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Born in Wilrijk, 1982, Admitted, 2007, Brussels.
Education: University of Leuven (Lic. Jur., 2006); Institut d'Etudes Juridiques Européennes, Liège (LLM/DEA in Intellectual Property and EC Competition Law, 2007).
Languages: Dutch, French and English.
Professional activities:
- Member of BMM
- Member of AIPPI
- Accredited Third-Party Decider for .BE domain name disputes, Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (CEPINA)
Recent publications:
- “De toepassing van artikel 69 EOV na het Liposuctie-arrest: is het vet van de soep?” (“The application of Article 69 EPC after the Liposuction ruling: has the fat hit the fire?”), IRDI 2012, 241 (co-author)
- "Papieren tijgers in het octrooirecht" (Paper tigers in patentlaw"), TBH 2011/05, 470
- "Post-expiry saisie-contrefacon: Belgium and France diverge", JIPLP 2011/03
- "Two different outcomes in cases involving descriptive word combinasions" World trademark review 25 January 2011
- “From (a) to (b): use of a similar sign in keyword advertising”, JIPLP 2010/8, 548
- “In het kielzog van Bellure: inbreuk op bekende merken in de Benelux”, ("overview of Benelux case law in respect to trade marks with a reputation since the European Court of Justice’s ruling in case C-487/07") Bull BMM 2010/01, 46 (With P. Maeyaert)
- “Het verbod op toegevoegde materie in het octrooirecht” (Prohibition on added subject matter in European patent law), IRDI 2010/1, 17
- “Competition and collecting societies: switch the channel, change the royalty rate?”, JIPLP 2009/05, 319
- “Trade marks are not toys: no Community shape mark for Lego”, JIPLP 2009/04, 235
- “Collecting societies collide over pan-European online music licensing”, JIPLP 2008/12, 758
- “Don’t shoot the messenger: the ISP at the intersection”, JIPLP 2008/3, 356
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