| Paul Maeyaert, partner at Altius, has contributed to the latest IRDI Journal on Intellectual Property. |
| In his article, Paul Maeyaert compiles an overview of the case-law on the protection of well-known trademarks by the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance. |
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| ALTIUS' Banking & Finance team contributes to International Acquisition Finance publication. |
| The volume provides counsel with a full insight into the law and regulation across numerous jurisdictions. Johan De Bruycker, Caroline Wildemeersch and Kasper Van Landeghem untangle the complications of debt funding regimes for the Belgian jurisdiction. |
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| Olivier Vrins to speak on recent developments in European Intellectual Property Law. |
| Olivier Vrins, senior associate at ALTIUS, addressed an Academy of European Law Seminar that took place in Trier, Germany on 1-2 December 2008. |
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| Carmen VERDONCK will give a lecture |
| at the University of Liège on « Belgian competition law in practice: merger control and antitrust proceedings » on 10 February 2009.
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| ALTIUS named IP & IT Law Firm of the Year at the Belgian Legal Awards (BLA) 2008. |
| In the recently published official magazine, Paul Maeyaert (Partner at Altius) explains which elements might have encouraged the jury to award ALTIUS in the IP & IT category. |
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| Practitioners reject criticism over technological expertise. |
| Technology is racing ahead, but some brand owners and commentators in the United States are worried that practitioners and judges are failing to keep pace. To investigate whether this is viewed as an issue on the other side of the Atlantic, World Trademark Report spoke to private practitioners across Europe to hear how they stay up to date with the latest technical advances. |
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| Bucking the associate crunch. |
| In TopLegal International’s September 2008 issue, an extensive article on the ‘fiercely competitive’ legal labour and recruitment market highlights Altius’ HR policies and underlines its efforts put into training and developing its associates. |
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| Altius participates in IP Seminar on patent law. |
| On September 24th, Christophe Ronse and Paul Maeyaert - partners at ALTIUS - addressed a Intellectual Property Seminar at the Holiday Inn in Ghent on new developments in patent law, including a complete overview of the recent patent cases in Belgium. |
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| 5 New Partners announced. |
| Altius is proud to announce 5 new partners: Nicolas Clarembeaux in the IP department, William Timmermans in the Real Estate department, Gerrit Vandendriessche in the IT & Commercial law department and Tom Vantroyen and Jérôme Vermeylen in the Corporate department. |
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| Mergermarket. |
| ALTIUS is proud to announce that it appears three times in the latest rankings of law firms from mergermarket. |
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| PUBLIC PROCUREMENT NEWS. |
The May issue of the ALTIUS Public Procurement Newsletter is available. Items include the new Remedies Directive and the Belgian measures to transpose the 2004 directives. The quarterly newsletter consists of updates on European case law and Belgian developments.
Newsletter May 2008 |
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| PAUL MAEYAERT ADDRESSES INTA CONFERENCE. |
| Paul Maeyaert spoke about parallel imports and navigating the currents of multi-national enforcement at the latest INTA conference that took place in Berlin last May. |
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| JEROME VERMEYLEN SPEAKS AT AIJA SEMINAR. |
| Jérôme Vermeylen spoke about cross border real estate investments at a seminar organised by AIJA on 28-29 March 2008. |
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| Alexander Hansebout gave a guest lecture on distribution law at the University of Antwerp on 20 March 2008. |
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| Alexander Hansebout spoke on the recent evolutions in distribution law at a seminar organised by the Kortrijk Bar's Young Lawyer's Conference on 12 February 2008. |
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| At the ItechLaw European conference in London on November 2, 2007, Gerrit Vandendriessche will speak on the latest e-commerce developments in the EU. ITechLaw (previously Computer Law Association - CLA) is the leading global organization for legal professionals focused on technology and law. For more information on Itechlaw and its European conference, please visit the Itechlaw website here or the conference website here. |
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| Carmen Verdonck, member of the board of directors of the Belgian Association for the study of competition law (AECD/VSMR), has been appointed rapporteur national of the Belgian association to the International League of Competition Law (LIDC). |
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| Carmen Verdonck spoke on the technology transfer block exemption N° 772/2004 at a seminar organised by KVIV on 27 September 2007. |
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| At AIJA's annual congress in August 2007, Jérôme Vermeylen received the Past Presidents' Award for his contribution: "From Barbarians at the Gate to Honorable Citizens ? How Private Equity Impacts M&A Practice and Market Standards". Jérôme's contribution was chosen from among 26 contributions on private equity drafted by lawyers from all over the world. |
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| ALTIUS are very proud to announce that they were named Telecom Media Technology Law Firm of the Year at the recent Belgian Legal Awards 2007. |
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| William Timmermans spoke on “The Future of the Water Industry – Position of the European Union” at the E-World Energy & Water fair in Essen on 6 February 2007. This is the most important professional fair in the energy & water sectors with more than 400 exhibitors and more than 12,000 visitors. For further information, see: www.e-world-2007.com |
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| Gaëlle Frankard has won the Bonnevie Prize awarded by the Brussels Bar. This prize is awarded for the best legal advice given in employment law on the following topic: “Principe de proportionnalité et licenciement pour motif grave”. She has received her prize on the formal re-opening of the Brussels Bar on 12 January 2007. |
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| On 5 October 2006 Altius’ anti-counterfeiting unit organized a one-day information session for customs and law enforcement officials concerning the fight against intellectual property right infringements on Belgian territory and at the borders, which was attended by several (representative associations of) right-holders and representatives of Belgian Customs and Police and the European Commission (DG Taxud). |
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| On 2 October 2006 Olivier Vrins was invited to take part to a discussion panel on the fight against counterfeiting and piracy in a programme broadcast ‘live’ by the French-speaking state radio RTBF. |
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| On 28 September 2006 Olivier Vrins spoke on the fight against counterfeiting and piracy at the borders at a meeting of the Belgian Association for the Study of Competition Law. |
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| Carmen Verdonck has joined ALTIUS as a partner as of the 1st of July 2006 in its competition department. |
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| Johan De Bruycker and Tim Verdickt have made the Belgian contribution for "International Acquisition Finance" published by Oxford University Press. |
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| Olivier Vrins (attorney at law in charge of anti-counterfeiting with ALTIUS) has published a book on "Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights through Border Measures"
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| On 30 March 2006 Paul Maeyaert received the prestigious “Wim Mak award” from the Benelux Trademark and Industrial Design Association ("Benelux Merken- en Modellenvereniging"). His legal article “Colour trademarks: out of the grey zone ?” ("Kleurmerken: weg uit de grijze zone ?") was considered the most outstanding and significant contribution to the development of trademark law of 2005. Wim Mak was head of the trademark department of Phillips from 1967 to 1985.
Nicolas Clarembeaux also received an honourable mention for his contribution on “The protection of geographical names” ("De bescherming van geografische benamingen"). So ALTIUS was awarded two prizes !
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