Solutions
Legal help for every stage of your growth: from creating and protecting to selling and defending.
Intellectual Property
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Trademark Clearance
A structured check of whether a name or logo is free to use and register, ending in an attorney-signed opinion with risk levels and a clear recommendation.
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Trademark Watch & Opposition
We watch the registers for new marks that conflict with yours, tell you which ones matter, and oppose within the deadline when you instruct us to.
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Brand Monitoring & Online Enforcement
We find counterfeit listings, impersonation and lookalike domains across marketplaces, social media and the web, and act on them through the right route.
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Brand Policy Compliance
We help brand owners get distributors, resellers and licensees to follow the brand rules, through the contract, monitoring and a graduated response.
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Domain Name Disputes
We recover or cancel domain names registered in bad faith, through the UDRP, the URS, the .eu procedure, country-code procedures such as .be, or the courts, and defend clients accused of the same.
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IP Portfolio Management
We keep your trademarks, designs, domain names and patents in one overview, follow every deadline and prepare each renewal decision with a cost estimate.
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Trademark Registration
We choose the right route and scope for your mark, file it with the EUIPO, the BOIP or through the Madrid System, and keep it in order afterwards.
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360° Patent Strategy
Decide what to protect, where and when, and plan the cost, so that your patents serve the business and not the other way round.
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Patent Research
Prior art, patentability and freedom-to-operate answers from attorneys, built on structured patent data and checked citations.
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New gTLDs for Brands
Advice for brand owners on ICANN's new gTLD programme, from the decision to apply through objections and contention to running a registry.
Information Technology
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AI Act Compliance
We help you find out which of your AI systems fall under the EU AI Act, in what role, and what you must have in place and by when.
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Data and Database Rights Protection
How to protect the data and databases you build, through database rights, trade secrets, copyright and the contracts that hold them together.
Privacy & Data Protection
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Data Processing Agreements
Article 28 GDPR agreements drafted, reviewed and negotiated for controllers and processors, including sub-processors and international transfers.
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DPO as a Service
An external Data Protection Officer who advises, monitors and documents your GDPR compliance, with a register, calendar and portal behind the advice.
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Data Breach Response
Help from the first hours of a personal data breach: assessment, notification to the authority and individuals, documentation, and action against the source.
Commercial
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Trademark Licensing
Licence your brand to a partner, franchisee or distributor and keep control of quality, territory and the mark itself.
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Patent and Technology Licensing
Licence or acquire patents, know-how and software on terms that protect your edge, your income and your competition-law position.
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Data Licensing and Data Sharing
Licence or share data with a clear scope, settled ownership of derived data, privacy safeguards and terms that protect its value.
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Commercial Contracts & Transactions
Supply, distribution, services, SaaS and procurement contracts, and the deals around them, drafted and reviewed with the IP, data and tax angles in view.
Corporate and M&A
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Incorporate a Company in Belgium
Setting up a Belgian company means choosing the right form, a sound financial plan, articles and a shareholders' agreement, and making sure the company owns the IP behind the business. We prepare everything and work with your notary.
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M&A and Due Diligence
Buying, selling or merging a business needs a structure, a review of what is being transferred and a contract that allocates the risks. We lead the legal side from preparation to closing.
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Management Agreement
A director or manager who works through a management company or as a self-employed person needs an agreement that holds up as a mandate and not as employment. We draft it around the law that applies, the company's IP and a clean exit.
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Shareholders' Agreement
A shareholders' agreement sets out how the owners run the company, who may sell to whom and what happens when they disagree. We draft it with the articles of association, and make sure the IP stays in the company.
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Valuation
A price for a company or its IP is only as good as the rights behind it. We supply the legal, IP and tax input that makes a valuation stand, whether it serves a funding round, a contribution in kind, a transfer or an exit.
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Funding
Raising capital means getting the company, its IP and its documents ready for investors, then negotiating the deal. We prepare you for the round and carry the legal work through to closing.
Tax
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R&D Grants and Subsidies
Grants can fund a real share of an R&D project, but only a well-built application gets there. We match the project to EU programmes such as Horizon Europe, or to national and regional schemes, and manage the file.
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Belgian Innovation Income Deduction
Belgian companies can deduct 85% of net income from qualifying IP, which brings the effective rate on that income down to about 3.75%. We establish whether you qualify and build the file.
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Belgian Copyright Tax Regime
In Belgium, fees for the transfer or licence of copyright can be taxed as movable income at 15%. Since the 2023 reform the conditions are strict, so we test them and document the arrangement properly.
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Belgian Withholding Tax Exemption for R&D Staff
In Belgium, employers running qualifying R&D can keep up to 80% of the professional withholding tax on their researchers' pay. We handle the registration, the file and the follow-up.
Let’s talk
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