Alexis Fierens
DLA PiperRepresenting local and multinational film, television, and sports players, the practice at DLA Piper often collaborates with the firm's corporate, employment, and tax teams. Public sector clients also regularly rely on the knowledge of the team led by Alexis Fierens. Fierens has a vast understanding of advisory and contentious IP matters. Bob Martens and Michaël Heene are integral to the team, while Heidi Waem is noted for her data protection expertise.
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Key clients
- Superbet
- Tosca
- 777 Partners
- Bpost
- Concord Music
- DPG Media
- Eagle Football Holdings
- Kinepolis
- Napoleon Games
- Pacific Media Group
- The Walt Disney Company
- VRT
Work highlights
- Assisting Napoleon Games with legal proceedings seeking the annulment of a new legislation and advising the client on the use of their trademarks and the adaptation of their trademarks and their brand strategy in general in order to comply with the new legislation
- Representing VRT in the context of various annulment procedures initiated before the Council of State against the decision of the Flemish Media Regulator, whereby it determined a violation of the advertising ban on VRT for broadcasting pre-rolls on its digital streaming platforms.
- Assisting DPG Media with a patent dispute initiated by the Dutch company Digital Transparency, acting on behalf of patent holder Insite Innovations and Properties, regarding an alleged infringement by DPG Media on a European patent for “a system and method for processing web-browsing information”.
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Alexis Fierens