Cees beschikt over uitgebreide expertise in hightechsystemen zoals radar, sonar, computer- en telecommunicatiesystemen enerzijds en verwante mechanische systemen anderzijds. Daarnaast is hij gespecialiseerd in octrooistrategieën om vervangingsproducten, delen van systemen en halfproducten effectief te beschermen. Hij heeft zeer veel ervaring met oppositieprocedures en rechtszaken, in het bijzonder inbreuk- en nietigheidsvorderingen, in binnen- en buitenland, waaronder de VS.

Cees is lid van de Contactgroep Vrije Octrooigemachtigden. Hij was Hoofd van de vestiging in Utrecht en lid van de bestuursraad van V.O. Vanaf september 2019 is hij aan V.O. verbonden als adviseur.

Werkervaring

• Octrooigemachtigde, V.O. (1990-september 2019)
• Hoofd Patentafdeling Hollandsche Signaal Apparaten (Thalis) (1986-1990) en Hunter Douglas (1990-1992)

Opleiding

• Ir., Natuurkunde, Technische Universiteit Delft (1984)

Directories

• “Cees Jansen is intimately familiar with the challenges and pressures facing innovative companies, having presided over large company patent departments. Not just a sympathetic ear, he has IP solutions and patent strategies to help his clients thrive” (IAM Patent 1000, 2021).
• Recommended Individual (IAM Patent 1000, 2020, 2021, 2022).
• Recommended in Who’s Who Legal 2020.
• “The highest of high-tech companies make a beeline to Cees Jansen; he knows exactly what they are after, having served as head of patents in-house at two companies – unstintingly dedicated to quality, he always delivers” (IAM Patent 1000, 2019).
• “Chair of the partnership Cees Jansen calls on his in-house experience when developing patent strategies for major companies. A technical all-rounder, he can be formidable when disputes heat up” (IAM Patent 1000, 2018).
• “Technically strong and practical, Cees Jansen fronts the ‘s-Hertogenbosch office and devises pragmatic strategies for rights holders in the telecommunications and mechanics sectors” (IAM Patent 1000, 2017).
• “Firm chairman Cees Jansen is well accustomed to leadership roles, having captained the patent departments of two technology companies before entering private practice. He is praised for his deep understanding of patent strategy” (IAM Patent 1000, 2016).
• “On the high-technology front, chairman Cees Jansen is a good name to know. He drafts applications for many of Douwe Egberts’ top product lines” (IAM Patent 1000, 2015).
• Recognized as IP Star (2015, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019) by Managing Intellectual Property.
• “Leading light Cees Jansen is enjoying his seventh year as chairman of the firm” (IAM Patent 1000, 2014).
• “Cees Jansen is ‘one of the most experienced out there’. He works on both sides of the contentious and non-contentious divide, expecially in the areas of electrical engineering and information technology” (IAM Patent 1000, 2013).
• “Chairman Cees Jansen has accumulated substantial experience of opposition, infringement and nullification proceedings in the Netherlands and abroad. His specialisms include sonar, telecommunications and computer systems” (IAM Patent 1000, 2012).

Nevenactiviteiten

• Lid van de Examencommissie voor Octrooigemachtigden

Talen

• Nederlands
• Duits
• Engels