Peter Van Dyck
Partner
Brussels
Peter Van Dyck
Partner
Brussels
Contact details
Peter is head of our Belgian IP/IT practice. He specialises in intellectual property rights, information technology and data protection, and has a particular focus on the interface of IP law and technology.
He assists both global and local clients in strategic transactional matters, including license agreements, R&D agreements, collaboration agreements and outsourcing transactions, as well as in multi-jurisdictional strategic GDPR projects. In addition, Peter has more than 20 years’ experience of representing clients in IP litigation cases (including patent, trademark, copyright and design infringement proceedings), having been involved in several high-profile landmark IP cases.
Peter's views are often sought by Belgian and international press on various topics and trends in his area of expertise. He is a frequent speaker at Belgian and international conferences on related topics such as technology law, GDPR, blockchain, AI and IP transactions, and has lectured on IP and marketing law at the KULeuven University since 2006.
Expertise
Practices
Sectors
Qualifications
Professional
Stagiair, Belgium, 2003
Admitted as lawyer, Belgium, 2007
Academic
LLM, Intellectual Property, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London, 2003
Law Degree, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL), 2002
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Experience highlights
Assisting a global pharmaceutical and healthcare company in a cross-jurisdictional patent litigation (including preliminary injunction proceedings) against a competitor in relation to an alleged infringement of patent and trade secret rights.
Advising a multinational technology company in proceedings before the ECJ, on the liability of internet platforms for trade mark infringing products offered for sale on such platforms by third parties.
Advising a global FMCG company on the impact of the DSA on its ongoing relationships with IT suppliers and a number of our client’s e-commerce platforms.
Advising a leading IT consultancy on a global privacy framework agreement, which aims to govern all cross-border data flows via our client’s businesses, clients or joint ventures in jurisdictions across the world. We advised on the data protection & privacy aspects of the agreement.
Expertise
Practices
Sectors
Qualifications
Professional
Stagiair, Belgium, 2003
Admitted as lawyer, Belgium, 2007
Academic
LLM, Intellectual Property, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London, 2003
Law Degree, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL), 2002
Published work
- VAN DYCK, P. and CARMELIET, T., "It’s time to amend the Enforcement Directive to ensure all EU Member States provide for declarations of non-infringement of EUTMs and Community designs." (ed. STONE, D. & POTTS, B.), Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 14, Issue 10, October 2019, Pages 754–760.
- VAN DYCK, P. and CAILLOL, C., "Belgium", chapter in "Global Investigations Review: Data Privacy & Transfer in Investigations ", London, Legal Business Research, 2018.
- In addition, Peter frequently contributes to articles in the press to share his views on data protection and technology topics. In the past years, Peter was quoted on these topics in more than 20 publications. This includes interviews by international publications such as Bloomberg and Politico as well as the major Belgian newspapers and magazines such as De Tijd and Trends.
Pro-bono experience
- Advising a large international humanitarian organisation on the contractual and data protection aspects in relation to the development of, and the terms and conditions used for, an app.
- Advising a European non-profit organisation which deals with missing children in relation to various matters, including a dispute with a software supplier relating to an app for migrant children.
- Advising a charity organisation which provides supplementary education to children from disadvantaged neighbourhoods in relation to achieving compliance with the GDPR, including in relation to the organisation’s mailing databases.
Recognition
Next generation lawyer
LEGAL 500, 2017
effective and expert knowledge,” adding: “He keeps both feet on the ground and is a pleasure to work with.
Chambers Europe 2018
Rights holders in the IT and telecoms sectors could not ask for a better champion than recently promoted partner Peter Van Dyck. His rapid ascent is testament to his skill in complex international mandates.
IAM PATENT 1000, 2018
