01.01.2010 BE law Stibbe assists trading and recycling companies Experience - Advising trading and recycling companies in the framework of agreements’ drafting (confidentiality agreements, license agreements, and partnership agreements). Read more Ignace Vernimme Partner Brussels
01.01.2010 BE law Stibbe advises its clients on Horizontal Guidelines Experience - Assisting a worldwide seeds leader in negotiations on cooperation deals with competitors. Read more Team: Ignace Vernimme, Tom Ruys
12.06.2018 BE law Ignace Vernimme and Michiel Van Roey speak during a seminar organised by Agoria on confidential information. Speaking slot - This seminar is intended for all those who deal with confidential business information on a daily basis. Participants will receive a series of useful do's and don'ts with concrete examples and best practices. Read more Team: Ignace Vernimme, Michiel Van Roey
09.10.2017 BE law Stibbe attends AIPPI World Congress in Sydney Conference - The International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, known as AIPPI (Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle), is the world’s leading International Organization dedicated to the development and improvement of laws for the protection of intellectual property. Read more Olivia Hottat Senior Associate Brussels
31.03.2017 Stibbe advises Sealed Air on sale of its Diversey business Inside Stibbe - Stibbe advises Sealed Air Corporation, a NYSE listed company, on the sale of its Diversey Care division and the food hygiene and cleaning business to Bain Capital Private Equity. Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, Paul Quist, IJsbrand van Straten, Julie-Anne Siegers, Charlotte van Weert, Christien Saris, Ivo Nelissen, Ea Visser, Marieke Bredenoord-Spoek, Jérôme Aubertin, Dries Hommez
17.02.2017 BE law EU Parliament pushes for rules on robotics and AI Articles - The EU Parliament adopted yesterday a resolution with recommendations to the Commission on Civil Law Rules on Robotics. Read more Team: Erik Valgaeren, Carol Evrard
23.05.2018 BE law 19-23 May 2018: Ignace Vernimme attends INTA's 140th Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington Conference - The International Trademark Association organizes its 140th Annual Meeting in Washington. Ignace Vernimme, IP Partner in our Brussels office, represents Stibbe at this event. Read more Ignace Vernimme Partner Brussels
21.04.2017 NL law 18 May 2017: TMT/IP Masterclass: Advertising Law Update Masterclass - The TMT/IP (Technology, Media and Telecommunications / Intellectual Property) team at Stibbe Amsterdam will host a Masterclass about recent developments and regulations in advertising law. During the Masterclass, TMT Lawyer Janna van Olst will discuss important regulations and the most leading cases from the 12 months. Read more
31.03.2017 NL law Stibbe advises Picnic Inside Stibbe - Stibbe advises online supermarket Picnic on obtaining EUR 100 million growth capital from several Dutch family funds. Read more Team: Duco de Boer, Sophie Zwartkruis-Bakker, Paul Quist, Floris ten Have, Jeroen Smits, Reinout de Boer, Paul Vestering
15.02.2017 BE law 17 February 2017: IT contracting roundtable on the topic of "Acceptance and Warranty" Roundtable - Having the right items and proper wording in your IT contracts is key. Topics like term and termination, IP and your rights of use, liability, acceptance are just a few that you really want to have properly covered. Read more Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels
22.02.2018 BE law 27 February 2018: Ignace Vernimme speaks on IP rights within international contracts Speaking slot - Enterprise Europe Network Vlaanderen (a professional network of regional organizations whose mission is to help innovative SMEs to conquer foreign markets) organizes a seminar in Antwerp on how to find foreign business partners and how to deal with them. Stibbe's IP partner, Ignace Vernimme, gives a presentation titled: IPRs: a key tool for innovative SMEs to conquer foreign markets. Read more Ignace Vernimme Partner Brussels
01.04.2017 BE law 1 June 2017: Wim Panis and Giovanni Smet speak at M&D seminar entitled “Themadag Internationale Fiscaliteit” Speaking slot - On 1 June, Wim Panis and Giovanni Smet speak at the “Themadag Internationale Fiscaliteit”, organised by M&D Seminars. The seminar particularly focuses on measures to prevent tax avoidance (ATAD, BEPS,…). Read more Team: Wim Panis, Giovanni Smet
20.02.2017 BE law New Belgian tax incentive for innovation income adopted Articles - Today, 20 February 2017, a law introducing a new tax incentive for “innovation income” is published in the Belgian Official Gazette. The new incentive replaces the former Belgian patent income deduction, that was abolished as from 1 July 2016 due to not being fully compliant with the OECD BEPS recommendations. Read more Team: Ignace Vernimme, Manuel Campolini, Giovanni Smet
29.11.2016 Brexit and Unitary Patent Update: UK government preparing ratification of Unified Patent Court Agreement Trends - First planned for a launch early 2017, the future of the Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) had become unclear due to the result of the “Brexit” referendum, as explained in our previous newsletter of 24 June 2016. Read more Team: Ignace Vernimme, Judica Krikke