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Arendt appoints new CIO

Arendt is pleased to announce that Olivier Ramlot has joined the firm as Chief Information Officer (CIO) as of 15 October 2025. With extensive experience, notably as CIO of BIL, Ol…

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01/12/25
UPC Court of Appeal sets test for assessing ‘inventive step’…

An important legal test for determining whether a European patent is valid …

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31/10/25
Bill of law 8625 on the media

On 30 September 2025, bill of law 8625 on the media (the “Bill of Law”) was…

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The Right to Data Portability (Including Article 29 Working Party Guidelines) How realistic are the Article 2…

This series provides more detailed insight into the General Data Protection Regulation, which was published on 4 May 2016 and must be complied wi…

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New Data Protection Obligations

Following the adoption of the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on 27 April 2016, most organisations began the process of re-examining …

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Technologies financières: protégez vos innovations !

Les technologies financières sont des actifs intellectuels qui doivent être protégés contre les concurrents. Cette protection, qui se concrétise par l…

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How can I protect the know-how and the business secrets of my start-up?

The new EU Directive on the Protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisit…

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Outsourcing contracts under the General Data Protection Regulation: more revolution than evolution

The General Data Protection Regulation, which will replace the current Directive 95/46/EC as from 25 May 2018, will profoundly modify the contractual …

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Données à caractère personnel : de quoi s'agit-il ?

Suite à l'adoption récente de la réforme européenne de la protection des données, les entreprises traitant des données à caractère personnel devront s…

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GDPR – Processing of sensitive personal data

This update aims to provide you with a practical overview of the most relevant changes resulting from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a…

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Dynamic IP Addresses Deemed Personal Data

The Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") ruled that dynamic IP addresses constitute personal data within the meaning of Article 2(a) of Dir…

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Can you resell your software back-up copy? CJEU provides further guidance after Oracle/UsedSoft

On 12 October 2016 the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") rendered another decision regarding the sale of used software within the EU/EEA…

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The employer’s right to access employees’ e-mails on their professional mailboxes is not absolute

In a recently published decision of 28 April 2015, the Court of Appeal addressed the issue of the employer’s right to access employee’s e-mails when s…

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Réforme Europeenne de la protection des données

Après 4 années de négociations, le Paquet « Protection des données à caractère personnel », établissant de nouvelles règles européennes sur la vie pri…

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Luxembourg anticipates the GDPR - Abolition of authorisation for several critical data processing activities …

On 31 August 2016 a law proposal was submitted to the Luxembourg Parliament in order to abolish several authorisation regimes that are currently fores…

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GDPR Series: Part 2 - The GDPR's main players

Can the GDPR's Main Players still fulfil their Roles Effectively in an Era Characterised by Developments such as the Blockchain and the Internet of Th…

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EU new Directive on the protection of trade secrets

Launched in 2013 by the European Commission and after two years of debate and revision and with the participation of the Commission’s as a facilitator…

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Internal Digital Market: New European Framework

The adoption of the Regulation (EU) 910/2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal mar…

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GDPR - (New) rights of the data subject

This update aims to provide you with a practical overview of the most relevant changes resulting from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a…

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La fiscalité des droits intellectuels au Luxembourg: évolutions récentes et perspectives d’avenir

Les sociétés luxembourgeoises sont en principe soumises à l’impôt sur le revenu des collectivités (ci-après « IRC ») de 21 % majoré par une contributi…

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Modernisation of the European Trademark System

Regulation (EU) 2015/2424 amending Council Regulation 207/2009 on the Community trade mark (“New Regulation”) and  Directive (EU) 2015/2436 to ap…

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Oops! Caught red-handed? What are the sanctions for violating data protection rules?

This is not a trivial question because the supervisory authority designated in each Member State will now be entitled to impose more stringent adminis…

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EU-US Privacy Shield: a safe alternative?

The EU-US Privacy Shield adequacy decision has been adopted by the European Commission on 12 July 2016. This decision replaces the old Safe Harbor Reg…

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