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Intellectual property

In today's competitive landscape, protecting your intangible assets with intellectual property (IP) rights is crucial for maintaining your business's value and securing its future. Our global team is here to ensure your IP rights are protected, safeguarding your innovations and strengthening your market position.

How we can help

We can assist you with a wide range of IP-related queries by providing legal advice to protect your assets, drafting IP-contracts such as license agreements and assisting you during litigation. 

We take a pragmatic, business friendly and “to the point” approach to sharing advice that can be easily implemented within the processes and the operations of your organisation. Leveraging our international network of law firms, we can assist with global IP protection projects and assist your business across multiple jurisdictions.

Map your assets and claims

  • Conduct due diligence: Perform due diligence on your IP contracts and registrations to review risks and identify and mitigate potential issues.

  • Review IP transfers: Conduct a review of your IP-transfer clauses in contracts with employees, freelancers, external consultants and/or companies to create a comprehensive report.

Define your strategy (between territories/companies of the group)

  • Create a group IP strategy: Develop a global IP strategy for your group and design an IP roadmap with a comprehensive action plan tailored to your business needs.

Protect your assets

  • Protect software with copyrights and/or sui generis database rights: Provide legal advice on copyright protection for software and IT systems in order to ensure your digital innovations are adequately protected.

  • Protect know-how and trade secrets: Develop a company strategy to protect intangible assets, such as know-how and trade secrets, and draft  group policies to protect confidential information and concluding non-disclosure agreements (NDAs). 

  • Protect trademarks and designs: Assist with queries related to trademarks and designs to safeguard your brand and creative works.

Commercialise your assets

  • Draft and negotiate IP agreements: Draft different types of IP agreements, such as licensing, franchising, IP development and IP transfer agreements.

  • Draft contracts: Create an appropriate contractual framework to successfully exploit and commercialise your company assets, such as license terms, transfer of IP agreements and distribution agreements.

Resolve disputes

  • Resolve disputes: Assist your organisation during conflicts regarding IP infringements and rights.

  • Assist with litigation: Prepare for and represent your organisation during proceedings before the Belgian or European courts or arbitration.

Embracing  your uniqueness

Our services are tailored to your business priorities and needs, providing cost effective protection for your organisation. Plus, with the help of our extensive network of lawyers, our advice does not stop at the boundaries of our jurisdiction.

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Karin Winters

Karin Winters

Lawyer - Partner, PwC Legal BV/SRL

Tel: +32 476 60 26 94

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