Research

Top publications

Research on intellectual property law is at the core of GIPLI's activities. Here is a list of recent output that we are particularly proud of:

• Vanhees, H., & Geiregat, S. (2025). Focus op intellectuele rechten en bedrijfsgeheimen. Wolters Kluwer Belgium.
• Vanhees, H., & Geiregat, S. (2024). Handboek intellectuele rechten 2024 (2nd ed.). LeA Publishers.
• Geiregat, S., & Vanhees, H. (Eds.). (2023). Copyright contracts tomorrow. LeA Publishers.
• Geiregat, S., & Vandenbossche, G. (2023). Hervorming fiscaal regime auteursrechten en naburige rechten: een hobbelige weg back to its roots? Algemeen Fiscaal Tijdschrift, 74(12), 6–67.
• Geiregat, S. (2022). Supplying and reselling digital content: digital exhaustion in EU copyright and neighbouring rights law. Edward Elgar.

For more publications, see the full publication list below or check out each of our team members' individual bibliographies.

Research scope

GIPLI aims to cover Ghent University research in all subdomains of intellectual property law (IP law), at the national, Benelux, European and international level. The main IP law topics include:

• Copyright law
• Neighbouring rights law
• Software protection
• Database protection
• Design and models
• Patent law
• Trade mark law
• Trade name law
• Trade secrets law
• IP enforcement
• IP in relation to competition law
• IP in relation to tort law
• IP in relation to unfair market practices

Publication list