Nicolas Berthold
Nicolas Berthold is member of the Brussels Bar since 2009.
His main areas of practice are intellectual property law, personal data law, media and information technology law, market practices and commercial distribution law.
In 2020, Nicolas was awarded the title of specialist in intellectual property rights by the Brussels Bar.
Nicolas Berthold is also a third-party decision-maker within the CEPANI for disputes relating to “.be” domain names and a third-party decision-maker approved by the French Bar Association in Brussels.
In addition to his practice as a lawyer, Nicolas is also involved in a number of academic activities.
He is currently a lecturer at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management (ULB), an assistant at the University of Mons (UMons), a lecturer on the CAPA intellectual property course organised by the Ordre Français du Barreau de Bruxelles and an associate researcher at the JurisLab (Centre de Droit Privé de l’ULB).
Nicolas Berthold is also the author of several publications on intellectual property and market practices. In particular, he co-authored the book Droit des dessins et modèles Benelux et communautaires, published by Kluwer in 2017.
Professional activities
- Member of the Brussels Bar (since 2009), specialist in intellectual property rights (since 2020)
- Third-party decision-maker at CEPANI for disputes relating to “.be” domain names (since 2021)
- Third-party decision-maker approved by the French Bar Association of Brussels for disputes relating to intellectual property rights and sports law (since 2021)
- Data Protection Officer (since 2018)
Academic positions
- Lecturer at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management (ULB, economic law course taught in the second year of the bachelor's degree in management engineering and the second year of the bachelor's degree in economics) (since 2022)
- Associate researcher at JurisLab (ULB private law centre) (since 2020)
- Lecturer on the CAPA intellectual property course organised by the Ordre français du barreau de Bruxelles (since 2018)
- Assistant lecturer at UMons, for the "Economic law and intellectual property law" and "European Union law" courses delivered the third year of the bachelor's degree in law (since 2016)
- Scientific associate at ULG (seminar on intellectual property in the digital environment, given as part of the complementary master's degree in European law, competition law and intellectual property) (2021)
- Lecturer / Substitute at UMons (course in "economic law and intellectual property law" taught in the third year of the bachelor's degree in law - substitute teaching for Professor Alexia Autenne) (2018-2021)
- Lecturer / Substitute at the ULB (course in "economic law and intellectual property law" taught in the third year of the bachelor's degree in law - substitute for Professor Andrée Puttemans) (2019-2020)
- Lecturer at the EPFC (course in legislation applied to the field of communication taught in the third year of the bachelor's degree in public relations) (2013-2018)
Academic career
- Certificate in Data Protection, Data Protection Institute (2018).
- Additional Master degree in intellectual property law, obtained with distinction, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Katholieke Universiteit Brussel (2009).
- Law degree, magna cum laude, Université catholique de Louvain (2008).
Career path
- Law firm Sybarius (formerly Remiche, Ferrant & Associés) since 2009
Awards
- Winner of the Prix des anciens présidents of the Conférence du Jeune Barreau de Bruxelles (2011)
- Member of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) and its Belgian group, the Belgian National Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (ANBPPI)
- Member of the Benelux Association for Trade Mark and Design Law (BMM)
Seminars and Conferences
- "The General Data Protection Regulation. General presentation and application to e-commerce", Conference organised on 4 September 2023 by Hub Brussels (speaker)
- "Interactions between Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property, Conference organised on 17 August 2023 by the Solvay Summer School (speaker)
- "Introduction to copyright", Conference organised on 17 November 2022 by the Centre Culturel du Brabant Wallon (Speaker)
- "The General Data Protection Regulation. General presentation and application to e-commerce", Conference organised on 4 October 2022 by Hub Brussels (Speaker)
- "The General Data Protection Regulation. General presentation and application to e-commerce", Conference organised on 17 June 2021 by Hub Brussels (Speaker)
- "L'exception de parodie en droit d'auteur", Conference organised on 4 June 2021 by the Carrefour des Stagiaires du Barreau de Bruxelles (Speaker)
- "Intellectual property law. Legislative news and recent case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union", Colloquium organised on 26 April 2019 by the Conférence du Jeune Barreau de Bruxelles (Coordinator and Speaker)
Publications
- Publications
- Berthold N. (coord.), Droit de la propriété intellectuelle. Actualité législative et jurisprudence récente de la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne, Brussels, Larcier, 2019, 380 p.
- Berthold N., Ferrant I., Cassiers V., Droit des dessins et modèles Benelux et communautaires, Kluwer, Waterloo, 2017, 277 p.
- Articles
- Berthold N. and Ferrant I., "Théorie de la multiplicité des formes et cumul des protections en droit Benelux après les arrêts Doceram, Cofemel et Brompton" in Hommage François Greffe, Paris, LexisNexis, 2023 (forthcoming).
- Berthold N. and Ferrant I., "Les pratiques du marché" in Droit bancaire et financier, Répertoire Pratique du Droit Belge, Brussels, Larcier, 2022, pp. 1209-1252.
- Berthold N., Cabay J. and Stark S., "Cumulative copyright and design rights: a systematic comparison in support of the principles", DAOR, 2022, pp. 57-83.
- Berthold N. and Leduc P., "Cofemel judgment: has the question of cumulation between designs and copyright finally been harmonised?", ICIP, 2020/1, pp. 255-270
- Berthold N. and Ferrant I., "Le droit des dessins et modèles Benelux" in Traité des dessins et modèles, 10th edn, Paris, LexisNexis, 2019, pp. 773-827
- Berthold N., "Jurisprudence récente de la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne en droit des dessins et modèles", in Droit de la propriété intellectuelle. Actualité législative et jurisprudence récente de la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne, Brussels, Larcier, 2019, pp. 207-252.
- Berthold N., "Nintendo judgment: New illustration of the Court of Justice's disenchantment with design law", I.C.I.P., 2017/4, pp. 792-807.
- Berthold N. and Ligot J., "Publicité comparative : référence au marché et utilisation de superlatifs", I.C.-I.P., 2014/1, pp. 1-10.
- Berthold N. and Ferrant I., "Le droit des dessins et modèles Benelux" in Traité des dessins et modèles, 9th edn, LexisNexis, Paris, 2014, pp. 721-754.
- Berthold N. and Remiche B., "Un édifice fragile?", Les cahiers du droit de l'entreprise. Dossier: un brevet pour l'Europe: titre et juridiction, 2014, pp. 27-35.
- Berthold N. and Ferrant I., "Publicité trompeuse à l'égard du consommateur: une approche équilibrée", Ann. Prat. Marché, 2013, pp. 163-169.
- Berthold N., "L'harmonisation de la notion d'originalité en droit d'auteur", Journal of World Intellectual Property Law, vol. 16, March 2013, pp. 58-71.
- Berthold N. and Remiche B., "La propriété intellectuelle et les multinationales", in Les multinationales: statut et réglementations, (under the dir. of M-C. Brüls), Larcier, Brussels, 2012, pp. 183-224.
- Berthold N. and Remiche B., "Tendances récentes en droit européen des brevets", Annales d'études européennes de l'Université Catholique de Louvain, vol. 9, 2001, pp. 129-148.
