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Counterfeiting and piracy are a global threat to companies’ competitive position in the global economy. Lodging an application for action at Customs is a first step to safeguard your intellectual property rights, but there are other services that help prevent counterfeit.  An intellectual property right is a strong right in itself. However, once obtained,...

GEVERS aims to help you manage the risk of all kinds of intellectual property (IP) disputes. When such disputes occur, we help to resolve them. We represent intellectual property rights owners whose rights have been infringed as well as entrepreneurs who are accused of infringing intellectual property rights, such as patents, trademarks, designs, copyrights...

By selling a patent or giving a license to use the protected innovation in return for royalties owners can extract financial value from their intellectual property rights through partnerships with 3rd parties.  By focusing on the core business it might happen that registered rights are not or only partly exploited, that is where they...

Specific tax regimes apply to the royalties an author may receive for the license or transfer of his copyrights. These regimes are different in every country. Tax regimes are relevant for artistic creations but can also be applied to more business-oriented contexts, such as marketing and software creations.  The identification of copyright-relevant activities and...

In every step of its life cycle, an intellectual property right can be subject to many types of agreements, from its creation until its valorisation. GEVERS advises you on the right type of contract and can take care of the drafting and negotiations to optimally secure and defend your interests.  GEVERS has a dedicated...

Intellectual Property rights represent up to 70 percent of today companies value.  These intangible assets are the backbones of companies to reach a sustainable and competitive advantage. They represent a very useful tool to leverage business value through diverse types of transactions:  – Assigning or licensing Intellectual Property rights to third parties;  – Using...

Copyrights are created as soon as the original work is fixed into a tangible medium expression.  There is no formal requirement to register your copyright to protect it. However, we recommend obtaining a digital timestamp to prove your copyright ownership and avoid discussions. In some countries registration of copyrights is required to legally enforce...

You may wish to use the works and creations of others. However, these works may be protected by copyrights, in which case you must at least obtain the consent of the owner of the rights. Identifying the owner of a copyright (‘clearance’) can be a challenging undertaking, as there is no central register that...

Copyright is an intellectual property right that grants the creator of an original work legal protection. ‘Originality’ requires the work to be ‘its author’s own intellectual creation’.  Copyright is automatically created when a person creates a copyrightable work.  Copyright protection solely extends to the tangible medium of expression of an idea, not to the...

GEVERS aims to help you manage the risk of all kinds of intellectual property (IP) disputes. When such disputes occur, we help to resolve them. We represent intellectual property rights owners whose rights have been infringed as well as entrepreneurs who are accused of infringing intellectual property rights, such as patents, trademarks, designs, copyrights...