curriculum vitae

ECTA
European Communities Trade Mark Association
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26 Annual Meeting in DEAUVILLE
Alexis Ewbank
Date and place of birth:
Nationality:
Civil Status:
August, 14, 1966
Belgian
Married
Address (phone/fax/e-mail): Rue C. Lemonnier, 1, B-1050 Brussels (Belgium)
Ph.: + 32 (0)346 92 17 - Fax: + 32 (0)346 92 48
[email protected]
Present Position: Partner (EWBANK-DE SOETE)
Years of professional experience: 15
Key qualifications :
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As a lawyer
Description
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Advising and representing Belgian and foreign individuals or companies
before the Belgian Courts with respect to:
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Advising for actions and strategies in the fields of creation (e.g. music,
plastic arts, applied arts), innovation (trade and industry) or knowledge
management
As a lecturer
Description
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Trademark, Design and Model or Patent applications
As a consultant
Description
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Intellectual Property Law (copyright, trademarks, patents, design and
models, publicy and privacy rights, entertainment law, databases, …)
Unfair trade practices
Press and media law
Company law
General commercial law (e.g. debt recovery, lease of commercial
premises)
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Giving speeches or lectures in symposiums or seminars in law
As an author
Description
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Writing and publishing articles and books in IP or IT Law
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Publications and Seminars (i.a.):
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Repeatedly solicited for interviews by Belgian press as IP-IT law specialist
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« Droits intellectuels et droits connexes » (Handbook, 2004, Kluwer) ;
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« Les pratiques du commerce » (Handbook, 2002 + 2003, Kluwer) ;
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« Les risques juridiques liés à la propriété intellectuelle sur internet » (Symposium, 2002,
SRBII)
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« Manuel de l'e-entrepreneur » (Book, 2001, Kluwer);
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« Le droit d’auteur : le point de vue des éditeurs » (U.I.A. Congress, Turin, 2001)
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« Le nom de domaine, un signe distinctif ! » (Article, Guest author, 2001, Question-Mark),
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« Aspects juridiques de l’e-commerce » (Symposium, 2000, Gondola – C.A.S.)
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« Le droit de reprographie » (U.I.A. Congress, Nice, 1998)
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« Sociétés – Direction et Gestion » (Writing of articles + edition committee, 1997, Kluwer)
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« Les aspects juridiques du multimédia » (Lectures, St Louis infographie, 1996).
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Membership of Professional Bodies:
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Member of the Brussels Bar (Belgium) (skills : Intellectual Property, Unfair Practices,
Information technology, Privacy, Press and Media Law)
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President of the Commission of European Media Law for the Brussels Bar Association
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Member of the Benelux Trademarks and Models Law Association (BMM)
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Member of the Belgian Copyright Association (ABA) and the Association Littéraire
Artistique Internationale (ALAI)
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Member of the International Association of Copyright Lawyers (AIADA)
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