Working together
Our elevator pitch
Beating the “good, fast, cheap” triangle
Hire a service provider, especially a law firm, and you usually hear “good, fast, cheap: pick two”. Cheap and good is rarely fast; cheap and fast probably won’t be any good; and good and fast is rarely cheap.
So most law firms focus on quality first, then speed, and bill for time and materials. As a client, you have very little control over that invoice.
That made us rethink how we work with clients.
Legal help built for entrepreneurs
We think like entrepreneurs, and it shows in everything we do. Most law firms split their services into silos like “Corporate”, “Commercial”, “IP” or “HR”. We work across them. To focus on what matters most at each step of your growth, we developed multidisciplinary methods and complete “service containers” that are quick to start and fairly priced.
That helps in two ways. You don’t lose time, because you explain your challenge once, to one point of contact. And you don’t need a table full of experts who each handle their own piece, and whose work then has to be coordinated, which drives up costs.
Technology that does the heavy lifting
A traditional law firm that needs to speed up without losing quality usually throws more people at a matter. But time doesn’t scale, and the traditional way doesn’t always give the best result. So we invest heavily in technology that helps us do better.
By standardising and digitising our processes, we cut delivery times a lot:
- our Document Studio drafts complete, high-quality documents that are truly tailored to what you need;
- other systems we (co-)developed use algorithms, artificial intelligence and machine learning, so we have more time for complex issues. By automating certain steps in producing documents such as cease and desist letters, takedown requests and complaints, we bring the total cost down for clients.
The result: we work faster, scale our services and keep our full focus on quality, while keeping costs under control.
Products, not hours
We love turning “services” into “products”, so we can leave the old billing by time and materials behind. You know what you’re paying for, and how much.
Put it all together and you get high-quality, tailor-made work and results within a short timeframe, at fair and very often fixed fees, or fees partly tied to your success.
Proven at scale
- Professionals
- 9
- Professionals
- Trademarks managed
- 3,000+
- Trademarks managed
- Patent rights managed
- 400+
- Patent rights managed
- Client portfolios
- 600+
- Client portfolios
- gTLD applications
- 120
- gTLD applications
- UPC involvements
- 5
- UPC involvements
Languages · EN · FR · NL · DE
From early-stage ventures to global portfolios
Where we act
- EPO
- EUIPO
- WIPO
- Unified Patent Court
- Benelux Office for Intellectual Property
- Belgian courts
- WIPO Arbitration & Mediation Centre
- ICC · AAA · CEPANI · ICDR
A 360° approach to intellectual property
IP doesn’t live in a vacuum. It starts in R&D, gets protected through official procedures, earns its keep through contracts and business models, and needs defending against copycats. Each phase brings its own challenges and calls for different expertise.
Our 360° IP Lifecycle approach covers the whole journey, so no opportunity is missed and no risk is overlooked.
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Enforcement
- Monitoring & detection
- Online enforcement
- Out-of-court resolution
- Litigation
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Commercialisation
- Licensing
- Distribution & franchise
- IP valuation & finance
- Tax optimisation
- Technology-enabled processes
- Integrated legal and technical expertise
- End-to-end lifecycle management
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Creation
- IP identification
- Prior art & clearance
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Protection
- Patents
- Trademarks
- Designs
- Trade secrets
1
Creation
- IP identification
- Prior art & clearance
2
Protection
- Patents
- Trademarks
- Designs
- Trade secrets
3
Commercialisation
- Licensing
- Distribution & franchise
- IP valuation & finance
- Tax optimisation
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Enforcement
- Monitoring & detection
- Online enforcement
- Out-of-court resolution
- Litigation
All inside one multidisciplinary team of lawyers and patent attorneys, so you get a true 360° approach.
Meet the team
Get in touch-
Bart Lieben
Attorney-at-Law
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Mathieu Mortelé
Attorney-at-Law
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Stephanie Sarlet
European Patent Attorney
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An De Vrieze
European Patent Attorney
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Anke Steep
Attorney-at-law
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Vincent Michiels
Attorney-at-law
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Fred Lambrechts
Attorney-at-law
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Tara Boutaleb
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Alihan Kaya
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