Valérie Corbiau
Senior Trademark and Design Attorney
Europe
Luxembourg
Valérie is an experienced Benelux and European Trade Mark and Design Attorney who assists clients with trade mark clearance, brand strategy, prosecution and enforcement.
Valérie advises clients on licencing agreements for wide ranging licensing activities in various sectors. She has experience representing a large range of clients – mostly based in Europe, with a particular focus within the construction, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. She has also assisted several European SME's with their IP protection strategies, with the assistance of the SME funds, available at an international level.
Valérie is part of Marks & Clerk’s Designs practice group. She has acquired notable knowledge and experience in this area, having spent several years on weekly secondment at an international glass company located in Belgium.
Valérie graduated with a Master’s degree in Law from the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium). She was also admitted to the Brussels Bar in 1994 (currently omitted) . After experience as inside counsel in a telecommunications company, she has now been working as trade mark and design attorney for more than 20 years, initially in Belgium and now in Luxembourg.
Languages
- English
- Français (French)
Specialist in
Qualifications
Benelux and European Trademark and Design attorney
Master in Law, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Search our people
Latest Insights
Late-stage functionalisation: a unique perspective from a research scientist turned patent attorney
Late-stage functionalisation has emerged as a valuable enabling tool within the arsenal of a medicinal chemist. As newer synthetic methods become developed for the generation of small molecules, so too has the chemical space that medicinal chemists will have access to. Of course, these methods are valuable to the R&D team – but did you know that late-stage functionalisation will also likely have an impact on the IP profession?
Read more
UK trade marks - 2023 in review
Each year the UKIPO publish facts and figures relating to the trade mark, patent and design filings of the previous calendar year. We have provided previous reports for TM activity 2021 and 2022. The UKIPO recently shared the figures for 2023 with us, and there are some intriguing patterns emerging - especially as regards examination of new TM applications.
Read more
Advances in processing sequential data using spiking neural networks (SNNs)
Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) represent the third generation of neural networks, offering a more brain-like approach to processing information. By utilising spiking neurons, SNNs promise energy efficiency and enhanced capabilities in time-dependent tasks, though challenges remain in training and applying them to conventional tasks.
Read more