It was a pleasure to see so many familiar faces at the 2026 Leuven IP & AI Conference, which took place on 18-19 May 2026. I was also glad to have had a chance to present and discuss my latest paper on trademark functions in the EU doctrine (work in progress) #AI #IP #trademarks @citip.bsky.social

📣Have some time to spare and want to spend it on an interview with our prof. Jozefien Vanherpe? That's fortunate, as this past Labour Day, she had the honour of speaking at length with the great Michael Schack, on music, IP law and everything in between.🎶 Watch/listen to the recording 👇

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De Europese Data Act brengt ingrijpende veranderingen teweeg in de manier waarop bedrijven met data (moeten) omgaan. Op 10 maart gingen onze onderzoekers Shannen Verlee & Sultan Erdogan dieper op in tijdens een webinar van Voka. 📹Bekijk de opname👇 www.voka.be/vlaanderen/o... @citip.bsky.social

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De Europese Data Act, die sinds september van kracht is, brengt een grote verandering teweeg in hoe bedrijven met data omgaan. Producenten van data-verwerkende producten, denk aan slimme toestellen en...

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Last days to secure your spot to visit Leuven and participate in amazing events! First, IFIP Summer School on #Privacy and #Identity Management: ifip-summerschool.github.io Abstract submission until May 15th, summer school in August @citip.bsky.social #CallForAbstracts #SummerSchool

21st IFIP Summer School on Privacy and Identity Management 2026

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Also, the last days to submit your abstract to the #Privacy #Law Scholars #Conference Europe (PLSC-E)! The Conference will take place in October in Leuven, but submissions are due by May 15th More information can be found at: plsc-europe.eu @citip.bsky.social #callforabstracts

“Oversee me when you should, if you can” Human oversight, Accountability, and Agentic AI governance in the EU Organised by @citip.bsky.social with Mandy Melissa Jane Wittens More information: cpdp.be/145606 #CPDP2026 #CompetingVisionsSharedFutures #CPDPWorkshops

📣New blogpost @emmaaldibs.bsky.social dives into how Generative AI is revolutionizing classrooms, but at what cost? How can we protect children’s right to development if we don’t clearly define it? As GenAI reshapes education, understanding what to safeguard is urgent for meaningful protection.

GenAI and Children’s Development: What are we really protecting? - CiTiP blog

Classrooms are changing, AI tutors, adaptive learning, and automated feedback are increasingly becoming part of the educational toolbox. The need arises for reflection upon these new practices and the...

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🤖On 22 April 2026 the editorial board of Jura Falconis warmly invites you to its annual seminar dedicated to AI in the Belgian legal landscape. CiTiP will be strongly represented with contributions from: ✨ Prof. Jan De Bruyne ✨ Prof. Peggy Valcke ✨ Dr. Elora Fernandes ✨ Shannen Verlee More info👇

📣Vacature! Het CiTiP is op zoek naar een nieuwe medewerker om het Kenniscentrum rond Data & Maatschappij te vervoegen en ook mee te werken aan andere data- en AI-projecten binnen het onderzoekscentrum. Interesse? ⌛Deadline 25 februari 2026. Meer informatie👇

OE CiTiP – Wetenschappelijk medewerker (junior - 100%) met bijzondere interesse in technologie (artificiële intelligentie) en recht

OE CiTiP – Wetenschappelijk medewerker (junior - 100%) met bijzondere interesse in technologie (artificiële intelligentie) en recht

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📣 New blogpost In this post, @tkouloufakos.bsky.social examines the deployment of Foresight Methodologies as a useful tool to identify, address and resolve gaps and risks in critical infrastructure research.

Foresight Methods for Revealing Gaps in Critical Infrastructures - CiTiP blog

In this post, I examine a useful tool in critical infrastructure protection research, foresight methodologies. Introduced by the OECD, by employing those, researchers in the field can identify and add...

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📣New blogpost Poland is currently the only EU Member State that has failed to establish a Digital Services Coordinator and fully implement the Digital Services Act after President Karol Nawrocki’s veto. Kamila Brylak breaks down the reasons for his decision.

Poland - The DSA Rebel? Presidential Veto Stalls Implementation - CiTiP blog

In early January 2026, Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki vetoed the DSA implementation act despite widespread pleas from civil society. The vetoed bill had been submitted for his signature by Parliame...

