Mr Bernard Vanbrabant > Liedekerke > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile
Liedekerke Offices
BOULEVARD DE L'EMPEREUR 3 KEIZERSLAAN
PO-MBD-2023-154
1000 BRUSSELS
Belgium
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Mr Bernard Vanbrabant
Work Department
Intellectual Property, Trade Practices and Consumer Law
Position
Of Counsel
Career
Bernard Vanbrabant is a member of the Commercial and Litigation Practice Group. He specializes in Intellectual Property law and has gained considerable experience regarding copyright, database rights, designs, patents, trade secrets, trade marks, trade names and domain names, without neglecting the connected fields of contract law, distribution law and (unfair) competition law. His practice is geared towards litigation, legal advice and the drafting and review of contracts. In addition to dealing with traditional opposition proceedings, counterfeit cases and seizures in matter of counterfeit, Bernard has gained experience in complex litigation before the supreme courts at Belgian, Benelux and EU levels.
Bernard is also Professor at the University of Liège (ULg), where he teaches intellectual property law to law and engineering sciences students (see http://progcours.ulg.ac.be/cocoon/en/enseignant/U016785.html).
He has authored many publications on (intellectual) property and contract law, with a particular focus on licensing agreements and the links between IP law and civil law (property and contracts).
Languages
French, Dutch, English
Education
Bernard holds a Master Degree and a PhD in Law (ULg 1998, ULg 2013). He also holds an LL.M. in Economic law (ULg 2002) and in Intellectual Property law (Intellectuele Rechten/Droits intellectuels), organised jointly by the University of Leuven and the University of Brussels (KUL – HUB-KAHO 2003).
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Industry focus: Media and entertainment
Liedekerke‘s media and entertainment practice has a strong focus on IP, IT and data protection cases, with the firm handling a variety of advisory, contentious and transactional work at both a national and international level. The firm’s contentious work includes counterfeiting seizures, infringement actions and the implementation of border measures involving customs authorities. Etienne Kairis heads up the practice and frequently wins plaudits for his ability to develop and implement strategies for the protection of intellectual property. Sarah Van Den Brande frequently leverages her expertise in copyright, trade marks and designs to handle contentious work for the likes of the AGICOA group. Bernard Vanbrabant further extends the contentious IP expertise at the firm.
Belgium > Intellectual property
The ‘young, highly educated and extremely friendly’ team at Liedekerke handles advisory, transactional and contentious IP work. The team is notably experienced in soft IP matters, with additional strength in patent litigation. Etienne Kairis heads up the practice and is well positioned to plan and enforce domestic and cross-border strategies for IP protection. Sarah Van Den Brande frequently leverages her IP litigation experience to draft and negotiate IP and IT agreements. Bernard Vanbrabant is praised for his ‘outstanding academic merit’, while Myrtle Gevers is a key contact for advisory work in the IP space.
Comparative Guides
| Belgium: Intellectual Property | September 2023 | This country-specific Q&A provides an overview of Intellectual Property laws and regulations applicable in Belgium. |
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- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition: Belgian law
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- EU regulatory: Financial services
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Intellectual property
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- EU regulatory: Privacy and data protection
- Industry focus: Media and entertainment
- Industry focus: Transport
- Tax
- Private equity
- Insurance
- Industry focus: IT and telecoms