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The Bill on business growth and transformation, known as the “PACTE Bill” in French, aims at “eliminating barriers to business growth at every stage of business development, from business creation to business transfers, including financing”[1], while protecting companies that conduct so-called “strategic” activities. The wide range of contemplated measures includes the creation of a clear […]

In an eagerly awaited judgment handed down on November 28, 2018 that will undoubtedly become a landmark decision[1], the Labor Chamber of the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court) ruled for the first time on the legal classification of the agreement between a deliverer and a digital platform. While the majority of the lower courts […]

In order to deny the jurisdiction of the Commercial Court of Saint-Malo before which proceedings had been initiated against one of our clients, a Swedish company, the Court of Appeals of Rennes, with which we filed a jurisdictional objection, ruled that an arbitration clause was enforceable against our opponent event though it had not signed […]

Decree n°2018-1126 of December 11, 2018 on the protection of trade secrets (the “Decree”) adopted in furtherance of Law n°2018-670 of July 30, 2018 was published in the Official Journal of the French Republic on December 13, 2018. This eagerly awaited Decree further details the procedural aspects related to the protection of trade secrets and […]

Best wishes for 2019!

Finnish trademark law will undergo a major reform at the beginning of 2019 when the new Finnish Trademarks Act enters into force. The government proposal for the new Act was introduced to parliament on 18 October 2018.