Stibbe's IP team recaps last year's patent cases in Belgium in an art

Inside Stibbe - We are delighted to have been named 'Belgian Trademark Contentious Firm of the Year' at the annual Managing IP Awards ceremony last night.

Short Reads - Non-Fungible Tokens, widely known as NFTs, have recently gained much attention due to their role in the transfer of digital artworks. The market for NFTs grew from USD 13.5m in the first six months of 2020 to USD 2.5bn in the first half of 2021 and is still growing at an expansive rate. Notwithstanding their increasing popularity in the world of art, NFTs have many potential applications. In this blog Maciek Bednarski, Annemijn Witkam and Roderik Vrolijk explain what NFTs are and describe some of the legal challenges they will bring about.

Seminar - Philippe Campolini, partner in our IP department and board member of EPLAW (the European Patent Lawyers Association), is panelist during a webinar on the contraversial Bayer judgment and its potential impact on patent litigation in Europe.