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- Intellectual Property law in the Netherlands 8 August 2016 3 min
Infringement Victoria’s Secret’s trademark rights via Marktplaats.nl
Lingerie company Victoria’s Secret discovered that imitations of their products bearing their logo were being offered on the Dutch classified advertising site, Marktplaats.nl, by…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 17 May 2016 3 min
Directors liable for unlawful dividend distribution
The Dutch bank demanded joint and several liability from a third party for financing acquired by a company. The company itself could not repay the bank for the financing at the…
- Litigation 11 April 2016 3 min
Foreign party involved in Dutch proceedings: who pays the legal costs?
If legal action succeeds, the other party can be sentenced to pay the legal costs. We explained earlier what these legal costs are, and how the amount of the legal costs is…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 22 March 2016 5 min
Enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in The Netherlands
A great advantage of arbitration compared to court litigation is that arbitral awards are relatively easy enforceable abroad. Under Dutch law a foreign arbitral decision will in…
- Intellectual Property law in the Netherlands 3 March 2016 3 min
Latching onto the competition with Google Adwords?
Many entrepreneurs are shocked when they find out that their immediate competitor advertises in their name with Google Adwords to attract their clients. Is this even allowed? The…
- General 21 October 2015 3 min
New rules for the enforcement of a foreign ruling
Until 10 January 2015, the eenforcement (also referred to as ‘execution’) of a ruling from another EU member state required a so-called eqequatur (leave) to enforce the foreign…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 24 September 2015 4 min
Liability of director versus shareholder: this is how it works!
A director who also holds all the shares of a Dutch company, wears two different hats under corporate law: that of shareholder and that of director. This difference plays a part,…
- Dutch contract law 19 December 2014 3 min
No signature on loan deed: still valid?
Can a debtor invoke the fact that he did not sign a deed (or that the signature on the deed is not his)? This was the main issue in recent court proceedings about the dissolution…
- Dutch commercial tenancy law 17 July 2014 2 min
Court: terminating rental agreement by e-mail is allowed!
The law in The Netherlands clearly states that giving notice to terminate a rental agreement is only possible by registered mail or with a bailiff. But nowadays, terminating by…
- Dutch contract law 1 January 2014 3 min
European Court: free choice of lawyer with Dutch legal aid insurance
According to European law a person who has legal aid insurance is free to choose the lawyer he would like. But many Dutch legal aid insurance companies have restricted this free…