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Dinant T.L. Oosterbaan
Partner
Education
Dinant Oosterbaan received a J.D. law degree from Erasmus University in Rotterdam,
the Netherlands, where he graduated in 1969. He went on to study for a Masters
degree at New York University School of Law. He joined the IBM legal department in 1971
and worked with IBM in a variety of legal positions in the Netherlands, Paris and the
United States. He was admitted to the Dutch bar in 1981.
Practice
Dinant Oosterbaan is considered to be one of the pioneers in IT Law and now has over
35 years of experience as a lawyer in the information technology industries,
handling matters such as computer and software contracts, software licensing, software
and data base protection, domain names, distribution and licensing agreements, joint venture
agreements, competition law, litigation and dispute resolution, data protection, EDI,
telecommunications regulation and various other aspects with respect to Information
Technology.
As a result Dinant Oosterbaan has a thorough understanding of IT Law and is considered
a 'revered statesman of the Dutch IT Law scene' and a 'highly-respected IT guru'.
Dinant Oosterbaan is listed as an arbitrator with WIPO, the Netherlands Arbitration Institute and the Czech Arbitration Court (domain names).
Dinant Oosterbaan also has substantial experience in the fields of Corporate and
Commercial Law, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and Labour Law.
He speaks Dutch, English, French and German fluently.
Memberships
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Co-founder and Member of the Netherlands Association for Information
Technology and Law (1985 - present, President 1985 - 1994)
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Co-founder of the International Federation of Computer Law
Associations (President 1992 - 1994 and 2004 - 2006)
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Member of the Board of Directors of the Computer Law Association, Inc. (USA)
(1988 - 1995)
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Editor of 'Computerrecht' Journal (Netherlands and Belgium)
(1984 - present)
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Member of Editorial Board of International Computer Lawyer
(1992 - 1995)
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Co-editor-in-chief of the International Computer Law Adviser
(1986 - 1992)
Dinant Oosterbaan has participated as chairman and speaker at over 100 national and
international conferences, graduate and post-graduate level university courses on
computer and telecommunications law in the Netherlands and other countries around the
world, such as the USA, Brazil, Japan, Germany, England, Sweden, France and Spain.
Publications
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The History of IFCLA
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Computerrecht - 25 years
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e-Commerce: The Netherlands
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International Online Dispute Resolution
See
Publications
for the full articles and other recent publications of
Dinant Oosterbaan.
Contact details
dinant.oosterbaan@itlawyers.nl
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Dinant T.L. Oosterbaan
Marie-Anne P. Schouten
Nieuwe Gracht 74
2011 NJ Haarlem
The Netherlands
t: +31 (0)23 5422946
e:
info@itlawyers.nl
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