BPV Legal Tax and IP Attorney

ISSOUEKEME PIERRE VINCENT LEGAL, TAX AND INTELLECTUAL PROPRIETY ATTORNEY LAWFIRM is a legal consultant and business advisor created by Pierre Vincent BISSOUEKEME, specialist of Environmental, Energy, Oil, Gas, Mining, Electricity, Project financing and intellectual propriety, Alternative dispute resolution law located in Kinshasa in Democratic Republic of Congo  twenty years ago and working with the partners in the neighborhood countries like the Congo Brazzaville and in Pointe Noire, Bangui in Central African Republic, Yaoundé in Cameroon, Lusaka in Zambia, Ndjamena in Chad, and Kampala in Uganda.

BPV Legal Tax & IP LAWFIRM DRC offers full service solutions to our domestic and international clients. Our approach to work that focused on understanding clients’ business and anticipating their legal present and future needs and provide pragmatic and commercial solutions. 

BPV Legal Tax & IP LAWFIRM DRC offer high quality and low cost of services specially tailored to the needs of our clients.

LEGAL STATEGIC RISK MANAGEMENT

COMPANY LAW AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

CORPORATE FINANCE LAW

INVESTMENT LAW

FINANCE AND BANKING LAW

INSURANCE LAW

FOOD, DRUGS, HEALTHS, LIFE SCIENCES

STATE CONTRACTS, INFRASTRUCTURES, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTRNERSHIP(PPP)

IMMIGRATION LAW

ENERGY LAW

NATURAL RESOURCES LAW

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

LITIGATION, MEDIATION AND ARBITIATION

INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW, WTO AND CUSTOMS LAW

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT LAW

ENTERTAINMENT

SPORTS LAW

ANTITRUST / COMPETITION LAW

TAX LAW

INSOLVENCY /BANKRUPTCY / RESTRUCTURATION LAW

LABOR LAW AND SOCIAL SECURITY

CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

TRANSPORTATION AND MARITIME LAW

FAMILY LAW AND SUCCESSION LAW

ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING

BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS

PATENT

Filing patent

Patenting process

PCT and Foreign Applications

Assessment of patentability

Enforcement

Patent Infringement

Patent Validity

Patent Licenses

Procurement

Merger & Acquisition

Prosecution and Defense

Appeals

UTILITY MODEL

Searching

Application and registration

Enforcement

Licensing

Assignement and transfers

Due diligence for Merger, Acquisition and Divestituting

Defending

Portfolio Management

TRADE SECRET

Non-Disclosure Agreements and Confidentiality Agreements

Non-compete Agreements

Non-compete /Trade Secret Litigation

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Application and registration

Enforcement

Licensing

Assignement and transfers

Due diligence for Merger, Acquisition and Diverstituting

Defending

Portfolio Management

TRADEMARK

DOMAIN NAME

GEOGRAPHIC INDICATIONS

TRADE NAME

Searching

Filing application for registration

 Infringement Oppositions and Cancellations

Anti-Counterfeiting and Grey-Market Goods and services

 Market investigations

Prosecution and Defense of Claims of Trademark Infringement

Portfolio management

Unfair competition and false advertising

COPYRIGTHS

Searching and clearance

Applications and registrations

Enforcement

Licensing

Due diligence for Merger, Acquisition and Divestituting

Defending

Appeal

Portfolio Management

CONTRACTS AND LICENSING 

Patent, Trademark and Copyrigths agreements

Technology Transfers,

Licensing agreements

Joint-venture Agreements 

Non-disclosure and confidentiality Agreements

Distribution supply and manucfaturing Agreements

Joint developement agreement

Outsourcing agreement

Corporate mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, bankruptcies, joint ventures, and securitizations

Professional services and consulting Agreement

LITIGATION

IP litigation before courts of  Demoractic Republic of Congo

Patente litigation

Trademark Litigation

Copyrights litigation

Licensing Litigation

Trade secret litigation

Unfair competition and  False Advertising litigation

Portfolio management

Arbitration and Mediation

INTERNET AND COMPUTER

Data Privacy Policy and Compliance

Terms of Service Agreements

Software Licensing

Electronic communication: internet issues (e- commerce, e-reputation, marketing) and regulatory advice

Dematerialization matters: electronic signature, archiving, record-keeping

It services matters and agreements: cloud computing, outsourcing It, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), integration system agreement, software licensing all aspects of copyright, related rights, trade mark protection and patents

DATA PROTECTION AND PRIVACY

Corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity transactions, which require specialist it input.

Compliance With data protection laws

Collection and use of personal data

Export of personal data to countries outside

Direct marketing activities

Electronic commerce

Consumer protection laws (distance selling, consumer rights etc)

Electronic signatures

Cybercrime

PRIVACY & DATA SECURITY

Interactive Advertising

Software & Technology

E-Commerce

Interactive Development & Operations

Interactive Entertainment

Advertising

Marketing

Promotions

Sponsorships

Multiplatform Media

Regulatory

Talent Agreements

Public Relations

Digital Media

Motion Pictures, Television and Radio

Music

Publishing

Branded Entertainment

Sports

MOTION PICTURES, TELEVISION AND RADIO

Program syndication, foreign distribution, foreign and domestic co-production, and joint ventures for program production and distribution

Financing, production and global distribution of documentary motion picture

Licensing and production arrangements for live-action and animated programs that are produced exclusively for internet and mobile media distribution

Acquisition and sales of motion picture, television and other rights and options related to literary properties and life stories

Contractual issues for deals with writers, performers, directors and composers

Copyright, privacy and defamation

Character, copyright and trademark licensing

Pre-broadcast review and advice to broadcast and producers on the rights of privacy, publicity, copyright, trademark and libel law

Live event programming, including sponsorship and other cross-promotional arrangements

MUSIC

Joint marketing and sponsorship agreements

Artiste services and production agreements

Artiste representation agreements

Music synchronization and master recording licensing agreements

Copyright, trademark and endorsement issues

Expert musicologist testimony and advice

PUBLISHING

Promotion, marketing and advertising issues for new titles

Consumer product safety reviews and representation

Charitable industry and initiative tie-ins

Author and publishing agreements

LITIGATION

Cross-promotion media arrangements

Trademark counsel matters

Pre-publication review and advice to publishers on the rights of privacy, publicity, copyright, trademark and libel law

Major author representation in all media-related matters

• Publishing and electronic rights agreements