Our Technologies & IP group has a strong knowledge and experience in advising clients from protection to related litigation, through exploitation of IP rights.

Thanks to a vast network of correspondents with which we work regularly, we manage large international registrations and litigation as well as any other actions before local intellectual property offices.

Protection of IP rights

We advise our clients on the possible strategies to adopt to ensure the protection of their IP rights and assist them when required for local (Benelux) or international registration of their brands, domain names, designs and inventions. We use the most effective ways for protecting their works, databases and semiconductors topographies and have recourse to escrow services in certain circumstances. This is often the case as regards protection of computer programs.

Effective registration of IP rights secures the legal title of its holder, important in the event of litigation as well as group restructuring.

Exploitation of IP rights

Our Technologies & IP group can assist in maintaining and increasing the value of IP rights by drafting any kind of contract with specific attention to the protection of the legal ownership.

We have experience in drafting all documentation relating to intellectual property assets, such as assignments and license agreements, notably in the context of IP and corporate group restructuring.

Enforcement of IP rights

With IP rights being a real relevant asset of companies, we at MNKS believe that it is imperative to protect these IP rights at the first sign of infringement. We have experience of assisting our clients with IP-related litigation on a national and international level and advising on cross-border litigation strategies.

We frequently assist our clients in negotiations aiming at buying domain names or recovering them by judicial or other means.