Legal Affairs

You may not use the word and image marks of another party (such as PlayStation or PS5) on your webshop without permission, not even to allow product pre-orders. An entrepreneur...

If you withdraw from a general partnership, pay attention to personal liability: this continues after withdrawal for debts incurred before your departure. A good general partnership agreement (with continuation, asset...

Buying fake followers or fake likes to appear more popular is a misleading trade practice. The ACM is taking action against this and imposed a penalty payment order on a vlogger because he his webshop...

Concepts in an agreement must be clearly defined, otherwise disputes quickly arise. After all, a judge does not interpret a contract purely linguistically, but according to the Haviltex standard: what were the parties entitled to...

An agreement can end in various ways: by performance, by termination or cancellation pursuant to the contract, via a termination agreement by mutual consent, by dissolution for non-performance, or by...

The Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) supervises consumer law. Usually, a company first receives a warning and the opportunity to make adjustments, but in the case of serious or...

You may refer to another's trademark to describe your own product or service — for example, “compatible with” or “suitable for” — provided that this is necessary and fair...

A webshop quality mark gives consumers confidence, but you only receive it if your webshop demonstrably meets both the statutory and the quality mark requirements during an audit. A preliminary legal screening — of...

A foundation has its own legal personality, so in principle the foundation itself is liable for its obligations and not the director personally. Nevertheless, in certain cases a director can indeed be personally...

The Media Act has been expanded due to stricter European rules. This affects not only the television sector but also collaborations with influencers. Paid collaborations remain possible, but transparency is becoming more important: advertising must be...