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Intellectual property

Patent disputes are a key area of instruction for Fieldfisher‘s Belgian IP team, which has been kept busy representing prominent Belgian telecoms entities in patent litigation. In addition, the group is well-versed in advising on high-profile copyright and trade mark disputes, trade secrets issues and unfair competition matters. Transactional work is another core area of strength for the team. Stijn Debaene, who heads up the practice, focuses on IP issues in the telecoms and media sectors, and Hakim Haouideg is a highly regarded IP litigator. Other key practitioners to note include Thierry van Innis.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Excellent advice, tailor-made and useful in an everyday business environment.'
  • ‘The team is very professional and provides useful and practical assistance in resolving difficult or complicated IP issues.'
  • ‘Hakim has been very responsive and helpful, and insightful in his advice and suggestions.'
  • ‘I regard Thierry van Innis as the best IP lawyer in the EU with many years of experience.'
  • ‘Thierry van Innis is, in my view, the leading EU authority on IP law. No one is as good as he is. We have over 20 years of experience working together. He understands the "western" mindset and is able to translate the idiosyncrasies of EU law so it can be well understood.'

Key clients

  • Proximus
  • Telenet
  • Louboutin
  • Longchamp
  • Yahoo Holding
  • Fujirebio
  • Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.
  • Crocs Inc. & Jibbitz LLC
  • AGC EuropeZ
  • Ansys
  • Billtrust
  • Infrabel

Work highlights

Representing Puratos in patent infringement proceedings before the Mannheim Local Division of the Unified Patent Court.
Representing Telenet in trade mark infringement proceedings before the Belgian Courts.
Representing Ads & Data in an image rights dispute with cyclist Remco Evenepoel.

Lawyers

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Practice head

Stijn Debaene

Other key lawyers

Hakim Haouideg; Thierry Van Innis