitfalls and ensure that investigations are carried out in a lawful and efficient manner. 
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Webinar | 03.26.24, 12:00 PM CET - 1:45 PM CET

Get Your Act Together: The AI Act is Coming!

In this webinar, we will start with a general overview of the AI Act, the first horizontal legislation worldwide to regulate the safety of AI-systems, before moving to a few focal points.

Webinar | 05.11.23, 12:00 PM CEST - 2:00 PM CEST

AI-Powered Chatbots: Mythical Super Creature or Legal Trojan Horse?

In collaboration with IBJ
With ChatGPT 4, the world saw for the first time what AI-powered chatbots are capable of: writing a love poem, drafting a geography presentation or explaining the principles of patent law so a 4 year old can understand, anything seems within reach. No wonder that time-strapped workers would consider outsourcing part of their assignments to these user-friendly robots.
However impressive the technology, organisations are reluctant to adopt AI-based solutions for gathering information and generating new content, such as logo’s, texts or images. The data set used to train the algorithms are notoriously unknown, the output may be unreliable or infringing third party rights.

Blog Posts 10 results

Blog Post | 06.01.21

Addressing Wrinkles in California’s Threatened Misappropriation of Trade Secrets Law

Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends