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CiTiP KU Leuven
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Centre for IT & IP Law (KU Leuven, Belgium). Legal research in ICT, IP & Media. Partner of imec & LICT
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🚀 Hello BlueSky community!

We’re CiTiP, leading research center on law and technology focusing on:

✅ Data protection & privacy
✅ AI, Data and Robotics
✅ IP
✅(Cyber)security
✅ and many more

Join us for insights and collaborations!

Let’s shape the future together: www.law.kuleuven.be/citip/en
Centre for IT & IP Law
CiTiP is the center for IT & IP Law at the KU Leuven Faculty of Law and Criminology.
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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.

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‘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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November 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📣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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October 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
📣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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October 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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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
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?
Na dood van Adam (16) klagen ouders OpenAI aan: ‘Chatbot gaf suggesties om zijn plannen te verbergen’
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October 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM
✨Our researchers in the media!✨

This month, several of our colleagues shared their insights and expertise in the media — bringing their research to a wider audience. 🎙️📺 🗞️

Curious where to watch, listen, or read? See the links below👇👇👇
October 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
📣New blog post by Erica Harper

Neurotech is leaving the lab for homes, hospitals—and courts. This playbook shows governments how to protect mental privacy and agency, ban coercive uses, classify risk, and fund what works—so innovation flourishes without sacrificing human dignity.
Ethical Neurotech: A Regulatory Playbook for Governments - CiTiP blog
Neurotechnology is moving from the lab bench to living rooms, clinics, and—increasingly—courtrooms. Devices that sense and stimulate the brain promise extraordinary therapeutic benefits: restoring mov...
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October 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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#ECREA-CLP started with a keynote by Peggy Valcke @citip.bsky.social on media freedom and pluralism in the age of AI and platforms, sharing her optimism about EMFA's future impact.
The #ECREA-CLP workshop 2025 in Brussels is about to start.
September 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Secure Processing Environments are being increasingly integrated into EU law regulating data access. In this blog post Andrea Palumbo and Leander Stähler take a closer look at the position of the concept and what novel legal questions this raises.

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Secure Processing Environments: A European Experiment in Data Governance - CiTiP blog
‘Secure Processing Environments’ (SPEs) are being increasingly integrated into EU law regulating data access. As an emerging legal concept, we take a closer look at the position of the concept and the...
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September 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Overuren voor wetenschapscommunicatie!

Vorige week was ik op @deafspraak.bsky.social met een woordje uitleg over het Europese voorstel om privécommunicatie te scannen op kindermisbruik ("chat control") en vandaag deed ik hetzelfde in de podcast Virtual met o.a. @timverheyden.bsky.social.

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September 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The EU AI Act isn’t just about safety & rights. It could quietly transform cybersecurity. Mandatory logging for high-risk AI creates a goldmine for detecting anomalies, spotting AI-specific attacks & boosting threat intel. A hidden ally for stronger defenses. Read Eyup Kun`s blog post on this topic👇
The unspoken role of the ai act in the creation of data sources for cybersecurity technologies - CiTiP blog
The EU AI Act, primarily focusing on health safety and fundamental rights of individuals, will play an often-overlooked yet critical role in improving cybersecurity technologies by its mandatory loggi...
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September 9, 2025 at 7:47 AM
📣New blog post by @isabelarosal.bsky.social

Can you re-use public access information without accessing it? The CJEU understands that one depends on the other, but also highlights that access and re-use are different activities. #opendata #publicsector #opendatadirective #datagovernance
Data access vs. data re-use: can the open data movement survive in the CJEU? - CiTiP blog
Discussions around open data and re-use of public sector information (PSI) have increased and occupy a central role in the European Data Strategy. As a central part of this debate, one should differen...
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September 2, 2025 at 7:55 AM
🚀 Belgian startup in need of free legal advice from students, academics and law firms?

IusStart might be exactly what you are looking for!

📅 Applications are welcome until 1 September

📧 Questions? iusstart.law@kuleuven.be

#startups #entrepreneurship #kuleuven #iusstart
July 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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HEREDITARY is featured in the latest episode of the Brain Talks podcast!

We dive into how trustworthy AI can transform brain research, with insights from Elisabetta Biasin (@citip.bsky.social) and Helena Ledmyr (@incforg.bsky.social)

🎧 https://www.braininnovationdays.eu/brain-talks-podcast/
July 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
📣 New blogpost by Francesca Portante d'Alessandro

This blogpost explores the unclear application of the Data Governance Act to NFT platforms.

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NFT platforms and the DGA: Navigating a legal grey area - CiTiP blog
This blogpost explores the application of the DGA to NFT platforms, focusing on their potential exclusion as ‘’copyright intermediaries’’ under Art 2(11)(b) DGA. It argues that, due to ambiguous legis...
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July 2, 2025 at 7:57 AM
📣New blogpost by by Vladimir Apraxine

This follow-up blog post analyses the power asymmetries and barriers to CSOs’ participation in the development of the CoP on GPAI and harmonised standards.

