Industrieel eigendomsrecht

REMINDER - Transitional period of Luxembourg’s former IP regime coming to an end
15/03/2021

Luxembourg has an attractive IP regime offering an 80% tax exemption of net income and gains from qualifying IP assets.

COVID-19: Overview of Luxembourg supporting measures
26/03/2020

The Covid-19 outbreak has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization, causing unprecedented impact on people's lives, businesses and communities.

Crocs killed its own design through public disclosure
20/03/2018

The General Court of the EU confirmed the cancellation of the registration for the famous design of Crocs clogs on the ground that it was disclosed to the public more than twelve months preceding the priority date.

What Happened In 2016 / What To Expect In 2017?
02/02/2017

2016 was a year full of developments in the IP, IT and Media fields. The beginning of this New Year gives us the opportunity to look back at the key legal developments of 2016 in these areas and to be well prepared for the major projects that await us in 2017.

La fiscalité des droits intellectuels au Luxembourg: évolutions récentes et perspectives d’avenir
19/01/2016

Les sociétés luxembourgeoises sont en principe soumises à l’impôt sur le revenu des collectivités (ci-après « IRC ») de 21 % majoré par une contribution au fond pour l’emploi égale à 7% de l’IRC, et à l’impôt commercial communal (ci-après « ICC ») de 6.75% à Luxembourg ville. Le taux global d’imposition combiné s’élève ainsi à 29.22%.

Luxembourg IP Revenues Tax Regime : taxpayers eligible on 30 June 2016 continue to benefit until 30 June 2021
03/12/2015

The Luxembourg so-called 50bis Regime reduces the effective tax rate applicable to income from registered intellectual property and copyright protected software to approximately 5.85%. Following the OECD compromise on IP tax regimes that regime will be phased out: taxpayers eligible on 30 June 2016 will continue to benefit from this measure until 30 June 2021. There is thus still a window of opportunity to bring IP to Luxembourg and to benefit from the regime for another 5 years, especially if the migration takes place before 1 January 2016.

Het nieuwe voorstel van de Raad van de Richtlijn tot bescherming van bedrijfsgeheimen
21/07/2014

Het ontwerp van richtlijn bevat een gemeenschappelijke definitie van bedrijfsgeheimen en bepaalt hoe ondernemingen die het slachtoffer zijn van de diefstal van knowhow schadevergoeding kunnen verkrijgen. Zo wordt het voor de nationale rechters gemakkelijker om geschillen te behandelen over de onrechtmatige toe-eigening van vertrouwelijke informatie of om producten van de markt te halen die een inbreuk uitmaken op de bescherming van bedrijfsgeheimen.