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Today, we brought together AI providers, suppliers, and legal experts in Brussels to prototype contractual clauses under Article 25(4) of the EU AI Act. The outputs will be further refined to inform our 2026 Policy Prototyping report. Stay tuned for the outcomes! 🤝 @citip.bsky.social

Maandoverzicht wetenschapscommunicatie 🤓 🎙️In De Tijd en in Het uur van de waarheid vertelde ik over hoe ICE smartphonedata misbruikt 🗞️In Knack ging het over de grenzen aan internetblokkeringen 📺In het Journaal en op vrt nws gaf ik toelichting bij de impact van menstruatieapps op onze privacy

Very excited to start my research stay at the @oii.ox.ac.uk! 🤓 During the Hilary Term, I’ll be continuing my PhD research on #AI and #justice⚖️ Please let me know if you're around to grab a tea/coffee🍵 Many thanks to my supervisors, @citip.bsky.social and @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social🙏

📣New blogpost by Arne Vincken EU–US data transfers survive another legal test. The Latombe judgment upholds the Data Privacy Framework, but legal certainty remains fragile. What does the judgement really mean? 👇👇👇

EU–US Data Transfers Survive: What Latombe Really Tells Us. - CiTiP blog

On 3 September 2025, the EU General Court dismissed Philippe Latombe’s challenge against the EU–US Data Privacy Framework. After the annulments of Safe Harbour and Privacy Shield, this decision is see...

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📣 New blogpost How does the Data Act regulate business-to-government data flows in the case of an exceptional need? @hernameissultan.bsky.social & Shannen Verlee break down the current regime, key criticism of the current wording of the legal provision, and the proposed Digital Omnibus reforms.

B2G data sharing:  Simplification or Complication? The Data Act meets the Digital Omnibus - CiTiP blog

The Data Act covers data flows from businesses to governments in the case of an exceptional need. This blog briefly explains the situations in which public actors could request data. We also examine s...

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📣New blogpost! As #AI enters the judiciary, it can subtly reshape legal reasoning. @victoriahendrickx.bsky.social explores how AI changes not just what is decided, but how justice is expressed through McLuhan’s ‘Medium is the Message’.

The medium is the message in the age of judicial AI - CiTiP blog

The “medium is the message”, coined by Marshall McLuhan, is a well known paradigm in communication sciences to indicate that the medium through which a message is conveyed can be more, or at least equ...

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📣New blogpost by Julie Mannekens on the definition of personal data in the Digital Omnibus proposal. Based on an analysis of the Court of Justice case law, it reflects whether a generalization in the GDPR is appropriate or if further refinement should be left to case law and guidance. Read more 👇

Personal data in the Digital Omnibus: where are we going? - CiTiP blog

Following EDPS v. SRB, the Digital Omnibus proposal includes the so-called ‘relative’ approach to the definition of personal data in Article 4 GDPR. On the basis of a first analysis of the case law of...

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📣New blog post by @noemiekrack.bsky.social Research results from the ISD warn about the prominence and easy discoverability of tools for non-consensual sexual deepfakes creation. This blog calls for a perspective shift to address the imbalance between their easy production and difficult removal.

Easy to Make, Hard to Remove and Impossible to forget— The Unfair Speeds of non-consensual intimate and sexually explicit deepfakes. - CiTiP blog

In a context of the growing deepfakes proliferation, Open AI has added to the deepfake arsenal with the release of its new AI-powered text-to-video generator, Sora. Meanwhile, the Institute for Strate...

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📣New blogpost by @tatianaduarte.bsky.social Recently, the CJEU decided on the SRB v. EDPS. The blog post critiques the Court's articulation of the concept of pseudonymous data and examines the consistency of the decision with data protection law.

Identifiability on Trial: Insights from SRB v EDPS - CiTiP blog

This blog post explores two aspects of the CJEU’s decision in the case that opposed the SRB and EDPS. It criticises the Court’s reasoning on pseudonymous data, while offering four reasons in support o...

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🚨 New Blog Post by @msas25.bsky.social From Australia’s bans to Europe’s push for mandatory age verification, lawmakers are reshaping how children access social media. But do these measures truly protect children or risk excluding them from vital online opportunities? #ChildRights #OnlineSafety

Please let me in! Should children be banned from social media? - CiTiP blog

This blogpost is the part. 1 of a trilogy. It provides an overview of the current legislative initiatives imposing age restrictions on social media and evaluates them from a children’s right perspecti...

