Authorship must be demonstrated

A person who claims to be a copyright holder must ‘provide any reasonably available evidence enabling the court to satisfy itself with a sufficient degree of certainty that the applicant is the rightholder’.

Dirk Visser • May 09, 2023

The Portuguese Government’s ban on short-term rentals: A breach of the Services Directive?

The Portuguese Government has announced a package of legislative measures to alleviate the country’s housing shortage. However, these measures seem to constitute a disproportionate limitation on the freedom to provide services.

Pedro Petiz Viana • March 07, 2023

'They can destroy our houses. But they cannot destroy our values'

The response of the Council of Europe to the Russian invasion in Ukraine.

Rick Lawson • March 17, 2022

Corporate raiders at the gate: Screening of investments in Dutch companies by non-EU parties

The European Screening Regulation allows Member States to screen investments in national companies by parties from outside the EU. The grounds for this are very broad.

Jelle Nijland and Cees de Groot • April 20, 2020

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Authorship must be demonstrated

The Portuguese Government’s ban on short-term rentals: A breach of the Services Directive?

'They can destroy our houses. But they cannot destroy our values'

Corporate raiders at the gate: Screening of investments in Dutch companies by non-EU parties