INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Our law firm assists clients in the field of intellectual property rights and the protection of knowledge in, for example, the following cases:
- Advice on patents, trademarks, designs and models and how to obtain their protection
- Protection of copyright, trade secrets and a trade name
- Assistance with negotiating and drafting licensing agreements and other protection agreements
- Enforcement of intellectual property rights and conducting injunction proceedings
ICT LAW
In the field of ICT, we assist our clients in connection with:
- Drafting IT contracts
- Data protection, GDPR compliance and privacy
- Advice on e-commerce, electronic communication and social media
MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT LAW
We regularly assist our clients in the field of media law in order to safeguard their rights regarding:
- Enforcement of fundamental rights and personality rights: right of freedom of expression
- Legislation on the portrait right
- Negotiation of exclusivity agreements, distribution agreements, publishing contracts, production agreements and non-disclosure agreements
- Assistance to Flemish celebrities, authors, artists, performers and journalists before the courts, the Flemish Media Regulator and the Council of Journalism ("Vlaamse Media Regulator en de Raad voor Journalistiek")
MEDIATION AS A PRAGMATIC MEANS OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION
We strongly believe in the usefulness of mediation as a way to solve conflicts. In the event of a conflict, we will assess with you the best form of conflict resolution for your situation: court proceedings or mediation.
Mediation makes it possible to solve conflicts amicably outside the courts.
Even in disputes where no mediator has been appointed by the Court of Commerce, our mediators often succeed in solving conflicts between their clients and other parties by applying mediation techniques.
Our colleagues Lieve Dehaese and Guido Quanten have followed training as mediators in both civil law and business law.
