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  • Arbitrage als (nieuwe) norm in ondernemingsgeschillen, Intersentia 2020, May 15, 2020. Speaker: Flip Petillion. 

  • Lecture on Domains and Domain Names at the Master of Intellectual Property and ICT Law Program of the Leuven, December 12, 2019. Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • The Future of Arbitration - Identifying processes that could usefully be adopted in international commercial arbitration, ICCA 2018, Sydney, April 17, 2018. Speaker: Flip Petillion. 

  • Alternatieve geschillenbeslechting in IE-geschillen, Essenscia, Gent, March 27, 2018. Speaker: Flip Petillion. 

  • Modes alternatifs de résolution de conflits en matière de propriété intellectuelle​, Essenscia, Louvain-la-Neuve, March 6, 2018. Speaker: Flip Petillion. 

  • Lecture on Domains and Domain Names at the Master of Intellectual Property and ICT Law Program of the Leuven, December 8, 2018. Speaker: Flip Petillion. 

  • “Arbitrage als alternatief voor het oplossen van geschillen over intellectuele rechten”. Studiedag Larcier: “Handhaving van Intellectuele Rechten in België - 10 jaar implementatie van de Europese Richtlijn 2004/48. Respect des Droits Intellectuels en Belgique - 10 ans depuis la transposition de la directive européenne 2004/48”, Larcier (2017). Speaker: Flip Petillion. 

  • Lecture on Trademarks, Domains and Domain Names at the Master of Intellectual Property and ICT Law Program of the KU Leuven, December 21, 2017. Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “The role of arbitration in the settlement of intellectual property disputes as an alternative to court litigation”, Larcier conference on the status of the implementation of IP Enforcement Directive 2004/48/EC in Belgium, December 14, 2017, Dworp, Belgium. Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • President of the day, Larcier conference on the status of the implementation of IP Enforcement Directive 2004/48/EC in Belgium, December 14, 2017, Dworp, Belgium. Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “Trademarks and Domain Name Dispute Resolution”, BBMM Beroepsopleiding, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (October 6, 2017). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • ICANN Webinar on Geo Names in new gTLDs, April 2017. Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • IP presentation at Contrast Legal Seminar, February 9, 2017, Brussels, Belgium. Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • Lecture on Trademarks, Domains and Domain Names at the Master of Intellectual Property and ICT Law Program of the KU Leuven, December 8, 2016. Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “Trademarks and Domain Name Dispute Resolution”, BBMM Beroepsopleiding, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (October 21, 2016). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “The Constitution of the Arbitration Panel”, ABAS-AIA, Brussels Belgium (October 18, 2016). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “Overview of the Independent Reviews Processes initiated against ICANN”, ECTA, June 22-25, 2016, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Speaker: Flip Petillion. 

  • “Internet Governance”, National CLE Conference, Vail, Colorado (January 6-10, 2016). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “Evidence in International Arbitration”, AIA, Brussels Belgium (December 9, 2015). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “The Constitution of an Arbitration Panel”, AIA, Brussels Belgium (December 8, 2015). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  •  “International Arbitration Seminar”, C&M, Brussels, Belgium (October 30, 2015): Organizer, Chair and Speaker: Flip Petillion. 

  • “Trademarks and Domain Name Dispute Resolution”, BBMM Beroepsopleiding, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (October 23, 2015). Speaker: Flip Petillion. 

  • “Damages in International Arbitration – Any different than in Courts?”, Fourth Annual Damages in International Arbitration, Vienna, Austria (October 2, 2015). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “International Arbitration Seminar”, C&M, Brussels, Belgium (June 18, 2015): Organizer, Chair and Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “The Art of Judging Trademark Cases. Judges Roundtable”, C5’s Trademark Litigation Forum, Brussels, Belgium (January 29, 2015). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “The Constitution of an Arbitration Panel”, AIA, Brussels Belgium (November 25, 2014). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “Trademarks and Domain Name Dispute Resolution”, BBMM Beroepsopleiding, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (April 4, 2014). Speaker: Flip Petillion. 

