Mireille is active as an IP lawyer for more than 30 years. She is particularly recognized for her expertise in the field of patents, trademarks and copyright. She ranks amongst the best IP litigators in Belgium and has influenced IP legislation in Belgium, notably with a landmark case before the Constitutional Court.  Mireille has also an extensive experience in complex IP transactions and EU consortium agreements. She is also specialized in the legal aspects of artificial intelligence.

Mireille is a professor at the University of Brussels (ULB) and the University of Liège (ULg) and lectures at the Louvain School of Management (UCLouvain). She is the author of numerous books on IP law, including a treatise on patent law (2020). She is president of the Belgian Council for Intellectual Property and a member of the advisory board of the Prof. Mr. E.A. van Nieuwenhoven Helbach Foundation. Mireille is also a WIPO panelist for .com domain names.

Mireille speaks French, English, Dutch and German.

• Assisting a chemical company in a trade secret litigation (pending)

• Assisting a medical equipment manufacturer in the drafting and negotiation of a consortium agreement in the framework of EU funded research project

• Assisting a company active in building technologies in the framework of the negotiation of R&D contracts concerning a State funded consortium

• Assisting a major brewery in a copyright infringement litigation (pending)

• Successfully assisting Realco S.A., a manufacturer of enzymatic products, in a patent infringement litigation (decision commented in newspapers)

• Successfully assisting a bone cement manufacturer in a cross-border litigation concerning trade secrets infringement

• Successfully assisting a first tier French company in the field of energy transmission equipment in a cross-border patent litigation

• Successfully assisting Maisons du Monde in various copyright infringement cases

• Successfully assisting Mondelez in a trademark case leading to cancellation of a prominent shape trademark of the adverse party

• Successfully assisting Merck, the well-known pharmaceutical company, in a landmark case concerning patents against the Belgian State (decision commented in newspapers)

Education:

Master in law (University of Brussels, 1986)

Master in Law and Economics (1987, University of Brussels)

Master in Philosophy (University of Brussels, 1988)

PhD in Law (University of Brussels – Max Planck Institute, 1992)

PhD in Philosophy (University of Brussels, 1994).

Bar: Brussels

Wim Mark Award

Ranked in band 2 in Chambers 2023

Ranked in Legal 500 2023 as leading individual for IP

Nominated as “excellent” in LeadersLeague 2023

Books :

• Droit des brevets, Bruxelles, Larcier, 2020 (562 p.)

• L’application des droits de propriété intellectuelle, Recueil de jurisprudence (recueil de jurisprudence), OMPI, 2014

• La propriété intellectuelle - Évolution historique et philosophique, Bruylant, 2012, 494 pages

Latest articles :

• « L’intelligence artificielle et le droit : vertiges en terre inconnue », Revue internationale des services financiers, 2019/3-4, p. 47 ;

• « L’originalité des œuvres des arts appliqués en Europe : vers une harmonisation ? », Revue Propriétés Intellectuelles, avril 2017, n° 63, p. 9 ;

• « Les licences autoritaires et les licences FRAND en droit des brevets : des limites à la liberté contractuelle et de leur justification» in Propriété intellectuelle et liberté contractuelle, Presses Universitaires d'Aix-Marseille, novembre 2017 (26 p.)

• « La réparation des atteintes aux droits de propriété intellectuelle », in Actualités en droits intellectuels – L’intérêt de la comparaison, sous la coordination de B. Docquir, Bruylant, 2014

• « gIElen, een bekend begrip », avec Richard van Oerle, Wolters Kluwer 2015, p. 191-225.