Ben Brigou
Founding Partner
Ben holds an MSc. in Chemistry and is a qualified European Patent Attorney, Dutch Patent Attorney, and European Patent Litigator.
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Founding Partner
[Coming Soon] holds an MSc. in Mechanical Engineering and an MSc. Advanced Master in Intellectual Property Law and Knowledge Management Law.
[Coming Soon] is a qualified European Patent Attorney, Belgian Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator and Judicial Expert in Intellectual Property.
Frans van den Berg
Of-Counsel
Frans holds a PhD in Chemistry and is a qualified European Patent Attorney, Dutch Patent Attorney, Swiss Patent Attorney and European Patent Litigator.
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Ben Brigou
Qualifications: European Patent Attorney, Dutch Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator (UPC), MSc. Chemistry (2013)
Technical focus areas: Building materials (cementitious & polymeric), biobased chemistry, decarbonisation, waste management, energy storage, food, feed & agriculture, pharmaceuticals
Experience: Ben was previously Patent Attorney at Tessenderlo Group & Associate Partner at lead European patent law firm NLO, where he was responsible for a team of patent attorneys, trainees and paralegals.
Next to regular patent portfolio building and freedom-to-operate work, Ben has been involved in various litigation cases in chemistry and pharmaceuticals, including small molecules and biosimilars.
Ben currently holds the fractional role of Director of IP for cleantech company Carbon Upcycling Technologies where he has been responsible for IP strategy & execution through various funding stages (> 72 mio USD raised).
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Qualifications: European Patent Attorney, Belgian Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator (UPC), MSc. Mechanical Engineering (2013)
MSc. Advanced Master in Intellectual Property Law and Knowledge Management Law, Judicial Expert in Intellectual Property.
Technical focus areas: Coming Soon
Experience: Coming soon
Frans van den Berg
Qualifications: European Patent Attorney, Dutch Patent Attorney, Swiss Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator (UPC), PhD. Chemistry (2001)
Technical focus areas: Coatings, polymers, food, feed, agriculture, seed technology, catalysts, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.
Experience: Frans has vast experience as an inhouse patent attorney in various technological areas including the pharmaceutical, agrochemical and chemical industry (ASML, Akzo Nobel, Syngenta, Novartis).
For more than a decade, Frans has been running his own patent practice where he combines fractional in-house IP counsel roles with strategic patent advice projects (opposition, litigation, licensing, M&A).
At Lakeside, Frans primarily advises clients on IP strategy, transactions & litigation.