Jan Pot

Practice Areas

Jan is a partner and Head of Litigation at Brinkhof. He is a litigator in every sense of the word, specialising in complex litigation involving intellectual property and technology. Jan is admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, and leads all proceedings in which Brinkhof acts before the Supreme Court. He is one of a very small number of Supreme Court litigators specialising in intellectual property and technology.

Jan coordinates Brinkhof’s civil litigation practice and represents clients in complex, high-stakes civil litigation involving technology. The clients he assists in these proceedings are often leading tech companies. These cases often require a multi-disciplinary approach, and Jan then works in close coordination with Brinkhof’s subject matter experts. Jan handles both class actions under the Dutch WAMCA regime as well as regular civil proceedings including follow on competition law claims. In addition, as Supreme Court litigator, Jan spearheads all cases in which Brinkhof represents clients before the Supreme Court of the Netherlands.

Career

JD & LLM University of Amsterdam (2012); Columbia Law School (2012); Brinkhof (2013).

Professional Memberships

AIPPI

Publications

Jan regularly publishes in IP journals and is one of the authors of the loose leaf commentary on the Dutch Patent Act.

Experience

Jan studied Law in Amsterdam (UvA) and New York (Columbia Law School). He was admitted to the bar in 2013, and to the Supreme Court bar in 2019. Before becoming a lawyer, he was an external court clerk at the Amsterdam District Court for several years.