  • “Omvang van de geschillenbeslechting in de postsector,” Informatiedag BIPT (February 6, 2014). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “License Termination and Contract Re-Negotiation: Deciding Whether to Save a Deal Gone Bad or Walk Away From the Contract,” ACI 17th Annual Conference - Software Agreements - Cloud, SaaS, Open Source & Licensing, San Francisco, CA (November 4-6, 2013). Speakers: Flip Petillion and Brian Di Silvestro (EMC Corporation).

  • ICC webinar explains gTLD process for trademark holders (Paris, June 12, 2013). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “Fluid Marks: Consistency Is Key - Or Is It?” International Trademark Association (INTA) Annual Meeting 2013, Dallas, Texas, USA (May 6, 2013). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “Aanspraken op het Internet” [Claims on the Internet], 20th Alumni day of Leuven University, Leuven, Belgium (March 8, 2013). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “Copyrights and Public Libraries,” Provinciaal Steunpunt Limburgse Bibliotheken (October 26, 2012). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “The Status of the New gTLD Applications,” Panelists of WIPO Annual Meeting (October 22, 2012). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “ADR for Trademark Infringements with Domain Names,” the Benelux Beroepsopleiding Merken en Modellengemachtigden (October 5, 2012). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “Exhaustion of Rights and Legitimate Reasons, Balancing the Interests of Consumers, TM Holders and the Market,” Marques 26th Annual Conference, Trade Marks: Sign of The Times, Athens, Greece(September 20, 2012). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “Challenges in the Extended Internet: How to Defend Your Interests and Addressing the Competition in the New gTLDs, Whether You Applied or Not,” ICC / Cepani Seminar (June 22, 2012). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “Le droit de l'Internet: Points D'actualité,” [Actua in Internet Law], Brussels, Belgium (December 8, 2011). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “De Actualiteiten Inzake Het Internetrecht,” [Actua in Internet Law], Berchem, Belgium (November 30, 2011). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • ICC seminar addresses top level domain names (Paris, September 1, 2011). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “The Changing Domain Name Landscape and New gTLDS, Avoiding and countering trademark abuse and infringement,” ICC, Paris (September 30, 2011). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “Update IP/IT,” IBJ-IJE Seminar, Brussels, Belgium (September 22, 2011). Co-Presenters: Flip Petillion, Jan Janssen and Christian Dekoninck.

  • “Le Programme des Nouveaux gTLDs après Singapour,” [The program of the new gTLDs after Singapore], AFNIC webinar (June 28, 2011). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “Brussels, Wegwijs in IR,” Kluwer (May 26, 2011). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “Le droit de l'Internet: points d'actualité,” [Actua in Internet Law], Brussels, Belgium (May 5, 2011). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “Nieuwe Top-Level Domains,” Actua Intellectuele eigendomsrechten, [Actua Intellectual Property], Kluwer, La Hulpe (February 24, 2011). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “De actualiteiten inzake het Internetrecht,” [Actua in Internet Law], Berchem, Belgium (February 10, 2011). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “Managing Electronic Information: Legal Risks Involving the U.S., EC, Hackers and Leakers,” IBJ-IJE Seminar, Brussels, Belgium (February 8, 2011). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • The Benelux Association for Trademark Law and Design (BMM) Fall Meeting 2010, Spa, Belgium(November 18-19, 2010). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • WIPO-KOWI Workshop on Negotiating International R&D and Technology Transfer Contracts – Intellectual Property Rights, Valuation and Dispute Resolution, Brussels, Belgium (November 12, 2010). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “Use of trade marks in hosting sites: Infringement by users and Liability of Intermediaries - pending developments and practical tips for policy makers,” MARQUES 24th Annual Conference - MARQUES Reloaded - An Update on Hot Topics, Berlin, Germany (September 14-17, 2010). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “Actua Bankruptcy,” Kluwer, Brussels, Belgium (August 24, 2010). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “Intellectuele eigendomsrechten in een onderneming,” [Intellectual Property in an enterprise], Kluwer, Brussels (May 27, 2010). Speakers: Flip Petillion and Jan Janssen.

