Olivier Vrins mainly deals with trademark, patent, design and copyright litigation. Described as a “highly skilled IP specialist” (Chambers and Partners) and as “one of the best in Europe in the Customs field” (Managing Intellectual Property), Olivier has extensive knowledge of the border measures system in the European Union and has gained expertise in a broad range of other IPR-related topics. He also specialises in the field of designations of origin and geographical indications, as well as in the protection of personality rights of public figures, including sportsmen.

Bar Admissions
Brussels Bar: 2000

Education
LL.M. in Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition (Queen Mary & Westfield College)
LL.M. in European Law (University of Ghent)
Erasmus Exchange Programme (University of Paris II)
Lic. Juris (University of Louvain-la-Neuve)

Professional Associations
Olivier is a member of: the ‘Legal & International’ Working Group of the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights; the European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA); and the International Trade Mark Association (INTA). He is a regular speaker at seminars on IPR enforcement and other IPR-related subjects.

• Reform of the artist status: The issues at stake for the Commission du Travail des Arts

  By Olivier Vrins, Thomas Gellaerts |April 2024

• The authors of Ravel’s Boléro: Towards a revival of copyright in the Basque composer’s masterpiece?

  By Olivier Vrins |February 2024

• Belgium’s Harmonic Discord on related rights

  By Olivier Vrins, Sofie Thijssen |December 2023