Throughout his career, Bart Jan has gained experience in litigation and opposition proceedings, and he is involved in a number of pending infringement cases in the telecommunications industry. In addition, he has a broad experience in preparing and prosecuting applications for small and large-sized enterprises in a wide range of technologies, and has developed commercial skills through a number of commercial activities and responsibilities over the years.

In his capacity as European Patent Litigator, Bart Jan is allowed to act as UPC representative.

Working experience

• Patent Attorney, V.O. (2011-present)
• Patent Attorney, AOMB (2001-2011), head of Sittard office, AOMB (2009-2011)
• Interxion (2001)
• Verizon Communications (formerly: MCI-Worldcom) (2000-2001)
• BT-Infonet (formerly: AT&T-Unisource) (1997-1999)

Education

• MSc in Applied Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology (1997)

Publications

• B.J. Niestadt: Twophase Flow in Cracking Furnaces. Residence Time in Annular Dispersed Flow and Bubble Detachment in Turbulent Flow, Eindhoven University of Technology, December 17, 1997.
• H.J.S. Fernando, P. Peeters, A. Robles, and B. Niestadt: Laboratory Modeling of Microbursts, 1st AIAA Theoretical Fluid Mechanics Meeting, June 17-20, 1996, New Orleans, AIAA Paper 96-2149.

Languages

• English
• Dutch