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 | 03.11.25
On February 27, 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued a ruling about the requirements on data controllers to respond to data
access requests regarding an automated decision-making system. In particular, the CJEU interpreted the meaning (under Article 15(1)(h) GDPR) of the phrase
“meaningful information about the logic involved” in automated decision-making. Importantly, the ruling also separately addressed how to balance data
access rights with the protection of the controller’s trade secrets, when the protection of trade secrets is invoked under Article 15(4) as a reason not to
disclose a copy of personal data in an access request.
Client Alert | 4 min read | 01.31.25
Publication | 01.28.25
Speaking Engagement | 12.03.24
“The impact of AI in the film industry,” Kortfilmfestival Leuven
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 | 03.11.25
On February 27, 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued a ruling about the requirements on data controllers to respond to data
access requests regarding an automated decision-making system. In particular, the CJEU interpreted the meaning (under Article 15(1)(h) GDPR) of the phrase
“meaningful information about the logic involved” in automated decision-making. Importantly, the ruling also separately addressed how to balance data
access rights with the protection of the controller’s trade secrets, when the protection of trade secrets is invoked under Article 15(4) as a reason not to
disclose a copy of personal data in an access request.
Client Alert | 4 min read | 01.31.25
Publication | 01.28.25
Speaking Engagement | 12.03.24
“The impact of AI in the film industry,” Kortfilmfestival Leuven
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
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 | 03.11.25
On February 27, 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued a ruling about the requirements on data controllers to respond to data
access requests regarding an automated decision-making system. In particular, the CJEU interpreted the meaning (under Article 15(1)(h) GDPR) of the phrase
“meaningful information about the logic involved” in automated decision-making. Importantly, the ruling also separately addressed how to balance data
access rights with the protection of the controller’s trade secrets, when the protection of trade secrets is invoked under Article 15(4) as a reason not to
disclose a copy of personal data in an access request.
Client Alert | 4 min read | 01.31.25
Publication | 01.28.25
Speaking Engagement | 12.03.24
“The impact of AI in the film industry,” Kortfilmfestival Leuven
