H Law

Trade mark and design prosecution

A strong trade mark strategy is the foundation of brand protection. We help you choose and clear your marks, file trade marks and designs before the BOIP, the EUIPO and WIPO, and manage your portfolio across several jurisdictions, including objections from the offices, oppositions, invalidity and cancellation proceedings.

  • Clearance searches
  • BOIP, EUIPO and WIPO filings
  • Hague System designs
  • Oppositions
  • Cancellation proceedings
  • General Court
  • Portfolio management

Representative matters

  • Representing a food multinational in trade mark cancellation proceedings against a competitor, up to the General Court of the European Union.

    Trade mark cancellation, food

  • Advising a marketing company on clearing a large-scale campaign from a trade mark perspective, for one of its clients.

    Trade mark clearance, marketing

  • Representing the client of a foreign law firm in opposition proceedings before the EUIPO.

    Trade mark opposition, EUIPO

  • Representing a video game company in proceedings against a bad faith trade mark application by a so-called trade mark troll.

    Bad faith, video games

  • Appealing the BOIP's refusal to register a trade mark on grounds of descriptiveness.

    Descriptiveness, BOIP

  • Assisting a jewellery designer in securing design protection for its most successful collections.

    Design protection, jewellery

  • Securing international design registrations through the Hague System for a new rowing boat.

    Design registration, sporting equipment

Related expertise

  • IP enforcementInfringement of your patents, trade marks, designs or copyright costs market share and reputation, online and offline. We act to stop it with the tools the law provides: descriptive seizures, cease and desist proceedings, customs measures, takedowns and domain name disputes.
  • Dispute resolutionSome disputes cannot be settled at the negotiating table. We represent clients before the Belgian and EU courts in IP infringement, contract, unfair competition and technology disputes, and in reputation, defamation, press and media cases.

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