Lexicon

The internet appears to be an almost indispensable invention in today’s society. The Internet has been open to the public since 1993, and has been […]

A license agreement is an agreement that grants a right of use to a particular object. Licenses are often granted with regard to for example […]

“Neighbouring rights” are rights related to copyright. Neighbouring rights are regulated in the Neighboring Rights Act (Wet op de Naburige Rechten – WNR). Copyright protects […]

The Notice-and-takedown (NTD) procedure is an instrument for internet intermediaries to qualify for non-liability for information from third parties. The intermediary can be held liable […]

To obtain a trademark, it must be registered. For Benelux trademarks, this filing must be made by means of a trademark application at the Benelux […]

Open-source software is software whose source code is freely accessible. The software may be freely distributed and anyone may improve or optimize the software. Licenses […]

Patent law – also known as a patent – is an intellectual property right. With a patent right, you can protect a technical invention against […]

Patent law is the English name for the Dutch “Octrooirecht”. For more information, see patent law.

Copyright gives the creator of a work the right to act against any unauthorized reproduction or publication of his work. Even if the creator has […]

Plagiarism is copying (parts of) someone else’s work without referring to the source. The core of plagiarism is that the plagiarist pretends that it is […]

In some cases, persons depicted in a photo can invoke portrait rights. The consequence of invoking this right is in some cases that the photo […]

If you do not know who the person behind a certain wrongful act is, it is difficult to hold this person liable. Therefore, in some […]

When the copyright protection of a certain work has expired, this work will become public domain. If a work has entered the public domain, it […]

If a trademark is used for the purpose of referring to that trademark, this is permitted under certain conditions. This is called “referring brand usage”. […]

In short, reproduction is a copy of a work. An adaptation that does not create a new original work can also be seen as a […]

Making a reproduction is a form of copying in the sense of the Copyright Act. In particular, reproduction means making an exact copy.

Under Article 15a of the Copyright Act, citing work is not considered copyright infringement, provided certain conditions are met. Conditions First of all, the work […]

It is possible to extract the information on someone else’s website and process it on your own website. This is called scraping or web scraping. […]

Legal attachment, a so-called seizure, of evidence can be placed on evidence to prevent it from being lost. In normal civil law proceedings, evidence can […]

SIDN (Foundation for Internet Domain Registration in the Netherlands) is a foundation that regulates the registration and issue of .nl domain names. In addition, SIDN […]

When a dispute about a .nl domain name arises, parties can go to civil court. This often takes a lot of time and a lot […]

The most common way to protect software is through copyright. In addition, in some cases, a patent can be granted on software. Copyright Software is […]

In addition to quoting from texts and quoting from images, it is also permitted to quote from music (sound quote). However, it is required that […]

A summons letter is a letter in which someone is “summoned” to take certain actions. These are often actions concerning the execution of an agreement, […]

A trade name is a name used by a company. A trade name is automatically protected under trade name law when the trade name is […]