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Wiggin LLP

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Wiggin LLP‘s IP practice is ’very efficient in offering clients a wealth of expertise and business acumen in protecting and enforcing IP rights’, acting on trade mark and design prosecution work, as well as licensing and transactions work. Patent cases are a strength of the team, with practice head Carina Gommers particularly skilled in this area. Also leading the team is Ted Shapiro, with vast knowledge of copyright in the content sector. Carl De Meyer is key to the practice, with expertise spanning trademarks, copyrights, and customs counterfeit matters. Peter Dawson is noted, working with leading entertainment companies.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team is very efficient in offering clients a wealth of expertise and business acumen in protecting and enforcing IP rights.’

  • ‘Carina Gommers is a clear leader in the IP field in Belgium. Her practice encompasses all facets of trademark protection and enforcement, in Belgium, Benelux and the EU, from filing and prosecution to contentious proceedings and anti-counterfeiting actions. Ms. Gommers possesses a wealth of knowledge and offers clients the most practical and cost-efficient solutions. It is a great pleasure to work with and recommend Ms. Gommers and her team.’

  • ‘What makes Wiggin different is that they really put themselves in the shoes of the client to ensure that the best interests of the client are served and they apply their mind to every case to come up with the best solution (which is often out of the box).’

  • ‘In the Belgium office, we mostly work with Joris Evenepoel - he is a super smart individual who is eager to learn and always has a positive mindset to any interaction we have.'

  • 'The seamless synergy in the team at Wiggin instils confidence in our future collaborations. We keenly anticipate exploring a broader spectrum of trademark services offered by the firm in line with our own areas of expertise.'
  • 'Carina Gommers has demonstrated her in-depth understanding of IP prosecution and mastery in cross-border enforcement for her clients. She consistently exemplifies professionalism and dedication by prioritizing our interests and meticulously crafting tailored strategies to ensure optimal outcomes. Communication, clarity and competence are all equally exemplary. Her unwavering dedication to our success sets a benchmark for excellence in legal services and we find her insight invaluable. Ms Gommers’s extensive experience of customs counterfeit seizures additionally resonates with our firm’s core activities. She brings considerable know-how from across a range of sectors from technology to manufacturing to pharma.'

Key clients

  • Associated Newspapers Ltd
  • Banijay Group
  • Bet365
  • China Construction Bank
  • Deezer SA
  • Entain Plc
  • International Federation for the Phonographic Industry
  • Loop
  • Manuka Charitable Trust
  • Microsoft Corporation
  • University of Oxford and Oxford University Press
  • Motion Picture Association (Brussels)
  • NBCU
  • Netflix
  • Palace Skateboards Limited
  • Sage Group PLC
  • Sony Pictures Entertainment
  • Lotus Bakeries
  • Spotify
  • Thought Machine
  • Thunderful AB
  • Wargaming
  • Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
  • Xerox

Work highlights

  • Assisted Lotus Bakeries in a pending case before the General Court relating to an EUTM Application for a colour combination found on their product packaging, which the EUIPO rejected on the basis of lack of inherent distinctive character.
  • Managed the global trademark portfolio (circa 2,000 trade marks) of the Banijay Group, the former EndemolShine Group.
  • Representing the Motion Picture Association (MPA) in Brussels in an ongoing matter which involves the provision of regular legal advice in connection with EU legislation including in particular the recent DSA, copyright, and audiovisual regulation.

Lawyers

Hall of Fame
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Carl De Meyer
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Leading associates
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Eva De Pauw
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Ted Shapiro, Carina Gommers

Other key lawyers

Carl De Meyer, Peter Dawson, Joris Evenepoel, Eva De Pauw