We have assisted the creators of a publicitary concept in copyright infringement proceedings with the publisher of a leading Belgian magazine, ultimately leading to a successful settlement for our client.
We have assisted the owner of an audiovisual production company in the sale of all company shares to a publishing house. This also involved the preparation of an IP and contracts due diligence.
Our lawyers have successfully coordinated IP infringement and evidence gathering proceedings on behalf of a software company against former employees, and have also engaged in a mediation procedure ultimately leading to negotations and a settlement agreement.
We have assisted a fulfilment company with drafting services agreements, SLAs, terms and conditions and other contract materials. We have also assisted the commercial sales team in contract negotiations.
We have assisted a publishing house in negotiating exploitation agreements regarding print publications and extension towards multimedia products and audiovisual productions.
We have assisted an internationally renowned childrens’ book author/illustrator in settlement talks with the publishing house around violation of license and exploitation agreements, resulting in succesful renegotation of the agreements and increased royalty fees.
We have assisted a listed Belgian company active in consumer goods and insulation foams for automotive and construction with IP advice, in particular relating to (i) use of trademarks by current and past distributors; (ii) registration of domain names by current and past distributors; (iii) strategies to meet the requirement of effective use of trademarks.
We have assisted an animated cartoon studio with licensing agreements for television broadcasting in a number of countries including Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Israel, and South Korea. We have also negotiated and set up agency agreements and merchandising agreements.
Our lawyers have assisted a creator of an animated cartoon series for children in a dispute with the composer of the music score and an investor. We have achieved a negotiated buy-out and structured the transfer of all rights into the cartoon series to our client.
We advised sector federations in audiovisual/entertainment industries on state aid aspects of the Belgian tax shelter regime for motion pictures and video games.
We assist clients to ensure that their distribution and licensing agreements comply with EU and Belgian competition law. We have particular experience in a number of highly regulated industries, such as Motor Vehicle distribution, Pharmaceuticals, and Defense.
We have advised football clubs on competition law aspects of the joint selling of broadcasting rights.
We advise on a continuous basis on the competition aspects of joint ventures and other forms of horizontal cooperation, such as joint research and development, joint production and purchasing.
We assisted a sector federation with EU competition law advice regarding access to sports results.
We represented an online gaming company before the Belgian courts to challenge the lawfulness of the state-imposed DNS-measure to block access to its website.
