Hans Dhondt
Europe Guide 2024
Band 4 : Intellectual Property
Band 4
About
Provided by Hans Dhondt
Practice Areas
Intellectual property law - Information technology (incl. data protection) - Trade practices - Media law - Distribution law - Arbitration
Career
Hans Dhondt is partner at Janson since 2012 en co-heads the Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Trade practices department of the firm. Hans has over 20 years of experience in advising and assisting clients in all aspects of IP protection (advise, (cross-border) litigation, contracts, protection strategies, IP audits...), in drafting and negotiating complex agreements (license, SaaS, technology transfer, IT outsourcing, software development...), and in all aspects of data protection (GDPR compliance) and trade practices (advertising, distant sales, pricing, consumer protection...). He also represents clients in (national and international) dispute resolution and is an arbitrator and a third-party decider in domain name disputes.
Professional Memberships
Member of CEPANI (Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation), of the International Trade Mark Association (INTA), the European Community Trademark Association (ECTA) and the Benelux Association for Trademark and Design practitioners (BMM).
Chambers Review
Europe
Hans Dhondt is particularly active in trade mark disputes. He offers further experience in patent proceedings and litigation around the publication of books.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is highly effective, knowledgeable, experienced and pragmatic."
"He is very good and practical."
"He is highly effective, knowledgeable, experienced and pragmatic."
"He is very good and practical."