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Unbundling Act for energy companies doesn’t violate EU law
The Dutch Unbundling Act – also known as The Independent Grid Management Act – prevents electricity and gas network operators from being part of a corporate group that includes companies producing, supplying or trading in energy in the Netherlands. The Act obliges energy companies to split their network from their commercial activities. Energy companies Essent,
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Top Side Industries Group acquires Rolloos Holding
With the financial support of the investment company Écart Invest, Top Side Industries Group has acquired Rolloos Holding through a management buy-in. Rolloos Holding is a specialist in the field of the operation of industrial machinery, weighing technique and safe (crane) load indication solutions. BarentsKrans advised Top Side Industries with this management buy-in, together with
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Pharma update: Cross border injunction imatinib granted against Teva
In his decision of 30 March 2016 in the matter Novartis AG v Teva Nederland B.V. et al., the Provisions Judge of the District Court in The Hague held that Novartis is entitled to a Paediatric Extension for Glivec® (imatinib), based on Supplementary Protection Certificate no. 300086. The Provisions Judge has provisionally prohibited Teva to
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Department store V&D saved from bankruptcy
Owners, banks and landlords have reached an agreement on how to solve the short-term financial problems of V&D, a large, iconic Dutch department store. IEF Capital, which owns 12 of V&D’s locations, played an important role to break the deadlock in the negotiations between V&D, landlords and banks. The start of the rescue attempt were
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Dutch Supreme Court: State Lottery misled players over winning odds
The Dutch state lottery misled players between 2000 and 2008 by exaggerating the likelihood of winning, the Supreme Court ruled on 30 January 2015. The lottery should have warned players that it would use both sold and unsold tickets when making the draw. Consumers were misled, because the odds of winning were lower than they expected.
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Brainnet acquires Infraflex
Brainnet, a Dutch managed service provider and staffing firm, has acquired industry peer Infraflex. As a managed service provider, Brainnet assists its clients with all the aspects of hiring temporary personnel. Brainnet is primarily active in the markets for financial services, energy, professional services, education and construction. The company, on average, seconds approximately 2400 persons
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Injunction against infringement of Permavoid patent
The District Court of The Hague has rendered judgment in the patent case Permavoid Ltd et al v HTW Installatietechniek B.V. on 7 January, 2015. Permavoid owns a European patent which regards the use of connected synthetic drainage modules as foundation replacement for vehicle trafficked pavements. The patented system is very popular for use in
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