intellectual property rights after Brexit in a nutshell

On 24 December 2020, the negotiators of the European Union (‘EU’) and the United Kingdom (‘UK’) reached a Brexit deal containing the new rules that will apply between the EU and the UK from 1 January 2021. Although the European Parliament has yet to give its final approval to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the

software as security in bankruptcy

How specific must software be described in a deed of pledge in order to be able to offer a creditor security in the event of bankruptcy? This question was at stake in the judgement of the Dutch Supreme Court in the ING/Schepel-case of 3 April 2020 (ECLI:NL:HR:2020:590). Case facts CompLions is a software company. ING