Born in Wilrijk in 1978; Admitted, 2002, Brussels
Education: University of Antwerp (Lic. Jur., 2001); University of Lausanne, Switzerland (Erasmus Exchange Programme, 2000); University College London, UK (LL.M. in Intellectual Property, 2002); Research consultant at the Community Plant Variety Office
Languages: Dutch, French and English |
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Practice Areas: Intellectual Property (patents, trade marks, plant variety rights), Media & Entertainment Law, Pharmaceuticals
Selection of publications:
- “Supreme court refers issue of plant variety rights exhaustion”, published by the International Law Office on 14 June 2010.
- "SPCs and combination products – infringement issues", EPLAW Patent Blog, April 2010;
- "Good faith is no excuse" (on plant variety rights in the distribution chain), [2010] FloraCulture International - CIOPORA special 34; this article was also published by the International Law Office on 29 March 2010;
- "Van Pretoria tot Meise: de algemene bekendheid van het referentieras" (on reference varieties of common knowledge), [2008] I.R.D.I. 432;
- "Dien inbreuk en die roze" (on jurisdiction, infringement and compensation under the Community Plant Variety Rights Regulation 2100/94), [2008] ICIP-Ing. Cons. 855;
- "Evoluties in het octrooirecht - Overzicht van rechtspraak 2003-2006" ("Evolutions in patent law - Case law review 2003-2006"), [2007] T.B.H. 423;
- "De merkenrechtelijke status van transitgoederen: vogelvrij in niemandsland ?" ("The trade mark status of transit goods: free as a bird in nomansland ?"), commentary on ECJ, C-405/03, Class v Unilever a.o., [2005] I.R.D.I. 494;
- "Comparative advertising in Europe", in J. PHILLIPS (ed.), Trade mark law at the limits, Edward Elgar Publishing, London, 2006, Chapter II.6;
- "Patent infringements at international fairs - cross-border enforcement through Belgian summary proceedings", [2005] J.I.P.L.P. 13;
- "The Belgian torpedo: from self-propelled armament to jaded sandwich", [2005] E.I.P.R. 75;
- "The protection of Image Rights in Belgium", in I. BLACKSHAW and R. SIEKMANN (eds.), Sports Image Rights in Europe, TMC Asser Press, The Hague, 2005 (co-author);
- “Over de halfgewonnen strijd tegen verbleking en kleurenblindheid”, commentary on ECJ, C-104/01, Libertel v OHIM, [2003] I.R.D.I. 60.
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