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CARO VAN WICHELEN

COUNSEL

CREDENTIALS

EDUCATION

Master of Laws at University of Antwerp (UA, 2013 cum laude)

LL.M in EU intellectual property and competition law (University of Liège, 2014, magna cum laude)

MEMBERSHIPS

BMM (Benelux Association for Trade Marks and Designs)

Young BMM (Jonge Benelux Vereniging voor Merken- en Modellenrecht – President)

Anti-SLAPP Commission

Member of the editorial staff of Auteur& Media “A&M”, since 2024

OTHER APPOINTMENTS

Guest Lecturer in “SLAPP’s” at the Faculty of Law and Communication sciences at UCLouvain Saint-Louis Brussels, since 2024


Guest Lecturer “Trade mark law” (“likelihood of confusion”) at the IP Summer School at Downing College, Cambridge, since 2023


Speaker during Progress Lawyers’ study day regarding the “Right to take Action”, see Adriaensens, L. “Is je stem laten horen nog een recht? [recht op vrije meningsuiting en de vrijheid van vereniging en vergadering]”, Juristenkrant 2024, afl. 482, 12-13

PUBLICATIONS

“Tweemaal is scheepsrecht of net een SLAPP?”, A&M 2024, afl.1, 93- 101;


“69 in a difficult position as General Court holds it to be descriptive”, World Trademark Review, 13 October 2016;

RANKINGS

Managing IP awards: Rising star 2022, 2023 and 2024


Media law International, Tier one