Alain Strowel

Alain Strowel is a Professor at Saint-Louis University in Brussels, specializing in Intellectual Property (IP), Media Law, and the intersection of IP with competition law. He teaches in LLM programs at institutions including the University of Liège and Maastricht University. As an attorney (Of Counsel) at Covington & Burling LLP since 2001, he focuses on digital copyright and trademark issues, and serves as a panelist for WIPO and .be domain disputes.

• Academic and legal expert in IP law
• Active in EU and international IP policy
• Author/editor of 15+ books and 200+ articles since 1989

His research emphasizes copyright in digital environments, comparative IP enforcement, and the balance between IP and free speech. He co-edits the blog ipdigit.eu, which provides interactive tools for IP/IT law education. Scientific awards include the Max Planck Gesellschaft stipend (1988-1991) and a European University Institute scholarship (1985).

Recent publications analyze Google’s legal challenges, secondary liability in P2P sharing, and IP enforcement directives. His work is cited in EU Court of Justice opinions and spans books like Droit d'auteur et numérique (2001) and Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (2009). He contributes to comparative studies on database protection and EU-US IP frameworks.