2021
18 February – “Brexit: Impacts for IP, Trade and Commercialisation Agreements”
This online session was the first of what we hope will be a series of three, looking at the impact of the final Brexit Treaty, the “Trade And Cooperation Agreement between The European Union … and … the United Kingdom” from an Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Data perspective. The first session will concentrate on what Brexit means for the historical interpretation of existing Intellectual Property licensing agreements, as well as future licensing agreements organised by LES France, LES Britain & Ireland and LES Benelux.
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2020
18 November – Software Specific Challenges in Licensing
- Open Source Issues, Maurits Westerik, Coupry Advocaten and Bert Hubert, Den Haag
- Licensing (big) data, Robert Harrison and Killian Müller, Sonnenberg Harrison Partnerschaft mbB, Munich
- Export control issues in transferring data, Polo van der Putt, Vondst, Amsterdam
22 October – Trademarks in the Benelux and in the UK after Brexit
- Lee Curtis, partner at HGF Ltd., Brexit: trade marks and designs need to knows
- Tineke Van Hoey, lawyer at BOIP, An insight in the Benelux trademark and some practicalities
17 September AGM and presentations on recent devlopments
- Alain Strowel, partner Pierstone, Prof. UCLouvain, Recent EU tech developments (platform regulation and data strategy);
- Claudia Zeri, BarentsKrans, Recent changes i.e. Patent lawsuit
30 June Virtual Meeting on Force Majeure in IP and Technology Licenses, outsourcing and R&D agreements
The 2nd LES Benelux virtual meeting on “Force Majeure in IP and Technology Licenses, outsourcing and R&D agreements” has been held Tuesday 30 June. Mr. Richard Klieman, Solicitor (UK) / Avocat (FR) at Vasco Lawyers and former legal Director Europe at Applied Materials and Mr. Keith Chanroo, VP IP & Licensing at IMEC started a conversation among all LES Benelux members regarding Force Majeure with a practical case. Mr. Hannes Abraham, Senior Associate at Pierstone Brussels, Belgium, Mr. Jurriaan Jansen, Partner at Norton Rose Fulbright, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Mr. Vincent Wellens, Partner at NautaDutilh Luxembourg will add some specificities per jurisdiction.
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14 May Virtual Meeting on IPR Regimes in Current Days of Crisis
IPR Regimes in Current Days of Crisis: Can the Traditional IPR Ownership and Control of IPR be Harnessed to Foster Faster Solutions? Mr. Christophe Verbruggen, Director – Legal Affairs R&D EMEA of Janssen Pharmaceuticals (J&J) in Belgium, had a conversation with LES Benelux members regarding licensing activities, in particular in collaborations between Academia and industry partners, but also among industry partners directly. Please find his presentation here
2019
6 November Complex Clauses in The Hague, The Netherlands
20 June Lessons learned from life sciences and AGM in Brussels, Belgium
21 March Remembrance Meeting Florent Gevers in Brussels, Belgium
2018
14 November Complex Clauses in The Hague, The Netherlands
4 October UPC UP and BREXIT – Harmony and Discord in The Hague, The Netherlands
12 June Digital Disruption and AGM in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
6 March GDPR and IP: how it will affect your (business) practices on IP in Brussels, Belgium
Programs of meetings before 2018:
- 20170125 LES Benelux_Program Cross-border effect Patent law and export compliance Rotterdam
- 20170308 LES Benelux_Program IP Licensing in Mobile Apps Leuven
- 20170615 LES Benelux_Program Hot Topics in Licensing Rotterdam
- 20171115 LES Benelux_Program Complex Clauses Leuven
- 20160421 LES Benelux Program IP and Tax Luxembourg
- 20160907 LES Benelux_Program IP Valuation in context Brussels
- 20161109 LES Benelux_Program Complex Licensing challenges Brussels
- 20150210 LES Benelux_Program Patenting and licensing life-forms Liege
- 20151210 LES Benelux_Program IP Licensingin Mobile Apps Leuven
- 20140318 LES Benelux Program Does Innovation need IP Brussels
- 20140424 LES Benelux Program IP, Tax – Optimisation and Monetisation in the EU Luxembourg
- 20140619 LES Benelux Program Arbitration and ADR Rotterdam
- 20140923 LES Benelux Program Bridging the Gap Leiden
- 20131003 LES Benelux Program Alliance Management Rotterdam
- 20121011 LES Benelux Program Influence of IP in health development Liege
- 20120607 LES Benelux Program Modern Licensing Practice Rotterdam
Please do not hesitate to contact the secretariat if you are looking for one of the presentations given during these meetings.