Titles
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Attorney at law
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Managing Partner at PETILLION
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Member of the Council of the Brussels Bar (NOAB)
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Deputy Judge in the Court of Appeals of Brussels
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Former Deputy Member in the High Council of Justice
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Councilor of ICANN GNSO Council
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Arbitrator WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) – Participated at the preparation of WIPO’s Expert Determination Rules
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Arbitrator CEPANI (Belgian Center for Arbitration and Mediation, commercial litigations)
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Arbitrator SCIA (Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration)
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Arbitrator IFTA (Independent Film and Television Association)
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Arbitrator KLRCA (Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration)
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Panelist WIPO (gTLD Alternative Dispute Resolution)
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Panelist INTA (Trademark litigation)
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Panelist NAF (National Arbitration Forum (USA), gTLD Alternative Dispute Resolution)
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Panelist CEPANI (.be Alternative Dispute Resolution)
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Panelist CZECH ARBITRATION COURT (.eu Alternative Dispute Resolution)
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Panelist CZECH ARBITRATION COURT (gTLD Alternative Dispute Resolution)
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Panelist KLRCA
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Mediator
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Mediator KLRCA
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Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
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Member, IBA, International Bar Association
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Member, Arbitration Committee, IBA
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Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR Task Force on “Arbitration of Climate Change Related Disputes”
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Member, CEPANI Digitalisation of Arbitration Committee
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Member, CEPANI Domain Names Dispute Resolution Committee
Other activities:
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Founder and Chief Editor, Law Journal Rechtspraak Antwerpen Brussel Gent since 2002
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Responsible for the Intellectual Property section of Law Journal Rechtspraak Antwerpen Brussel Gent since 2007
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Responsible for the Information Technology section of Law Journal Rechtspraak Antwerpen Brussel Gent since 2018
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Member, Editorial Board, Trademarks & Brands Online (a WIPR publication)
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Member, Editorial Board, Law Journal Intellectuele Rechten - Droits Intellectuels since 2000
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Chief editor of the Domains and Domain Names edition of Getting The Deal Through since 2014
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Member, ICC Arbitration and ADR Committee
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Member, ICC IP Committee
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Member, ABA, American Bar Association
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Member, Professional Ethics Committee, IBA
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Member, Technology Law Committee, IBA
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Member, European Regional Forum, IBA
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Member, Marques, the Association of European Trade Mark Owners
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Member, Cyberspace team of Marques
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Member, Outer Border Comité of Marques (till 2015)
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Member, INTA, the International Trademark Association
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Member, Intellectual Property Owners Association
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Member, Belcliv, the Belgian Computer Security Club
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Member, Beltug, the Belgian Telecommunications Users Group
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Member, Licensing Executives Society
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Member, AIPPI, International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
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Member, ECTA, European Communities Trade Mark Association
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Member, BMM, Association Benelux pour le droit des Marques et Modèles
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Member, ABA, l’Association belge pour la protection du droit d’auteur
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Member, VMA, Vlaamse Management Associatie
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Member, De Warande
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President, Members' Council of De Warande (till 2015)
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Member of the Council of the Brussels Bar (2007-2008)
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Chair of the Interlaw IP IT Special Business Team (till 2008)
Academic presence:
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Lecturer at the EUIPO Education Programme, Allicante, Spain 2019-
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Lecturer at the Master of Intellectual Property and ICT Law Program of the KU Leuven 2016-
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Lecturer at the AIA Brussels Arbitration School 2014-
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Lecturer at the Beneluxstichting Beroepsopleiding Merken- en Modellengemachtigden (BBMM) [an association that is supervised by the Benelux Association of Trademark and Design Law (BMM) organizing post graduates for trademark attorneys] 2012-
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Assistant professor, Faculty of Law, K.U.Leuven University (International Law and Comparative Law) 1987-1991