#AIAct #GenAI #CivilSociety
Opportunities and barriers for civil society organisations in shaping the regulation of generative AI (Part 2) - CiTiP blog
The previous part of this blog post outlined the co-regulatory mechanisms that will be used to regulate GenAI and highlighted the role that CSOs should play in their development.  This follow-up blog ...
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July 1, 2025 at 7:40 AM
📣New blogpost by Vladimir Apraxine

Civil society organisations face a major power imbalance in shaping generative AI rules. Active engagement with implementing bodies is essential to counterbalance this asymmetry. #AIAct #GenAI #CivilSociety

Read part 1 here 👇
Opportunities and barriers for civil society organisations in shaping the regulation of generative AI (Part 1) - CiTiP blog
This blog post highlights a significant vulnerability in the AI Act’s regulation of generative AI (GenAI), namely its failure to prevent the power asymmetry between corporate entities and civil societ...
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June 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
📣We are recruiting!

CiTiP is looking for an enthusiastic and proactive PhD researcher to join its team and work on children’s rights to privacy and data protection.

Interested in doing a PhD on this topic?

⌛Deadline 14 July 2025.

More information👇
RU CiTiP - PhD scholarship holder (100%)
Doctoral researcher with a special interest in technology, law and children’s rights
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June 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
📣New blogpost by Arno Cuypers

The AI Act bans crime prediction based on profiling, but loopholes remain. Black-box tools, biased data, and vague rules risk labeling people as future criminals. Stronger safeguards are needed to protect rights and prevent abuse.

#AIAct #predictivepolicing
Minority Report in the EU? The AI Act’s Weak Spot on Crime Prediction - CiTiP blog
Predicting future crime sounds like something out of a science fiction novel, but it’s already a reality in several countries. In the UK, the Ministry of Justice is reportedly developing a “homicide p...
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June 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
📣New blogpost by @charlottesomers.bsky.social and @koenvranckaert.bsky.social

Is ethical hacking still possible under the new Belgian NIS2 law?

Find out here 👇👇
Ethical hacking under the Belgian NIS2-law: still a safe haven? - CiTiP blog
In October 2024, the Belgian NIS2 law came into force. This law transposes the NIS2 Directive into Belgian law and establishes a policy on coordinated vulnerability disclosure (CVD), which tightens th...
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June 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
📣New blogpost by @tatianaduarte.bsky.social: Developing and deploying AI systems for emotion recognition entails several legal, axiological and epistemic issues. Does state-of-the-art research allow robust AI development? And is emotion recognition for law enforcement compatible with a fair trial?
Emotion Recognition or Unrecognizable Law? - CiTiP blog
When not forbidden by the AI Act, emotion recognition AI systems qualify as high-risk AI systems. However, the state-of-the-art research on emotion recognition justifies questioning the compatibility ...
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June 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
📣New Blogpost: has trustworthy #AI become an unrealistic ideal? @victoriahendrickx.bsky.social discusses how the concept has evolved over time to include so many aspects that it risks becoming unattainable. She therefore calls for more clarity and interdisciplinary research.

Read her blogpost 👇 👇
The (too many) facets of trustworthy AI - CiTiP blog
While trustworthy AI has rightfully gained prominence for its potential to address the challenges and risks that can arise when designing, developing and deploying AI systems, the concept has evolved ...
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May 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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🚨Laatste kans om te solliciteren voor de functie van junior onderzoeker bij @citip.bsky.social

Deze functie draagt bij aan het werk van het Kenniscentrum Data & Maatschappij, waar we kritisch én constructief nadenken over de ethische, juridische en maatschappelijke impact van AI.
May 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
📣New blogpost by Marta Musidlowska & Matteo Frigeri

In the evolving landscape of data spaces, defining roles under the GDPR is becoming increasingly complex. This blog explores how the accountability principle applies across different layers of a data space, highlighting key scenarios & challenges.
Navigating accountability principle: The Concept of “Processor” in the Context of a Data Space (part 2/2) - CiTiP blog
Data spaces, as interoperable frameworks based on common governance principles, standards, practices and enabling services, are aimed to enable trusted data transactions between participants. In their...
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May 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
📣New blogpost by Marta Musidlowska & Matteo Frigeri

In the evolving landscape of data spaces, defining roles under the GDPR is becoming increasingly complex. This blog explores how the accountability principle applies across different layers of a data space, highlighting key scenarios & challenges.
Navigating accountability principle: The Concept of “Controller” in the Context of a Data Space (part 1/2) - CiTiP blog
Data spaces, as interoperable frameworks based on common governance principles, standards, practices and enabling services, are aimed to enable trusted data transactions between participants. In their...
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May 13, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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👀 Word jij onze nieuwe collega?
📣CiTiP werft aan!

We lanceerden een vacature voor een junior onderzoeker om in het kader van het @kc-dama.bsky.social te werken rond de juridisch-ethische uitdagingen van AI.

Deadline: 27 mei 2025

Interesse? Meer informatie lees je hier👇
OE CiTiP - wetenschappelijk medewerker(s) (junior) (100%) met bijzondere interesse in technologie (artificiële intelligentie) en recht
Wetenschappelijk medewerkers (junior) met bijzondere interesse in technologie (artificiële intelligentie) en recht
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May 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM