Session 8 - Contractual Litigation Date: 07 May 2013

Early termination of the contract and consequences of termination; Force majeure and hardship : may I terminate the contract or at least renegotiate the prices whereaan unforeseen event either renders contractual obligatons impossible, or radically changes the economical balance between parties. Enforcement of the contract : what are the specific remedies in case of non payment of my invoices ? Damages : what are the principles of the compensation for damages under Belgian law

2012-2013 Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP is a

About the speaker: Jean-Franois has expertise in commercial and liability disputes. He assists his clients at each pre-contentious and contentious stage, helping them in anticipating and assessing risks, managing situations, setting objectives and tactics. He also has an extensive experience and expertise working on a broad range of complex contract issues, involving areas such as outsourcing and consultancy or system integration. He is acting for both suppliers and users, which gives him an accurate understanding and a sound approach of commercial issues.

full-service European law firm with offices in Brussels, Dsseldorf, Hamburg, London, Manchester, Munich and Paris. Our Brussels office has 46 lawyers (including 15 partners), who assist a wide range of clients, advising across the full range of legal issues. Our practice areas include commercial law, contracts and fraud, competition, corporate, dispute resolution, employment and benefits, energy, EU regulatory, intellectual property and new technologies, public procurement and administrative law, real estate and tax. www.ffw.com

Coworking

COWORKING BETAGROUP START-UP LEGAL TRAINING SESSIONS

REGISTRATION Please register by sending an e-mail to concetta.lobuglio@ffw. com indicating which session(s) you would like to attend. 1. Corporate o Session 1 - Incorporating a company o Session 2 Starting a cooperation 2. Information Technology o Session 3 - Data protection boot camp o Session 4 - E-commerce rules for start-ups 3. Intellectual property o Session 5 - Brand Protection. o Session 6 - Open Licenses 4. Commercial contracts o Session 7- Negotiating and Contracting o Session 8 - Contractual Litigation

The Betagroup is a community of 5.000 Web Entrepreneurs in Belgium passionate about Internet, Software, Mobile Technologies and Online Media. We aim to connect Entrepreneurs, Creative Thinkers, Software Developers, Digital Marketers, Web Designers, Web Agencies, Advertisers, Publishers, VCs and Business Angels to innovate together. We want to provide a platform to meet each other, present our projects and foster new collaborations. Coworking is made for modern professionals that rely on the internet to carry out their work. Our members are freelance professionals, entrepreneurs, & teleworkers. All of them have different interests and personalities that contribute to create a more creative environment: geeks, technologists, entrepreneurs, creatives, designers, marketers, business consultants, architects, lawyers...

Coworking

Field Fisher Waterhouse and the BetaGroup Coworking would like to propose you a series of training sessions covering practical legal issues for start-ups with a particular emphasis on the internet and web industry. The purpose is to provide the participants with a basic knowledge of essential legal issues in the following key legal fields: corporate, IT, IP and commercial contracts. Each session conducted in English will address a specific topic and will be presented by lawyers specialised in their field. The presentations will be to the point, non-academic and will handle the subject with pragmatic approach, based on previous experience. The sessions will take place at Field Fisher Waterhouse, Bd Louis Schmidt, 29 (next to the ICAB) and will start at 6:30 pm and will last approximately 25 minutes. They will be followed by a Q&A and a drink where you will be able to ask your questions and share experiences with speakers and participants. As the order of the sessions could be reversed or as the calendar below could be slightly reviewed in the course of the program, invitations will be sent by email to the guests. Before any session, please check any possible change of location or in the calendar on the following link: http://www.ffw.com/events.aspx?Office=194

Session 2 Starting a cooperation Date: 08 November 2012

how to secure the beginning of a cooperation: confidentiality, exclusivity, etc. from collaboration agreement to joint-venture what you need to know about shareholders agreements: important mechanisms, keeping the control of a company, organizing the exit, etc.

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Intellectual property

Speaker: Hakim Haouideg Session 5 - Brand Protection : Date: 07 February 2013

Carefully choosing and protecting the name of your new business is often vital for a start-up company,

About the speaker: Louis-Franois du Castillon is a corporate and M&A lawyer passionate about entrepreneurship. He assists companies in all steps of their development since more than 12 years. He has assisted in many projects in their early stage and further development, finding ideas to help the founders to formalize their ideas and securing their projects. He repeatedly has been selected for inclusion in legal directories as Chambers & Partners and Legal 500.

the DOs and DONT in brand protection (eg descriptive v. fantasy names), the procedure/costs associated with trademark protection; the basics of trademark litigation (incl. domain names) : what can you do if someone else is using a trademark similar to yours and what are your risks if someone has a trademark similar to your name?

Session 6 - Open Licenses : Date: 19 March 2013

Since most of the start-up companies will be using or even producing open source content (software or even music, pictures and content), we propose to explore the basic principles behind open licenses. There has already been several decision by european courts in this area and we can briefly take a look at them to illustrate in a very practical way the risks associated with the use of open content when you do not comply with the licenses.
About the speaker: Hakim specialises in contentious and noncontentious intellectual property and IT law. He assists clients in drafting and negotiating IT agreements (licensing, consulting & outsourcing). He also assists research-driven undertakings on R&D and technology transfer agreements. Prior to joining the bar, Hakim worked for three years as an in-house counsel at the technology transfer office of the Univerity of Namur where he was in charge of licensing agreements and spin-off companies.

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Information Technology

Speaker: Tim Van Canneyt Session 3 - Data protection boot camp Date: 06 December 2012
What personal data can I collect from my clients/prospects, and how can I use them?; What are the rules around profiling and direct marketing? Data protection in a mobile world: analysis of rules on location based services, social media etc.

Program
1. Corporate

Session 4 - E-commerce rules for start-ups Date: 10 January 2013

What are the legal requirements for my website? Online sales and the protection of consumers: how to avoid unpleasant surprises.

Speaker: Louis-Franois du Castillon Session 1 - Incorporating a company Date: 11 October 2012

why incorporating a company ? what is the best corporate form (SA, SPRL, SRLU, SPRLStarter?) What are the financial and procedural implications of incorporating a company?

About the speaker: As a technology enthusiast, Tim Van Canneyt specialises in information technology, e-commerce and data protection law. In these fields, he drafts and negotiates contracts and helps entrepreneurs to navigate through the maze of e-commerce rules. He has a particular interest in privacy challenges relating to digital technologies and services (RFID, cloud computing, cookies etc.). His past secondments to different enterprises helped him to better understand the practical needs of the industry.

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Commercial contracts

Speaker: Jean-Franois Germain Session 7- Negotiating and Contracting Date: 18 April 2013
Precontractual liability : staying out of trouble How and when am I contractually bound ? Choosing the terms of the contract : what are the main issues and how to manage the associated risk (duration of the contract, prices, liability)