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We welcomed Iagê Miola, director of the Agência Nacional de Proteção de Dados at CiTiP at the occasion of the event 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐥’𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚? 𝐀 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, co-organized by @lsts-vub.bsky.social.

📣We are recruiting! CiTiP is looking for an enthusiastic and proactive researcher to join its team, work on data/AI law and provide research and valorisation support. Interested in this multifaceted job? ⌛Deadline 15 December 2025. More information👇

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📣New blogpost on the new concept of ‘Regulatory solutionism’, forged in the context of a recent research on the EU regulation of AI and sustainability. The authors explain how we came to this concept and why it is relevant – beyond the sole case of AI and sustainability regulation.

Regulatory solutionism applied to AI and Sustainability. When legislative inaction takes the form of legislative activism - CiTiP blog

In a recent research, we looked into the European Union (EU) regulation of ‘artificial intelligence’ (AI) and sustainability. Our research led us to forge a new concept: ‘Regulatory solutionism’. Here...

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📢 Wanted: Participants for the Knowledge Center on Data & Society’s new Policy Prototyping project! 🗓 In 2026, the Knowledge Center on Data & Society is organising a 𝗰𝗼-𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 and are seeking participation from 𝗔𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 in the AI value chain and 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀.

Policy prototyping 2026: call for participants - Kenniscentrum Data & Maatschappij

Wanted: participants for our article 25 (4) AI-act policy prototyping exercise. This new project takes a closer look at the minimum requirements in contracts between providers of high-risk AI systems ...

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The debate on Digital Omnibus has thus far placed insufficient emphasis on the role of smarter regulation as a starting point for simplifying administrative burdens. @citip.bsky.social www.law.kuleuven.be/citip/blog/s...

Simplification rhymes with smarter regulation. A call for turning the Digital Omnibus debate towards compliance automation and innovative reporting tools. - CiTiP blog

The debate on Digital Omnibus has thus far placed insufficient emphasis on the role of smarter regulation as a starting point for simplifying administrative burdens. However, the broader development o...

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📣New blogpost by @manonvdh.bsky.social EU design law distinguishes between various types of parts. Whether a ‘part’ qualifies in one of those categories has important consequences on the validity and scope of protection of design rights. Read more 👇

‘Part’ or ‘component part’ in EU design law – comPARTmentalising terminology in EU design law [Part 1] - CiTiP blog

Under the EU Design Regulation (‘EUDR’) and the Design Directive (recast) (‘DD recast’), design protection is envisioned not only for products, but also for parts of products (Art. 3(1) EUDR and Art. ...

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📣New blog post! In June 2025, the MDCG issued its long awaited Q&As on AI-based medical devices, but key gaps remain. In their new blog, @bisilisib.bsky.social & Marie Kohoutova unpack missed opportunities and offer recommendations for the next guidance. Read their full blog post here 👇

Quo Vadis MDCG? The missed opportunities on AI-based medical devices - CiTiP blog

After a long-awaited period, the Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG) issued in June 2025 its first Q&A document on the interplay between the medical device regulations and the Artificial Intellig...

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📣New blog post! Marta Musidlowska reflects on the EHDS Regulation, its push for digital healthcare in the EU, and the limited safeguards for those unable or unwilling to go online, raising questions about a potential “right not to use the Internet".

Offline by Right? The EHDSR and the Choice Not to Go Online. - CiTiP blog

The recently adopted European Health Data Space Regulation marks a significant step toward the digitalisation of healthcare within the European Union, with the potential to improve the quality of medi...

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De ouders van de tiener Adam Raine klaagden OpenAI aan, omdat hun zoon overleed nadat hij zijn suïcidale gedachten deelde met ChatGPT. Onze onderzoekers Rob Heyman en Jan De Bruyne werden vandaag geïnterviewd door De Morgen over deze tragische zaak. @citip.bsky.social @imec-smit.bsky.social

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De ouders van de 16-jarige Amerikaan Adam Raine klagen OpenAI aan. Volgens hen hielp ChatGPT hun zoon bij het plannen van zijn zelfdoding. De zaak dwingt tot een ongemakkelijke vraag: wie draagt verantwoordelijkheid wanneer een machine lijkt te begrijpen hoe wij ons voelen?