Benelux

Firm overview

NLO Shieldmark

Designs and trademarks are valuable assets for a business. They reinforce its distinctive capacity, create more commercial strength, enhance its competitive position and make it more attractive for investors. Intellectual property therefore plays a prominent role in business strategy, which can be supported by the knowledge and experience of the trademark and design attorneys at NLO Shieldmark.

The European trademark and design attorneys of NLO Shieldmark are committed to protecting and reinforcing their clients’ ideas, designs and trademarks, while bearing in mind the markets in which they are actively involved. They offer availability searches, registration, oppositions, infringement advice, cancellations, watch services, renewals, in-use search and mutations.

NLO Shieldmark and NLO

NLO Shieldmark is part of one of the largest full-service European IP consultancy firms in the Netherlands and Belgium. We offer a unique combination of technical and legal expertise with insight into the business environment in which clients operate. This distinguishes the 15 trademark and design attorneys at NLO Shieldmark and the 70 patent attorneys at NLO. The specialists of NLO and NLO Shieldmark also have the most up-to-date knowledge of the IP market at their disposal, which they use in order to provide optimum management for clients’ IP portfolios. By combining our expertise, NLO Shieldmark can provide clients with the most comprehensive advice possible.

Last updated 28th September 2021

Firm overview

Over the last century we’ve been lucky enough to have played a part in protecting some of the world’s most ground-breaking inventions and high profile brands. You can trust us to know IP law inside out, to be curious, and to connect the dots to reach solutions others don’t.

We will provide you with a team, rich in real-world experience, comprising experts who have worked at the forefront of pioneering technologies. A substantial number of our lawyers hold qualifications in scientific or technical fields, meaning we are often called upon for our specialist knowledge and insight on large international mandates. We are respected for our creative and original solutions.

We offer both litigation and transactional support in relation to all IP rights, from small innovative projects to the largest, most complex and ground-breaking transactions and disputes.

Our approach has always been centred on client service, collaborating and innovating with our clients to create bespoke solutions that make their lives easier. This includes: our 'twobirds Pattern' product, a proprietary, in-house patent valuation and analysis tool, that allows us to landscape, analyse, and value patent portfolios in an automated and sophisticated way; and our innovative and dynamic Brand Protection Reporting Portal, which uses dynamic charts that give clients an up-to-date overview of their risk profile at any given time.

Talk to us to find out how our tools, experience and our genuine passion for IP can help you devise a strategy that will help to maintain your competitive edge, whilst protecting and optimising your IP in the best way possible.

Internationally Bird & Bird has over 400 IP lawyers, attorneys and legal professionals across our 29 offices, many of whom have known each other and worked together for years, meaning we're all on the same page and offer consistency and quality that runs through all levels of seniority. We are therefore ideally placed to devise and coordinate multi-jurisdictional litigation strategies and,in the future, to represent clients before the Unified Patent Court.

Office Locations: Australia, Belgium, China, Czech Republic & Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and United States of America

Firm overview

With the precious know-how of our employees, present in the sector since 1983 and located in the main cities of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and French and German part of Belgium (Weiswampach, Luxembourg-ville, Brussels, Sankt-Vith, Malmedy and Eupen), each NEOVIAQ office has a motivated and highly qualified team out of our more than 60 professionals, who are experts in all areas of modern business management.

NEOVIAQ's Intellectual Property (IP) practice is a cornerstone of our firm, offering specialized expertise and a proven track record. Our team of experienced IP attorneys focuses on trademark, design, copyright, and trade secret law as well as related matters in the field of ICT, privacy, new technologies, serving a wide range of clients from innovators, creators, entrepreneurs to start-ups, SMEs and large corporations.

With a pragmatic approach, we address complex IP challenges. Our proficiency in trademark and design matters helped various clients to establish a strong brand identity and expand into new markets. We provide valuable counsel to start-ups, guiding them through IP portfolio development and risk mitigation, aiding their attraction of investors and partners. Our international expertise ensures clients' IP rights are upheld across borders, with strategies that enhance their global market presence.

NEOVIAQ's IP practice offers pragmatic legal guidance and strategic solutions. Our proven casework and dedication to innovation positions us as a reliable partner for businesses seeking to safeguard their creative works, manage legal complexities, and excel in a competitive global market.

We are turning your imagination into IP.

Firm overview

HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER is a leading European intellectual property law boutique. It is the top choice for high-stakes cross-border IP litigation, including at the Unified Patent Court (“UPC”).

Its international team of around 130 dedicated IP professionals across five countries combines legal and technical expertise in patents, trademarks, copyrights, design rights, and trade secrets to protect innovation worldwide.

Patents & the UPC

Recognising the importance of the UPC from the start, HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER has quickly become one of the leading firms representing parties before the UPC. With extensive experience in cross-border patent disputes and involvement in many of the early cases at the UPC, the firm’s teams leverage their deep expertise and strategic approach in navigating the challenges and opportunities of the system.

Trademarks, Copyrights & Design Rights

HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER offers comprehensive legal advice and litigation services in trademarks, copyrights, and design rights. The firm represents clients before national and European courts and authorities, ensuring effective management and enforcement of IP portfolios.

Trade Secrets

HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER provides comprehensive and strategic protection of trade secrets, helping clients safeguard their confidential business information and technological innovations. Services include risk assessment, compliance strategies, litigation and dispute resolution.

Further services

HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER moreover assists and represents clients in various fields closely related to IP, such as pharmaceutical regulatory law, unfair competition, media and advertising law and all IP-related contracts. Also in these fields, HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER is your trusted partner. https://www.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/