Bart Lieben

Bart Lieben is a partner with the law firm of Laga.

Bart specialises in (international) Commercial Law, with a particular focus on Intellectual Property Law, Technology, Media and Telecommunications Law. He represents clients in protecting, managing and enforcing their intellectual property rights, including transactional matters, such as distribution, agency, licensing, technology transfer, software development, outsourcing and service level agreements.

In his former position (with PricewaterhouseCoopers), he was the European Project Coordinator and subject-matter expert for the sunrise validation projects that have been conducted in the context of the launch of the .eu and .mobi top-level domains. These projects are generally considered to be the largest IP audits that have ever taken place. Since 2007, Bart has directed the intellectual property verification projects for the DotAsia Organization (.ASIA) in Hong Kong, doMEn (.ME) in Montenegro, and SIDN (.NL) in the Netherlands.

He is also acting as an advisor to the United Nations and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on certain information technology and intellectual property issues.

Bart holds a Law Degree (1998) and a Master in Business Law from the University of Antwerp (2001), a Master degrees in Intellectual Property Law (1999) and Corporate Law (2000) from the Catholic University of Louvain (KULeuven) and the Catholic University of Brussels (KUBrussel). He is a researcher at the Law Faculty of the University of Antwerp and the Brussels-based Institute for European Studies. He teaches on a regular basis at the University of Antwerp, the Karel De Grote-Hogeschool and the University of Alicante (Magister Lvcentinvs) on intellectual property matters, more in particular technology transfer, the legal aspects of ICT, domain name dispute avoidance and dispute resolution.

He is also a regular speaker at various national and international conferences and seminars.

Bart Lieben’s Specialties:

International commercial law, with focus on intellectual property, technology, media and telecommunications law.

Bart Lieben’s Experience

Lecturer

Karel de Grote Hogeschool

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

September 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

Lecturing on Information Technology Law (intellectual property law, licensing, legal aspects of information society, data protection, contracting, etc.)
Lawyer

Laga

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Legal Services industry)

January 2007 — Present (3 years )

- Advising clients on intellectual property rights (trademarks, patents, copyrights, ...)
- Drafting technology transfer agreements;
- Performing intellectual property audits.
Professor, Patent, Technology Transfer & Information Society Law

University of Alicante, Master in Intellectual Property & Information Society Law

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

December 2005 — Present (4 years 1 month)

Lectures on Patent Law, Technology Transfer, Domain Name Dispute Avoidance and Dispute Resolution, Liability of Internet Service Providers
Research Fellow

University of Antwerp

(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Research industry)

April 1999 — Present (10 years 9 months)

Performing research on intellectual property rights, and more in particular technology transfer (patent, know-how and software licensing)
Research Fellow

Institute for European Studies

(Public Company; iesc; Construction industry)

September 2000 — July 2008 (7 years 11 months)

Performing research on Europeanization of intellectual property rights
Senior Legal Counsel

PricewaterhouseCoopers

(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Legal Services industry)

August 1998 — December 2006 (8 years 5 months)

Bart Lieben’s Education

Universiteit Antwerpen

Master in Business Law , 2000 — 2001
Katholieke Universiteit Brussel

Master in Corporate Law , Corporate Law , 1999 — 2000
Katholieke Universiteit Brussel

Master in Intellectual Property Law , Intellectual Property Law , 1998 — 1999
Universiteit Antwerpen

Law , Intellectual Property Law, Commercial & Corporate Law , 1993 — 1998

Additional Information

Bart Lieben’s Websites:

Bart Lieben’s Interests:

intellectual property (trademarks, patents, copyright), new technology, domain names, technology transfer

Bart Lieben’s Groups:

International Trademark Association (INTA), CEPINA, ICANN

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) employees and alumni
Innovation People Expert Innovators Creative Network
Technology Transfer
Front End of Innovation
Patents - Intellectual Property
----- The Startups & Societal Ventures Network ----- Innovating more effectively
Global Private Equity & Venture Capital
LinkedICANN
KUB Alumni
Shared Services and Outsourcing Network (SSON)
Patent and Intellectual Property Practitioners
International Trademark Association (INTA)
Universiteit Antwerpen - University of Antwerp
IP Lawyers
Licensing professionals in life science industry
Anti-Counterfeiting / Anti-Piracy Professionals
LEGAL! Interim Managers
Intellectual Property Professionals
Alumni Universiteit Antwerpen
Law and Legal Open Networkers
Intellectual Property Services
Branding Professionals
Pharmaceutical & Biotech Licensing & Business Network
IP Litigation
Domain Name Professionals
Laga
Deloitte - Sales, Marketing & Business Development (SM&BD)
NameSmash
MARQUES
Top Level Domains
Deloitte Innovation Center of Excellence
Intellectuele Eigendom