--- title: "Bart Lieben | Pitch" description: "Bart Lieben · Attorney-at-Law · Founder - Partner. Pitch, European law firm for IP, IT and data protection." url: https://www.pitch.law/team/bart-lieben --- [pitch](https://www.pitch.law/) [Team](https://www.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://www.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/) ## Publications - [Academy](https://www.pitch.law/academy/commercial-contracts-overview) ### [Commercial Contracts: a Map](https://www.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://www.pitch.law/academy/commercial-contracts-overview) - [Academy](https://www.pitch.law/academy/database-rights-and-trade-secrets) ### [Database Rights and Trade Secrets](https://www.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://www.pitch.law/academy/database-rights-and-trade-secrets) - [Academy](https://www.pitch.law/academy/distribution-reseller-agreements) ### [Distribution and Reseller Agreements](https://www.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://www.pitch.law/academy/distribution-reseller-agreements) - [Academy](https://www.pitch.law/academy/eu-data-act) ### [The EU Data Act](https://www.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://www.pitch.law/academy/eu-data-act) - [Academy](https://www.pitch.law/academy/freedom-to-operate-analysis) ### [Freedom-to-Operate Analysis](https://www.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://www.pitch.law/academy/freedom-to-operate-analysis) - [Academy](https://www.pitch.law/academy/hidden-intellectual-property-audit) ### [Finding the IP You Already Have](https://www.pitch.law/academy/hidden-intellectual-property-audit) [Most companies own more intellectual property than they have registered. This article explains which rights arise without registration, how an IP audit finds them, and why ownership matters.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/hidden-intellectual-property-audit) - [Academy](https://www.pitch.law/academy/how-to-value-ip-portfolio) ### [How to Value an IP Portfolio](https://www.pitch.law/academy/how-to-value-ip-portfolio) [Why and when an IP portfolio is valued, the three standard valuation approaches, and the legal facts that decide whether a right is worth what its owner thinks.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/how-to-value-ip-portfolio) - [Academy](https://www.pitch.law/academy/ip-due-diligence-guide) ### [IP in Due Diligence](https://www.pitch.law/academy/ip-due-diligence-guide) [What a buyer or investor checks about a company's intellectual property, why chain of title is the most common problem, and how a seller can prepare.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/ip-due-diligence-guide) - [Academy](https://www.pitch.law/academy/ip-grants-tax-incentives-belgium) ### [Grants and Tax Incentives for IP in Belgium](https://www.pitch.law/academy/ip-grants-tax-incentives-belgium) [An overview of the Belgian instruments that lower the cost of creating IP and the tax on the income it earns, and the documents you need before you can claim them.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/ip-grants-tax-incentives-belgium) [← The whole team](https://www.pitch.law/team) ## Let’s talk Tell us what you’re working on. 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