Eleni Foscolos
Counsel
Eleni is a counsel at CAST. She developed a strong foundation in IP and regulatory law through experience at EU institutions, including the EUIPO and the EDPS, as well as in-house in the healthcare and pharmaceuticals sector.
She advises on all areas of IP law, with a focus on trade marks, designs, and copyright. She represents clients in infringement, opposition, and cancellation proceedings before the Belgian and EU courts, the BOIP and EUIPO. She manages IP portfolios as well across multiple industries like tobacco, food and beverage or IT.
Eleni has a pragmatic and business-oriented approach ensuring that legal strategies are not only robust but also aligned with clients’ commercial objectives, helping them protect, enforce, and maximise the value of their IP assets.
Languages
French
English
Spanish
Dutch
Greek
Admission
Brussels - Belgium
(2015)
Work Highlights
Secondment in a lobbyist organisation in the music industry in Brussels.
Representing a Swedish and a French music streaming platform before the Belgian Constitutional Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Representing a Belgian company in the plant breeder industry in an arbitration.
Representing a British and Belgian company in the protocol communication industry in a competition and patent infringement case before the Belgian courts.
Representing an American company in the potato industry in design rights disputes before the Belgian courts and the EUIPO.
Managing the trade mark portfolio including disputes before the EUIPO of a Belgian company in the tobacco industry.
Managing the trade mark portfolio including disputes before the BOIP of an American company in the beverage industry.
Education
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Master en droit - Droit privé, 2010
Université Paris V, D.E.S.S. Droit des affaires - Juriste d’affaires européen, 2006
Queen Mary College, University of London, LL.M in Intellectual Property Law, 2005
University of Warwick, Certificate in English Law (Erasmus), 2004
Université de Lille 2, Maîtrise en droit, 2004
Professional honors
Eleni has been recognized as “Next Generation” in intellectual property law in Belgium by WTR 1000 (2026).
Professional associations & memberships
Benelux Association for Trademarks and Design Law (BMM) - Member
Association des Praticiens du droit des Marques et des Modèles (APRAM) - Member
European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA) – Member of the Law Committee
Recent publications and speaking engagements
Eurochambres and OWIT, IP training for companies, International Women’s Day, March 2024
OWIT and the Embassy of Canada in Belgium, IP training for Canadian companies, November 2022
“The interplay between the DSA and the DSM Directive art. 17”, co-author with S. Hansson, Ent. L.R., 2022, 33(8), p. 273-275
“‘Potayto, potahto’: Rustic Twist’s potato product infringes Simplot’s Community design”, JIPLP, vol 14, Issue 11: 834–836, 2019
“Comparing apples with pears? A no go for the General Court”, co-author with C. Gommers, JIPLP, vol 14, Issue 5: 345-347, 2019