ALTIUS' 'efficient' IP team is highly regarded for its expertise in complex litigation, often appearing in patent, trade mark, anti-counterfeiting, and parallel trade proceedings before the Court of Justice of the EU and the Benelux Court of Justice. Additionally, the group stands out for its experience in advising on plant variety rights and IP-related pharmaceutical matters. Transactional cases are another core area of instruction. The client base includes companies in the life sciences, agri-food, media, and entertainment sectors. Christophe Ronse, Philippe de Jong, Olivier Vrins and Kirian Claeyé are the quartet at the head of the practice.
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Profile
Work Department
Dispute Resolution and Intellectual Property.
Position
Partner
Career
Christophe Ronse was admitted to the Brussels Bar in 1988.
Christophe is a partner in the IP & litigation department of ALTIUS and leads the firm’s life sciences and patents practice.
In particular, Christophe specialises in intellectual property, with a focus on patent law, and healthcare law. He advises and assists national and international clients in complex litigation at the Belgian level and in national and international arbitration.
Christophe is a regular contributor of legal articles and a speaker at conferences mainly in the field of intellectual property & pharmaceutical law, including delivering the inaugural address to the Brussels Bar Association for the judicial year 2005-2006.
He is a member of INTA, LES, EPLAW and was the president of AIPPI’s Belgian association from 2011 until 2017.
Christophe serves on the AIPPI Standing Committee on Pharma and is also a member of the editorial board of ICIP, a leading Belgian legal journal in the IP field.
He was appointed deputy judge at the Court of Appeal of Brussels in 2016 and is an active member of the International Bar Association (IBA).
Christophe also serves on the IBA Technology Law Committee.
Languages
Christophe is fluent in Dutch, French and English.
Memberships
Author of various contributions and articles and a regular speaker at various seminars on Intellectual Property issues and Patent Litigation, Christophe is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA), the European Patent Lawyers’ Association (EPLAW), the Licensing Executive Society (LES), and the Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Proprieté Intellectuelle (AIPPI) where he is currently a board member of the Belgian chapter.
Education
- LL.M. (University of Illinois)
- Juris (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), cum laude
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Testimonials
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- ‘Philippe de Jong is a highly skilled lawyer.’
- ‘Olivier Vrins and Nicolas Clarembeaux are exceptional lawyers both in non contentious and contentious matters. Their expertise in the EU law, in particular before the EUCJ, is outstanding and their accuracy and responsiveness remarkable.’
Key clients
- AbbVie
- Amgen
Work highlights
Representing Bayer in patent litigation against Sandoz.