--- title: "Bart Lieben | Pitch, European law firm for IP, IT & data" description: "Bart Lieben · Attorney-at-Law · Founder - Partner. Pitch, European law firm for IP, IT and data protection." url: https://pitch.law/team/bart-lieben --- [pitch](https://pitch.law/) [Team](https://pitch.law/team) # Bart Lieben Attorney-at-Law · Founder - Partner Bart is an attorney with the Antwerp Bar and founder of pitch.law. Over the past twenty-five years, he has advised innovative entrepreneurs and enterprises across all aspects of intellectual property, technology, media and telecommunications law, as well as corporate and commercial law. While working at PwC and Deloitte, Bart developed a comprehensive perspective on how companies function, manage risk, and identify business opportunities through innovation and strategic partnerships. Key milestones in his career include directing the sunrise project for EURid during the launch of the .EU top-level domain, which remains the largest and most complex IP audit ever performed globally. Building on that experience, he developed the blueprint for what is now known as ICANN's Trademark Clearinghouse. Since 2007, he has held advisory roles with the United Nations, the European Commission, the European Patent Office, and ICANN. Bart holds a Master in Laws and a Master in Business Law from the University of Antwerp, and advanced degrees in Intellectual Property Law and Corporate Law from KU Leuven. He has served as a researcher at the University of Antwerp's Law Faculty and as a lecturer at Karel de Grote-Hogeschool and the University of Alicante, teaching intellectual property, technology transfer, ICT law, and domain name dispute resolution. He is a regular speaker at national and international conferences on intellectual property, information technology law, and outsourcing. Languages: Dutch (native), French, English, with notions of German. ![Bart Lieben](https://pitch.law/img/bart-2812fc.jpg) - [Emailbart@pitch.law](mailto:bart@pitch.law) - [Call Bart+32 478 19 19 90](tel:+32478191990) - [LinkedIn→](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bartlieben/) ## Let’s talk Schedule a free introduction meeting via Microsoft Teams with Bart to discuss what you are working on. ## Publications - [Technology](https://pitch.law/technologies/efficient-cost-effective-and-accurate-trademark-clearance-solutions) ### [Trademark Clearance Search](https://pitch.law/technologies/efficient-cost-effective-and-accurate-trademark-clearance-solutions) [Our clearance engine takes a name from intake to a signed opinion. It tests absolute grounds, searches registers and the web, and scores every conflict. An attorney signs off each step.](https://pitch.law/technologies/efficient-cost-effective-and-accurate-trademark-clearance-solutions) - [Academy](https://pitch.law/academy/ai-under-swiss-fadp-and-gdpr) ### [AI under Swiss Law and the GDPR: Key Differences](https://pitch.law/academy/ai-under-swiss-fadp-and-gdpr) [What the revised Swiss FADP and the GDPR mean for companies that build or use AI services: scope, legal bases, impact assessments, transfers, sanctions and the EU AI Act.](https://pitch.law/academy/ai-under-swiss-fadp-and-gdpr) - [Technology](https://pitch.law/technologies/digital-data-protection-impact-assessment) ### [Data Protection Impact Assessment](https://pitch.law/technologies/digital-data-protection-impact-assessment) [Guided data protection impact assessments, kept as working records that you and your attorney complete together in the client portal.](https://pitch.law/technologies/digital-data-protection-impact-assessment) - [Technology](https://pitch.law/technologies/online-brand-protection) ### [Trademark and Design Watch](https://pitch.law/technologies/online-brand-protection) [Scheduled watches of trademark and design registers, with new hits compared against the last run and routed to a recommended action for you to decide on.](https://pitch.law/technologies/online-brand-protection) - [Academy](https://pitch.law/academy/commercial-contracts-overview) ### [Commercial Contracts: a Map](https://pitch.law/academy/commercial-contracts-overview) [The main families of commercial contract, the EU and national rules that frame them, and where risk and value tend to sit.](https://pitch.law/academy/commercial-contracts-overview) - [Academy](https://pitch.law/academy/database-rights-and-trade-secrets) ### [Database Rights and Trade Secrets](https://pitch.law/academy/database-rights-and-trade-secrets) [How the EU database right, copyright and trade secret law protect data and databases, what each requires, and where contracts must fill the gaps.](https://pitch.law/academy/database-rights-and-trade-secrets) - [Academy](https://pitch.law/academy/distribution-reseller-agreements) ### [Distribution and Reseller Agreements](https://pitch.law/academy/distribution-reseller-agreements) [How to structure distribution and reseller agreements in the EU: exclusivity, termination protection, online sales, and the brand provisions that keep control.](https://pitch.law/academy/distribution-reseller-agreements) - [Academy](https://pitch.law/academy/eu-data-act) ### [The EU Data Act](https://pitch.law/academy/eu-data-act) [What Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 requires of makers and users of connected products, data holders, cloud providers and anyone who contracts about data, and when each part applies.](https://pitch.law/academy/eu-data-act) - [Academy](https://pitch.law/academy/freedom-to-operate-analysis) ### [Freedom-to-Operate Analysis](https://pitch.law/academy/freedom-to-operate-analysis) [What a freedom-to-operate analysis is, how claims are read against a product, what it can and cannot tell you, and what to do when it finds a problem.](https://pitch.law/academy/freedom-to-operate-analysis) [← The whole team](https://pitch.law/team)