Innovation, marketing, creativity and know-how are increasingly important for the development of all kind of economic activities. Protecting your company’s intellectual property – be it copyright protected works, designs, databases, trademarks and trade names, know-how or patents – is crucial in order to maintain and monetise the assets and commercial advantages of your business.
New technologies have fundamentally changed the traditional ways in which protected works and other IP rights are created, disclosed and shared. These changes have led to unique and exciting opportunities as well as to new types of infringement of protected works. They are also at the heart of the EU’s Digital Strategy and have led to the adoption of new laws and regulations. With such fast-paced changes, solid and innovative legal advice on how to protect your creative assets in the online and offline world is more crucial than ever.
Our innovation-focused lawyers are ideally suited to guide you through all types of legal issues surrounding your IP rights. & DE BANDT can assist you in, among other things, optimising your IP portfolio and obtaining protection for your IP rights, and in drafting and negotiating all sorts of IP licence and transfer agreements. Our lawyers also have extensive experience in representing individuals, businesses and collective societies in complex court proceedings related to intellectual property infringements.
Our clients come from a broad range of industry sectors such as media, IT and telecoms, fashion, retail and distribution, and also include designers, publishers, large industrial players, online platforms and collective societies, giving our lawyers a broad insight into the different creative and innovative sectors and the various legal issues that they face. Our versatile background enables us to adopt a global view (including competition law, EU law, State Aid law, etc.) and to take on the most complex cases.
& DE BANDT is also a co-founder of CAPIP, a European network of 24 law firms and offices in 35 jurisdictions, specialising in IP, which enables us to assist you in all EU-wide matters.