  • “Overcoming unique challenges of international technology licensing,” American Conference Institute (ACI) 2nd Advanced Legal Forum on Technology Lincesing Agreements, Washington, DC (March 23, 2010). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “Update IP/IT,” IBJ-IJE Seminar, Brussels, Belgium (February 5, 2010). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “A multidisciplinary glimpse of license agreements,” IBJ-IJE Seminar, Brussels, Belgium (September 17, 2009). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “Increase the effectiveness of mediation in an IP dispute - How well can we prepare our parties to be?”, International Trademark Association (INTA) Annual Meeting 2009 (May 17, 2009). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • “New Developments in Belgian Law on Anton Pillar Procedures,” Belgian Chamber for IT Expert Witnesses, Brussels (May 14, 2009). Speaker: Flip Petillion.

  • De nieuwe wet op de gerechtelijke expertise in de IT sector (May 14, 2009). Speaker: Flip Petillion

  • “Virtual Worlds' Initiatives to fight IP infringement,” MARQUES 22nd Annual Conference - Brands Out of the Box, Noordwijk, The Netherlands (September 16-19, 2008). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “Wegwijs in IP” [an introduction to IP law], Kluwer, Edegem, Belgium (June 3, 2008). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “Wegwijs in IP” [an introduction to IP law], Belgavoka, Ukkel, Belgium (March 2, 2007). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “Escrow: juridische analyse” [an analysis of pros and cons of software escrow agreements], Belcliv, VBO, Belgium (February 8, 2006). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “Juridisch kader van de bank op afstand: van e-banking tot m-banking”, [Legal framework of distant banking: from e-Banking to m-banking], EFE conference (November 2000). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “Legal aspects of e-Commerce”, BELTUG conference (November 2000). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “La négociation de contrats de télécommunication”, [Negotiating telecommunications contracts in the professional sector], KLUWER conference, Wavre, Belgium (June 19, 2000). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “Onderhandelen van telecommunicatie overeenkomsten in de professionele markt”, [Negotiating telecommunications contracts in the professional sector], KLUWER conference, Antwerp, Belgium (May 18, 2000). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “e-Banking: La relation entre le banquier et l'intermédiaire”, [e-Banking: The relation between the banker and the intermediary], EFE conference (April 2000). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “La négociation de contrats de télécommunication”, [Negotiating telecommunications contracts in the professional sector], BELTUG conference, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (December 15, 1999). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “Onderhandelen van telecommunicatie overeenkomsten in de professionele markt”, [Negotiating telecommunications contracts in the professional sector], BELTUG conference, Antwerp, Belgium (December 1, 1999). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “How will regulators deal with the enormous growth of e-commerce on the ground whilst the imperative for flexible and future-proof Internet regulation still requires further consideration?”, Vision in Business Conference, London (November 23-26, 1999). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “EU Interconnection Regulation”, Vision in Business Conference, Budapest, Hungary (June 22-24, 1999). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “Interconnection in Ireland”, Centre for EuroTelecomms' Irish Telecommunications Summit '99, Dublin, Ireland (March 29-31, 1999). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “Legal aspects of the Year 2000 problem in telecommunications”, Belgian Telecommunications Users Group Seminar – BELTUG Seminar on the Year 2000 and Telecommunications, Verbond van Belgische Ondernemingen – Fédération des Entreprises de Belgique [Association of Belgian Companies], Brussels (December 9, 1998). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “Interconnection and Access”, Benelux Telecoms Conference – SMI Conference on Deregulation, Licensing and Competition in the Benelux, Brussels (November 23-24, 1998). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “Les implications pratiques des accords d’Interconnexion”, [Practical implications of Interconnection agreements], Centre for EuroTelecomms – AIC Conference on Interconnection (“Tous les aspects de l’interconnexion – Enjeux stratégiques et commerciaux”), Paris (September 15-16, 1998). