Belgium
Timelex
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Geert Somers
Timelex, Belgium
- Phone+32 2 893 20 95
- Email[email protected]
Work Department
Information Technology, Privacy & Data Protection, Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment.
Position
Partner. Contracts and litigation regarding IT services, software, internet; privacy & data protection; copyright, trademarks, designs, patents, databases, domain names; media, entertainment & gambling; unfair competition.
Career
Co-founder of TMT & IP boutique law firm time.lex in 2007. Affiliated researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center for Law and ICT (ICRI) of the University of Leuven (Belgium). Formerly an associate at Lawfort (TMT & IP) (2004-2007) and Freshfields (Commercial & Litigation) (2000-2004) and an intern at the DG Competition of the European Commission (1998-1999). Clerked at the Italian Constitutional Court (1999-2000).
Languages
Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish, Italian.
Memberships
Brussels Bar. Chairman of the Legal Working Group of the Belgian Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA).
Education
Master in intellectual property law (University of Brussels, 2006). Master in EU law (Europa Institut Saarbrücken, 1998). Law degree (University of Leuven, 1996).
Leisure
Travelling.