Intellectual Property
Europe Guide 2024 : Belgium
Band 4
Email address
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+32 2 787 9000About
Provided by Lydian
Lydian’s IP team is a team that fully understands the corporate goals. We first try to understand the needs of our clients. We are very familiar with some industries, sectors like luxury goods (key clients here include Cartier, Montblanc, Burberry, Chanel, Guccio Gucci, Prada and the Swatch Group), automotive (e.g. Porsche, Ferrari, Toyota), insurance (e.g., Belfius Insurance, AG Insurance, DKV and Ergo) telecom (e.g. Orange) and life sciences (e.g. Omega Pharma Innovation and Development, Genethon). We offer quality and expertise. Annick Mottet Haugaard and Olivia Santantonio both have a really good reputation in the market. Lydian’s IP practice covers a wide range of contentious and non-contentious work covering all IP rights and in particular trademarks. Lydian is regarded as one of the leading trademark litigation law firms in Belgium, particularly well-known for its fight against counterfeiting in Belgium, Luxembourg and in the Netherlands. Our team consists of 6 lawyers with different seniorities, and we are able to work in English, French and Dutch. The size of Lydian’s IP team enables it to offer a full range of services in a flexible and cost-efficient way but also make sure that the client’s question is being handled by a specialist who is dedicated to the specific area needed.
Chambers Review
Lydian assists international clients from the automotive and fashion industries with a range of contentious intellectual property mandates, representing clients in design infringement cases, trade mark disputes, copyright protection mandates and domain name litigation. It additionally assists with non-contentious matters, such as licensing and the transfer of intellectual property rights.
Bastiaan Bruyndonckx is a key contact at the firm.
Work Highlights
- Lydian represented de Lijn in a dispute with a third-party seller concerning the sale of water bottles that infringed de Lijn's trade marks.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Lydian offers strong commercial awareness."
"The proposals were comprehensive and included an in-depth legal analysis."
"Responsiveness is at a very high level. I felt taken care of throughout the process."
"Lydian is very good at quickly analysing a complex set of background facts and distilling the advice into clear practical steps."
"The team has the knack of giving the right length and level of advice depending on the matter and its complexity."
"Lydian offers strong commercial awareness."
"The proposals were comprehensive and included an in-depth legal analysis."
"Responsiveness is at a very high level. I felt taken care of throughout the process."
"Lydian is very good at quickly analysing a complex set of background facts and distilling the advice into clear practical steps."
"The team has the knack of giving the right length and level of advice depending on the matter and its complexity."