Mission

A tailored and personalized approach to intellectual property protection

Securing an optimal intellectual property strategy is a challenging task. There are a variety of technologies and commercial ambitions that require different approaches.

At De Clercq & Partners, we understand the legal complexities of Intellectual Property laws and their impact on the protection of different technologies. Years of experience serving clients - ranging from individual inventors to multinational companies - have enabled us to provide advice tailored to clients’ specific requirements.

With our team of proficient and highly professional attorneys and advisers, our services respond to the many different areas of Intellectual Property law, such as, but not limited to, securing patent, trademark, design and domain names protection, opinions on patentability, the infringement and/or validity of third party patent rights, trademark searches and strategic opinions in general on trademarks, designs and domain names, landscaping studies, due diligence, etc. Thanks to close collaboration between our European and Belgian Patent Attorneys and Trademark and Design Attorneys and external law firms, we can also provide you with specialized expert advice in patent or trademark invalidation and infringement procedures before the different European Courts, and more in particular the Belgian courts.

In addition, our firm works closely with national attorneys in other countries, such as the USA, Canada, Australia, Japan and China, to ensure that our and their clients receive high standard guidance taking into account Intellectual Property laws from around the globe.