Meet Véronique Pede

With 30 years of experience, Véronique Pede is a seasoned intellectual property litigator specializing in patents, designs, trademarks, and advertising law in engineering, food, pharmaceuticals, biotech, chemicals, machinery and software. As the founder of CAPE IP Law —now part of Gevers— she continues to provide strategic legal advice and litigation support in complex IP cases.

Throughout her career, Véronique has successfully represented clients in major cases, including:

• Patent litigation before the UPC.
• Trademark and unfair competition litigation before the European Court of Justice.
• Cross-border patent disputes, including referral to the Belgian Constitutional Court.
• Complex distribution, franchise and trademark litigation.
• High-stakes biotech patent litigations and arbitration.
• Design litigation leading to EU-wide injunctions.
• Trademark strategy and litigation for breweries, including Anton Piller orders and negotiations.

Recognized for her hands-on, business-minded approach, Véronique is described by clients as “extremely knowledgeable, cost-conscious, and dedicated to achieving the best outcomes.”

She is an active member of AIPPI and UNION IP and is currently President of the Union IP Litigation Commission.

As part of Gevers, Véronique continues to empower businesses with expert IP strategy and litigation support.

• Law degree, University of Leuven
• Diploma in Legal Studies, King’s College London
• LL.M., Northwestern University, Chicago
• Master’s degree in Intellectual Property, University of Brussels

• Attorney-at-law, member of the Ghent Bar
• UPC Representative

• “Octrooien in België, een praktische leidraad,” now in its third edition (2020).
• Patents in Belgium, [2020], Ed. ICLG (co-authored with P. Cappuyns).
• Het arrest Bayer van het Hof van Justitie en het nieuwe Uniebegrip “passende schadeloosstelling” ingeval voorlopige maatregelen achteraf worden ingetrokken, IRDI, 2019, afl. 3-4, 279-284.
• Maatregelen bij volstrekte noodzakelijkheid in geval van inbreuk op intellectuele rechten?, Jaarboek Marktpraktijken 2011, 731-737.
• Schadevergoeding bij onterecht beslag inzake namaak. Quo vadis?, IRDI 2010, afl. 3, 274-275.
• Les travaux du groupe belge de l’AIPPI, Question Q 217 : The patentability criteria for inventive step/non-obviousness, ICIP 2011, 551-560 (co-authored with others).
• Les travaux du groupe belge de l’AIPPI, Question Q 194 : L’impact du régime de copropriété des droits de la propriété intellectuelle sur leur exploitation, ICIP, 2009, 199-221 (co-authored with others).
• Hof van Cassatie zet deur wijd open voor namaak van bekende merken, RW 2007-08, afl. 38, 1589-1593.
• Enkele beschouwingen aangaande de aansprakelijkheid van de beslaglegger bij een onterecht beslag inzake namaak in het licht van twee recente cassatiearresten, IRDI 2005, afl. 4, 379-385.
• Cape on IP News, Regular newsletter on intellectual property matters since 2016.