Sari Depreeuw
Overview
With in-depth knowledge of European and Belgian copyright, software, and data law, companies trust Sari Depreeuw with the drafting of forward-looking and complex contracts, strategic advice, and litigation. Clients in the tech, media, and entertainment sectors rely on Sari to protect their intellectual property and other immaterial assets.
Career & Education
- University of Namur, B.A., 1999
- Catholic University of Leuven, LL.M., cum laude, 2002
- Catholic University of Brussels / Catholic University of Leuven, LL.M., magna cum laude, intellectual property law, 2006
- Free University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Ph.D., copyright, 2011
- Belgium
- European Court
- Dutch
- English
- French
- German
Sari Depreeuw is always my go-to for any IP/IT legal advice.
— Legal 500, 2020
Sari's Insights
Client Alert | 6 min read | 10.29.24
On October 24, 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down its highly anticipated ruling in the Kwantum v. Vitra case (C-227/23). In short, the CJEU held that EU Member States must afford copyright protection for works of applied art (i.e., furniture, lighting, home appliances, etc.) that meet the originality-requirement, regardless of the country of origin of these works or the nationality of the author.
Webinar | 07.25.24
Speaking Engagement | 07.25.24
"The Evolving AI Legal and Policy Landscape: Mid-2024 Update," Crowell & Moring Webinar, 2024.
Representative Matters
- Provides regular assistance to a Belgian telecom operator and broadcaster in copyright matters.
- Represented a night club in litigation against a collective management organisation on licensing conditions and abuse of dominant position.
- Represented the Belgian government in a question concerning copyright and competition law before the Court of Justice of the European Union.
- Advised an internationally well-reputed Belgian gallery on the resale rights in an international context and revised the contracts accordingly.
- Assisted a sports league in the negotiation of contracts for the production and broadcast of the competition, using an AI-driven system of autonomous cameras.
- Provide regular assistance to a national sports association on the protection of intellectual property.
- Provide regular assistance to several international groups of consultants for outsourcing contracts (software, data) and software services (copyright, software and database rights, trade secrets)
- Give strategic advice as to a national federation of liberal professions on the design and launch of a data vault on digital property and intermediary liability.
- Provide regular assistance to software solutions provider active in the sector of autonomous vehicle (strategic collaboration contracts, protection of IP and trade secrets).
- Provide regular assistance to a provider of software solutions and trackers (IoT devices) in the logistics sector (strategic co-development and distribution contracts, protection of IP and trade secrets).
- Provide copyright and contractual advice to a startup offering an NFT-platform in graphic arts.
Sari's Insights
Client Alert | 6 min read | 10.29.24
On October 24, 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down its highly anticipated ruling in the Kwantum v. Vitra case (C-227/23). In short, the CJEU held that EU Member States must afford copyright protection for works of applied art (i.e., furniture, lighting, home appliances, etc.) that meet the originality-requirement, regardless of the country of origin of these works or the nationality of the author.
Webinar | 07.25.24
Speaking Engagement | 07.25.24
"The Evolving AI Legal and Policy Landscape: Mid-2024 Update," Crowell & Moring Webinar, 2024.
Insights
La dissonance légale de l’intelligence artificielle générative et le droit d’auteur
|2024
Les plateformes numériques et l’intelligence artificielle
The European Data Protection Supervisor Releases New Opinion on the EU’s Proposed AI Act
|11.27.23
IBJ/IJE Partnerblog
Copyright in the Metaverse: What Advertisers Need to Know
|05.24.23
Retail in the Metaverse and Beyond
Data Governance Act en Data Act: naar een nieuw datarecht? [Themanummer - EU digitale regelgeving]
|2023
Computerrrecht, 2023/3, pp. 181-187
Study on copyright and new technologies. Copyright data management and artificial intelligence
|2022
Publications Office of the European Union
AI, robots en auteurs: bescherming van creativiteit
|10.01.21
Computerrecht
AI-Powered Chatbots: Mythical Super Creature or Legal Trojan Horse
|06.02.23
Crowell & Moring’s Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
The EU Data Strategy: Part 4 – New Intermediaries to Facilitate DataSharing
|09.21.22
Crowell & Moring’s Data Law Insights
The EU Data Strategy: Part 3 – B2G and G2B Data Sharing
|09.14.22
Crowell & Moring’s Data Law Insights
The EU Data Strategy: Part 2 – Data Sharing in a Harmonized Playing Field
|09.07.22
Crowell & Moring’s Data Law Insights
The EU Data Strategy: Part 1 – A Complex Attempt to Unlock Data
|08.31.22
Crowell & Moring’s Data Law Insights
Practices
- Intellectual Property — Brussels Practice
- Technology, Media, and Telecommunications — Brussels Practice
- Dispute Resolution — Brussels Practice
- International Dispute Resolution
- Litigation and Trial
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- European IP Law
- Copyright Counseling and Litigation
- Brand Protection
- Brussels Practice
- Technology — Brussels Practice
- Intellectual Property
- Artificial Intelligence
Industries
Sari's Insights
Client Alert | 6 min read | 10.29.24
On October 24, 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down its highly anticipated ruling in the Kwantum v. Vitra case (C-227/23). In short, the CJEU held that EU Member States must afford copyright protection for works of applied art (i.e., furniture, lighting, home appliances, etc.) that meet the originality-requirement, regardless of the country of origin of these works or the nationality of the author.
Webinar | 07.25.24
Speaking Engagement | 07.25.24
"The Evolving AI Legal and Policy Landscape: Mid-2024 Update," Crowell & Moring Webinar, 2024.
