Olivia Santantonio
LydianThe IP team at Lydian specialises in intellectual property litigation. The practice is adept at handling matters across the automotive, fashion, insurance, telecom, and IT sectors. The practice covers all aspects of IP rights, focusing on trademarks, copyrights, and designs. The ‘really friendly and reliable’ Olivia Santantonio leads the team, often aiding clients with managing patent and trademark portfolios. Bastiaan Bruyndonckx is also head of the practice, with a practice covering trademarks, domain names, copyright, and technology transfer arrangements.
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‘They are innovative and reliable.’
‘Olivia Santantonio is really friendly and reliable. She is also very knowledgeable in terms of IP (especially trademarks and data protection).’
Key clients
- Jacobacci
- Chanel
- Ferrari SPA
- Mitsubishi
- De Lijn
- Bear & Wolf
- Modivo
- IPS
- Brave toys
- Alpargatas
- McDonald's
- Prada
- Chanel
- Visit Limburg
- VBO - FEB (Belgian Federation of Undertakings)
- Cyber Security Coalition vzw
- Patek Philippe
Work highlights
- Assisting Alpargatas, the holder of the world-famous “Havaianas” trademarks, regarding parallel imports issues in Belgium.
- Assisting, together with Hogan Lovells, Pharcomp Bidco in connection with the sale of its Belgian subsidiaries.
- Assisting the world-famous German luxury car manufacturer Porsche against 10 independent resellers /repairers of cars located in Belgium that offer for sale unauthorised replicas/ recreations of Porsche models.
Lawyers
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Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Olivia Santantonio, Bastiaan Bruyndonckx