With specific expertise across the social media, consumer goods, and gambling sectors, CMS assists clients with an array of mandates related to trade marks, unfair competition issues and consumer protection work. The team is also well placed to handle IP disputes and arbitration proceedings. Tom Heremans and Renaud Dupont share leadership duties; Heremans' varied practice extends to domain name disputes, while Dupont’s trade mark and patent expertise is frequently relied upon by multinationals in the media and chemicals sectors. Lisbeth Depypere is praised for her ‘creative and nuanced presentation at trial’.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘Highly competent team with a strong knowledge in IP. Solution-oriented and great at navigating and guiding clients through complex pan-European litigation.’
- ‘Tom Heremans, Renaud Dupont and Lisbeth Depypere are all very good.’
Key clients
- Amazon
- Delvaux - Richemont
Work highlights
- Representing two US entities of Amazon in trade mark infringement proceedings against Christian Louboutin before the Brussels Court.
- Provided advice to Delvaux, luxury leather goods, on the ownership of the copyrights of its historical bags that were created 50 years ago.