Pascal Leduc
Pascal Leduc holds a law degree from UCLouvain and an LLM in information and communication technology law from the University of Namur. He is a member of the Brussels Bar since 1998.
He is a professor at the IAD, where he teaches copyright and social law (employment law and the status of artists).
Pascal Leduc assists start-ups in drafting their contractual documents (general terms and conditions of sale and distribution contracts) and in protecting their intellectual assets.
He is regularly consulted on major disputes involving counterfeiting or unfair competition.
Pascal Leduc holds a Certificate in Data Protection since 2018, and acts as external DPO (Data Protection Officer) for several Belgian and international groups.
In 2021, he was accredited by the Brussels Bar Association as a third-party decision-maker in copyright law, data protection (GDPR) and employment law.
Professional activities
- Member of the Brussels Bar
- Professor of copyright and employment law at the IAD
Academic positions
- Law Professorat the IAD
Academic career
- Certificate in Data Protection (Data Protection Institute) - GDPR Compliancy Programme.
- Law degree, UCL
- Complementary Master's degree (LLM) in Law and Management of Information and Communication Technologies, University of Namur.
Seminars and Conferences
- Lecture on "Copyright income in civil, tax and social security law" as part of the seminar on the taxation of income from creation and innovation organised by CRIDES (UCLouvain) on 20 May 2019.
- Le droit d'auteur, de Beaumarchais à Steve Jobs ou les grandes étapes de la métamorphose d'une institution tricentenaire", Lecture at Collège Belgique, 2014.
- Lectures on copyright taxation at Ephec Formation in October 2010 and at the Institut des Experts Comptables in January 2011.
- Several seminars on cybersurveillance, digital libraries and the protection of architectural works.
Publications
- Cofemel : La question du cumul entre dessins et modèles et droit d'auteur enfin harmonisée ", note under the Cofemel judgment, CJEU, 12 September 2019, ICIP-Ing. Cons., n°1, 2020, pp.243 à 270, (with Nicolas Berthold).
- 'The Levola judgment and the protection of culinary recipes: or when the Court of Justice serves us dessert before the main course', note under the Levola judgment , CJEU, 13 November 2018, ICIP- Ing. Cons., No. 1, 2019, pp. 128-137.
- Critical commentary on A. Cruquenaire's doctoral thesis on "l'interprétation des contrats en droit d'auteur" in RDTI , no. 29, 2008, p. 390.
- Le droit d'auteur : questions spéciales de procédure" in Les pièges de la procédure , Editions du Jeune Barreau de Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2005, (with Eric Jooris).
- Le contrôle des communications données ou reçues par le travailleur sur le lieu du travail", Revue Ubiquité, n°5, Larcier, 2000, pp.39 et seq.
- Various articles and news on employment law for the www.socialweb.be website.
