Watch now our webinar on Software- and AI-based Innovations
27 January 2023
At the end of last year, Andrej Michalik, David Lesthaeghe, Jacek Kepa and Joost Muylle spoke at our IP Café on how software- and AI-based inventions can be protected by intellectual property rights. Thank you to everyone who was present at our IP session in Hasselt!
Weren’t you able to make it? You can now watch the recording here.
Do you still have some questions about this topic? Feel free to contact us at info@dcp-ip.com!
AI Act: Brussels Has Not Banned AI - It Has Simply Asked Us to Pay Attention
Anyone who still believes that artificial intelligence operates in a legal vacuum has probably spent the past two years somewhere without Wifi. The European AI Act is now very much with us and, since 2 August 2026, a number of its rules have become directly relevant to businesses that do not build AI systems, train foundation models or employ rooms full of data scientists. They simply use AI. In other words: almost everyone.
De Clercq & Partners has once again been recognised in the IAM Patent 1000
We are proud to announce that De Clercq & Partners has once again been recognised in theIAMPatent 1000 2026, one of the leading international rankings for patent professionals and firms.
Moldova to become the 40th EPC contracting state on 1 June 2026
On 1 June 2026, the European Patent Organisation (EPO) will grow to 40 contracting states with the accession of the Republic of Moldova to the European Patent Convention (EPC).
