Kennedy Van der Laan

Intellectual Property and Media Group

Partner

Jens is a partner in the IP & Media department, where he heads the media group. He is a media litigator, with a hands-on approach and years of experience in media defense.

Jens works for newspapers, broadcasters, producers and for many major social media- and other platforms. His cases are often in the area where free speech, privacy, intellectual property and other fundamental rights collide. He also handles a lot of entertainment cases, ranging from image rights to format and licensing issues. Jens is used to dealing with great pressure and media sensitive matters, where time is of the essence.

Dutch, English, French (Member of the French Desk)

Member of Dutch Copyright law association Member of MLRC (Media Law Resource Centre) Member of Benelux Association for trade mark and design rights Member of Association for media and communication law Member of IPAN (Interactive Professionals Association Netherlands) Member of NICAM (Complaint Committee of the Dutch Institute for Classification of Audiovisual Media)

IP law and International Law, University of Amsterdam, 1998 LL.M. with merits, King’s College London, UK, 1999 (Chevening Scholar, Stibbe Steppingstone Scholar) International Relations, University of Amsterdam, 1997 Columbia University School of Law, New York, NY, USA, 1996 French language, Université de Nice, France, 1993