Expertise

Our firm specializes in all aspects of
IP law related to
brands, design, media, marketing, art & more.

We advise clients on the protection and enforcement of soft intellectual property and assert and defend our client’s intellectual property rights in court and before administrative institutions such as the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) and EUIPO. We assist in optimizing the value of our client’s intellectual property portfolio. We advise the press and production and entertainment companies on media law and represent them in freedom of speech and defamation matters. We advise cultural institutions and artists on art law. We draft and negotiate contracts with an IP/IT, media or art law related angle and advise on IP/IT aspects of M&A transactions.

In particular, our experience includes:

  • Misappropriation of trade secrets

  • Media law

  • Freedom of speech and defamation matters

  • Value optimization of IP portfolios

  • Due diligence and advise in relation to IP/IT issues in M&A transactions

  • Licensing, distribution, franchise, agency agreements

  • Software licensing and development agreements

  • Joint development and other cooperation agreements

  • Sponsor and merchandising agreements

  • Confidentiality agreements (NDA)

  • Games of chance conditions

  • General purchase conditions and manufacturing agreements

  • Advising museums on loan agreements and collection mobility issues

  • Enforcing moral rights of artists

  • Copyright contracts and exploitation agreements

    & More

  • Strategic advice on protecting and enforcing trademarks, designs, copyrights, trade names, trade secrets, know-how

  • Acting before Dutch courts, Benelux Court, General Court (GCEU) and Court of Justice (CJEU)

  • Coordination of international proceedings in various jurisdictions in cooperation with partners

  • Oppositions and cancellations before the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) and EUIPO

  • Strategic IP advice with regard to product launches, advertising campaigns and branding strategies

  • Coordination of cross border multi-jurisdictional advices in cooperation with partners

  • Counterfeit, unfair competition, passing-off (“me-too”)

  • Custom enforcement and other anti-piracy measures

  • E-commerce and domain name issues