Matteo Mariano advises clients on all matters involving intellectual property rights, using creative solutions to obtain the best possible outcome in line with clients’ business goals. Matteo represents clients from all industries, with a focus on the life sciences and technology sectors, and of all sizes, ranging from local small and medium-sized enterprises to multinational corporations. His goal is to solve a client’s existing problem and prevent any future obstacles, whether by providing strategic advice, negotiating a transaction, or representing the client in high-stakes litigation.
Matteo focuses particularly on patent and trademark disputes. He is eager to understand the client’s business and the technical aspects of a case, and he regularly dives into new areas where law and technology interact in a new way, such as non-fungible tokens and the metaverse. Matteo enjoys advising clients on all-around IP matters with a fresh eye and crafting solutions in matters that raise unresolved legal issues.
Thanks to his LL.M. from the University of Pennsylvania and his experience at an international law firm and a pan-European IP litigation boutique prior to joining Crowell & Moring, Matteo was exposed to international legal issues and complex IP cross-border transactions and disputes. He has continued to develop his skills at Crowell in a variety of matters where different areas of IP law in the broad sense intersect and where complex procedural issues play an important role.
Clients appreciate Matteo’s responsiveness and eye for detail. Being multilingual, Matteo can communicate with clients in French, Dutch, English, Italian, and Spanish.
Matteo is an associate in Crowell’s Brussels office and a member of the Technology and Intellectual Property Department.
Affiliations
Professional Activities and Memberships
- Licensing Executives Society Benelux
Representative Matters
- Represents one of the world’s largest medical devices companies in the dialysis filters sector in pan-European patent litigation proceedings against a competitor infringing on the client’s patent out of its EU hub in Belgium.
- Represents pharmaceutical sector associations in high-stake commercial litigation before the Brussels Business Court in relation to the access to sub-statuses of medicinal products to detect potential falsified medicines on the EU market.
- Advised ARTTS, a pioneering Belgian NFT start-up that organizes curated art sales to preserve and promote artistic and cultural heritage across Europe, on intellectual property and consumer protection aspects of the Didier Comès sale on ARTTS platform, Belgium’s first NFT-based art sale.
Speeches & Presentations
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"Legal Mechanisms Applying to Data," Webinar in collaboration with IBJ/IJE (IT/IP Practice Group), Brussels, Belgium
(January 18, 2021).
Speakers: Judith Bussé, Linh Truong, and Matteo Mariano.
Publications
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"International Issues in Trade Secret Law Series: Longer Statute of Limitations Confirmed in Cases of Trade Secret Misappropriation by Former Employees," Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
(April 7, 2022).
Authors: Evelien Jamaels and Matteo Mariano.
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"Het Guerlain Lippenstift-merk in de Europese Unie: Een Sprankje hoop voor Niet Conventionele Vormmerken in de Mode-industrie?" FashionUnited
(August 23, 2021).
Author: Matteo Mariano.
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"Invoking Trade Secrets to Block a Request to Access Personal Data under the GDPR: A “Threat” Has to Be Clearly Demonstrated," Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
(April 9, 2021).
Author: Matteo Mariano.
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"International Issues in Trade Secret Law Series: A Look Back at Issues Under the Belgian Trade Secrets Act," Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
(March 8, 2021).
Authors: Jan-Diederik Lindemans and Matteo Mariano.
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"International Issues in Trade Secret Law Series: “Confidentiality Clubs” and Remedies for Trade Secret Misappropriation under the Belgian Trade Secrets Act," Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
(March 2, 2021).
Authors: Jan-Diederik Lindemans and Matteo Mariano.
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"International Issues in Trade Secret Law Series: Unlawful Use and Burden of Proof for Trade Secret Misappropriation under the Belgian Trade Secrets Act," Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
(February 22, 2021).
Authors: Jan-Diederik Lindemans and Matteo Mariano.
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"International Issues in Trade Secret Law Series: Valuing and Taking Reasonable Measures to Protect Trade Secrets under the Belgian Trade Secrets Act," Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
(February 15, 2021).
Authors: Jan-Diederik Lindemans and Matteo Mariano.
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"International Issues in Trade Secret Law Series: Substantive Jurisdiction and Trade Secret Status under the Belgian Trade Secrets Act," Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
(February 8, 2021).
Authors: Jan-Diederik Lindemans and Matteo Mariano.
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"International Issues in Trade Secret Law Series: Parties and Procedural Options under the Belgian Trade Secrets Act," Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
(February 1, 2021).
Authors: Jan-Diederik Lindemans and Matteo Mariano.
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"IP Rights, Collaborative Projects, And The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Socially Responsible Approach Should Not Impair Sound Business Judgment," Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal
(September 2020).
Authors: Jan-Diederik Lindemans, and Matteo Mariano.
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"Louboutin v Van Haren: white flag for red soles or provisional truce?" Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Vol. 13, Issue 11, 909-916
(November 2018).
Authors: Carina Gommers, Eva De Pauw, Matteo Mariano.
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"Het Europese Copyright package est arrivé!" Auteurs & Media, 2018-2019, 3, 422-438
(2018).
Authors : Fabienne Brison, Delphine Borgniet, Eleni Foscolos, Stéphanie Hermoye, Matteo Mariano, Pauline Meskens, Maïlys Sahagun.
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"Huawei v. ZTE: Integrating Good Faith Without Foregoing the Right to Enforce Your FRAND-Encumbered Standard-Essential Patents," University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, Online
(September 3, 2016).
Author: Matteo Mariano.
Client Alerts & Newsletters
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"European Court of Justice Issues Landmark Judgments Regarding Trademark Enforcement in Parallel Imports of Generic Pharmaceuticals: No Repackaging/Rebranding as the Originator Reference Product,"
Intellectual Property Bullet Analyses
(November 29, 2022).
Contacts: Kristof Roox, Jurgen Figys, Matteo Mariano
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"Towards Easier Access to Preliminary Injunctions for Patent Holders in the EU,"
Intellectual Property Bullet Analyses
(May 4, 2022).
Contacts: Jan-Diederik Lindemans, Matteo Mariano
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"IP Rights, Collaborative Projects and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Socially Responsible Approach Should Not Impair Sound Business Judgment,"
IP Insights
(May 28, 2020).
Contacts: Jan-Diederik Lindemans, Matteo Mariano