Practice Areas
Fabienne specializes in copyright, media law and new technologies (software, databases, internet, AI…). She also works regularly in the field of trademark and design law. She advises on intellectual property rights in general and defends in particular the interests of right holders. She has conducted numerous high level proceedings, but also assists her clients in negotiating and drafting agreements, advising them on both the legal-technical and strategic aspects. Fabienne is a recognized CEPANI third-party decision-maker for domain name disputes and a recognized CEPANI mediator for ICT disputes.
In addition to her extensive practice, Fabienne is also a professor of intellectual property rights, media and ICT law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. She also teaches a course on Neighbouring Rights in the Manama IP/ICT at the KULeuven (campus Brussels).
Fabienne is an expert appointed to the “Council for Intellectual Property” (Copyright and Neighboring Rights Section, advisory body to the competent minister). She is the editor-in-chief of the specialized legal journal “Authors & Media”. She is also the Secretary General of the “Association Littéraire et Artistique Internationale” (ALAI) and Vice-President of the Belgian ALAI group (ABA-BVA). She is the author of numerous articles and books on copyright and is a regular speaker at national and international meetings.
