Philippe Laurent

Lawyer at the Brussels Bar – specialist in Intellectual Property law & in ICT law

Counsel – Marx Van Ranst Vermeersch & Partners

Trainer in ICT, IP and Commercial law – legalict.be

Expert Marchés à l’international agréé par l’AWEX (EMI)

Lawyer at the Brussels Bar since 2003.

Intellectual Property (copyrights, trademarks, designs, patents, database rights, trade secrets,…)

Information Technology law matters (data protection, privacy, online contracting, E-commerce, E-marketing, outsourcing, cloud computing, domain names…)

Commercial law matters, including any forms of distribution (exclusive distributorship, agency, franchising agreements,…), promotion and advertisement of goods and services, trade practices and consumer protection compliance.

Between 2003 and 2013 : researcher at the Research Centre – Information, Law & Society (CRIDS) and assistant at the University of Namur.

Between 2010 and 2014 : alternate member of the copyrights and neighbouring rights section of the Intellectual Property Council of the Belgian Ministry of Economy (SPF Economie).

Appointed by the CEPANI as Third-Party Decider for “.be” domain name disputes. Assisting and representing clients in domain name disputes and arbitrations.