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • President at the IIR Conference on the Future of Voice, Voice over IP, Interconnection, Mobile Trends, Brussels (September 15-16, 1998). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “Developing Interconnect Agreements: Interpreting the Legal and Regulatory Framework”, Centre for EuroTelecomms' Switzerland Telecommunications Summit '98, Zurich (May 18-19, 1998). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “Legal aspects in a liberalised environment, Purchasing of Telecommunications in a liberalised market”, BELTUG Seminar, Brussels (December 5, 1997). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • Lecture on Belgian Telecommunications law, ICRI Telecommunications Law Course 1997-1998, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (October 16, 1997). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “Practical problems for the regulation of interconnection, A plea for a minimalistic approach”, IBC's Second Annual International Conference on Telecommunications and EC Competition Law – The dawn of a new area! – Full liberalisation January 1998, Brussels (September 18-19, 1997). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “Verkoop van consumentengoederen in België”, [Sale of consumer goods in Belgium], conferentie in verband met de ‘Verkoop van consumentengoederen (food/non food) in België’ [conference on 'The sale of consumer goods (food/non food) in Belgium'], FENEDEX – Federatie voor de Nederlandse Export [Federation for the Dutch Export] and the Dutch Chamber of Commerce for Belgium and Luxemburg, Utrecht, The Netherlands (March 21, 1996). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “Wettelijke aspecten van de verkoop van consumentengoederen”, [Legal aspects of the sale of consumer goods], conferentie in verband met de ‘Verkoop van consumentengoederen (food/non food) in België’ [conference on 'The sale of consumer goods (food/non food) in Belgium'], FENEDEX – Federatie voor de Nederlandse Export [Federation for the Dutch Export] and the Dutch Chamber of Commerce for Belgium and Luxemburg, Breda, The Netherlands (October 25, 1995). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “Kunstenaars en recht”, [Artists and the law], Rotary, Izegem, Belgium (June 1, 1995). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “Wettelijke aspecten van de verkoop van voedings- en genotmiddelen in België”, [Legal aspects of the sale of articles of food and stimulants in Belgium], conferentie in verband met de ‘Verkopen van voedings- en genotsmiddelen in België’ [conference on 'The sale of articles of food and stimulants in Belgium'], FENEDEX – Federatie voor de Nederlandse Export [Federation for the Dutch Export] and the Dutch Chamber of Commerce for Belgium and Luxemburg, Gilze, The Netherlands (May 31, 1994). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “Algemene voorwaarden in internationale overeenkomsten tussen Nederlandse en Belgische onderdanen vanuit Belgisch perspectief”, [General conditions in international contracts between Dutch and Belgian citizens from a Belgian point of view], conferentie in verband met ‘Het veiligstellen en incasseren van vorderingen in België’ [conference on 'Safeguarding and collecting claims in Belgium'], FENEDEX – Federatie voor de Nederlandse Export [Federation for the Dutch Export] and the Dutch Chamber of Commerce for Belgium and Luxemburg, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (October 7, 1993). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “Algemene Voorwaarden”, [General Conditions], conferentie in verband met ‘Zakendoen met België’ [conference on 'Dealding with Belgium'], FENEDEX – Federatie voor de Nederlandse Export [Federation for the Dutch Export] and the Dutch Chamber of Commerce for Belgium and Luxemburg, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (March 25, 1993). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “Intellectuele eigendomsrechten: merken”, [Intellectual property law: trade marks], conferentie in verband met ‘Zakendoen met België’ [conference on 'Dealding with Belgium'], FENEDEX – Federatie voor de Nederlandse Export [Federation for the Dutch Export] and the Dutch Chamber of Commerce for Belgium and Luxemburg, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (March 25, 1993). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

  • “Copyright protection of computer software in Europe”, conference on 'The Software Industry in the Single European Market', IIR (Institute for International Research Espana, SL), Madrid, Spain (October 8-9, 1992). Presenter: Flip Petillion.

 

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