Jonas Smeets

Bird & Bird - Germany

Counsel

Carl-Theodor-Str. 6, Düsseldorf
40213, Germany

+4921120056000

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German
English
French


Jurisdictions:

Germany

Practice areas:

Intellectual property

Industry sectors:

Artificial intelligence
Automotive
Electronics
Medical devices
Telecommunication


As an counsel in our Düsseldorf IP team, I counsel clients on industrial intellectual property rights focusing on patents, utility models, unfair competition, as well as on the intersection with antitrust law.

Identifying infringements and potential work around solutions of our client's IP rights is the first step, before entering into negotiations with the opposing party and counsel. Subsequently, we gather evidence in preparation for litigation where we strongly represent our client throughout the case and in the oral hearings before court.

My cases include international (commercial) circumstances and concern multiple jurisdictions as well as potential standard-essential patent (SEP) scenarios. I thus have extensive experience in analyzing liabilities throughout the supply chain and in creating complex or multi-jurisdictional solutions to your individual case - whatever difficulties there may be.

Before joining our firm, I worked for an international law firm in Düsseldorf and for a leading international technology venture protecting their IP rights and commercial interests.

Year joined firm: 2020

  • Law Studies, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, 2016
  • Master Studies, Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago-Kent College of Law, 2017

  • GRUR, 2020
  • VPP, 2020
  • AIPPI, 2023

  • German Bar Association, 2020