Trademarks and Patents

Trademarks

Trademarks protect the goodwill a company has built up in its brands, and ensure consumers of consistent quality standards. The business value of strong brands cannot be underestimated.

Our clients cover a wide range of manufacturing and service industries, including marketing, retail, fashion, media, financial services, technology, pharma and leisure.

Lydian’s IP lawyers have broad experience of advising companies on product innovation and marketing issues. We can assist you in drafting agreements, including trademark licenses, co-existence agreements and settlement agreements, along with providing you with strategic guidance in trademark litigation. Our team routinely handles precedent-setting trademark litigation cases, including cases of infringement and improperly registered or unused rival trademarks. In addition, the Lydian IP team can demonstrate a solid track record of handling counterfeiting and border seizure procedures. It is the Belgian leader in this area.

Patents

More and more industries use patents as a protective shield in their ongoing drive to obtain or maintain a technological advance on their competitors. R&D activities and innovation have an increasing global impact and companies try to value their immaterial assets on a larger scale. The trade in patents has grown steadily over the last few years.

Our IP team has a solid record in the protection of innovation. We regularly advise our clients on the transfer, licensing and enforcement of their rights.

Our services include both advisory work on the protection and exploitation of IP rights and dispute resolution relating to eligibility for patent protection, validity, licensing and transfer and infringement.

Lydian can count among its clients major players in the pharmaceutical industry who praise the IP team’s in-depth understanding and expertise. We have assisted our clients in domestic and multi-jurisdictional patent litigation cases. Thanks to its international network, Lydian can call upon and refer to carefully selected local IP professionals throughout Europe.