Stephanie de Potter

Stéphanie focuses on intellectual property law, including trademarks, patents, copyright, designs, brand management and digital media. She advises national and international clients on both contentious and non-contentious matters, and regularly supports IP- and IT-driven transactional and restructuring work.

She also drafts and negotiates a broad range of commercial agreements in both business-to-business and business-to-consumer contexts, and advises clients on the marketing, promotion, labelling and advertising of consumer products.

• Advised a leading telecommunications company on the protection of confidential information, including technical and commercial know-how and trade secrets, in Belgium.

• Represented a Belgian pharmaceutical company against opposition proceedings brought by it before the EUIPO.

• Defended a Belgian fashion company successfully in a trademark, copyright and unfair competition litigation brought against it before the Antwerp cease and desist court by a competitor.

• Represented a family-owned Belgian company active in the construction industry against alleged infringements of a Belgian patent for a device for drilling passages and a method of operation involving such device.

• Represented a leading Belgian pharmaceutical company against a competitor's claim based on breach of fair market practices in relation to an alleged parasitic copy of a package.

• Advised a renowned foreign company producing books, magazines and other articles on the protection of portrait rights and the right to image in Belgium.

• Represented a multinational food company in the appeal before the Benelux Court of Justice against a decision of the BOIP refusing in part the registration of a word mark.

• Represented a company active in the distribution of chocolate moulds in infringement proceedings based on copyright and design rights against a competitor.

• Assisted several companies in drafting and concluding various commercial agreements including exclusivity agreements, non-disclosure agreements, broadcasting and publishing agreements, license agreements, material transfer agreements and copyright contracts.

• Rising Star 2025 in the IP Stars (Managing IP) directory
• Recommended Individual in the IAM Patent 1000 2025 Guide

• Benelux Association for Trademarks and Design Law (BMM) – Member
• International Trademark Association (INTA) – Member
• International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) – Member