Bruno De Vuyst

Public Informations

Function

Counsel

Company

MVVP

Country

Belgium

Website

http://mvvp.be/mvvp.aspx?culture=en&site=mvvp&tabid=145

General presentation

Profile: Bruno De Vuyst specializes in intellectual property law with a focus on patents, particularly as regards software and life sciences, and models and designs.

Bruno is a graduate of Antwerp Law School (magna cum laude 1975) and Columbia Law School (1976). His early career was spent at the World Bank. His last position in the international civil service was that of Legal Advisor and chief of staff to the director-general of the Common Fund for Commodities.

He teaches at Vesalius College, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and is the Advisor, Industrial Policy, at VUB as well as the secretary-general of the spin-off fund of VUB, BI³. In that latter capacity, he sits on the board of VUB spin-offs in new materials and in life sciences.

He publishes and speaks regularly, nationally and internationally, on intellectual property, e-governance and e-commerce, and on international finance.

Languages: Dutch, English, French, German

Memberships:

- Member of the General Meeting of the Order of Flemish Bar Associations

- Former member of the Brussels Bar Council

- Member of the editorial boards of the magazines IRDI (“Intellectuele Rechten - Droits Intellectuels”) and “Ad Rem”

- Former chairman of Raamtheater, a professional theatre with two platforms in Antwerp

Name and First name

Title

Pr

Name

De Vuyst

First Name

Bruno

History

Member for

4 years 36 weeks