Carina Gommers > Wiggin LLP > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile
Wiggin LLP Offices
RUE DE NAMUR 72-74
1000 BRUSSELS
Belgium
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Carina Gommers
Position
Carina’s practice covers intellectual property rights litigation and trade mark portfolio management. She is the first (and only) woman in Belgium to be ranked ‘Gold’ by the World Trademark Review and has been included in the Managing Intellectual Property’s IP STARS 2024 Top 250 Women in IP.
“My practice covers the different types of intellectual property, having worked on a number of high-profile cases. I also have extensive experience regarding customs counterfeit seizures.
I’ve worked with clients from across a range of sectors from technology to manufacturing to pharma, to name a few.”
Carina is currently the President of ECTA and regularly lectures at the VUB. She is also the Belgian editor of the JIPLP. In addition, Carina is a CEPANI approved arbitrator for domain-name disputes.
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Intellectual property
(Leading partners)Wiggin LLP‘s IP practice is ‘very efficient in offering clients a wealth of expertise and business acumen in protecting and enforcing IP rights’, acting on trade mark and design prosecution work, as well as licensing and transactions work. Patent cases are a strength of the team, with practice head Carina Gommers particularly skilled in this area. Also leading the team is Ted Shapiro, with vast knowledge of copyright in the content sector. Carl De Meyer is key to the practice, with expertise spanning trademarks, copyrights, and customs counterfeit matters. Peter Dawson is noted, working with leading entertainment companies.