Hoogenraad & Haak

10/9/2025 9:30:57 AM

New guidelines for price indications and comparisons: ACM publishes guidance

By Lisa Peek

On 19 September 2025, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) published its Guidance regarding price indications and...

10/9/2025 9:26:19 AM

By Myrna Teeuw

A cup of coffee or a piece of chocolate tastes even better when you believe it’s good for people and the planet. But are those...

10/9/2025 9:20:56 AM

By Luna Snellenberg

In Stokke/Cybex et al. (in Dutch), the Gelderland District Court imposed preliminary injunctions: the IRIS Chair of the German company...

10/9/2025 9:17:07 AM

By Lisanne Steenbergen

On 1 September, the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) updated its Guidance on Reporting Unsafe Food. The most...

10/9/2025 9:12:55 AM

By Maarten Haak

A distinctive trademark makes a brand easily recognizable to consumers. But what if another party later registers a mark that comes too...

10/9/2025 9:08:23 AM

By Lisa Peek

Direct marketing is in the spotlight. The ACM is already enforcing existing rules for telemarketing more strictly, while stricter rules...

10/9/2025 9:06:34 AM

By Ebba Hoogenraad

The days are getting shorter, the evenings colder. Time for a cozy gathering by a crackling fire. Lovely, right? Or maybe not… Knowledge...

10/9/2025 9:04:29 AM

By Mathijs Peijnenburg

In trademark law, descriptive terms cannot be monopolized as trademarks. Such indications must remain available for everyone. For...

10/9/2025 9:01:01 AM

By Daniël Haije

The Amsterdam challenger Holie’s – known for its cheerfully packaged cereals and bars – stepped into the ring last summer against Lotus...