NLO

Benelux IP firm NLO is highly recommended by market commentators for patent and trade mark protection work. The firm offers trade mark protection and portfolio management services in the Benelux through NLO Shieldmark.

The firm has a strong team of patent attorneys to handle inventions in technical fields such as chemistry, computer technology, telecommunications and biotechnology. The majority of the firm’s practitioners are based in the Netherlands.

Chemistry patent specialist René van Duijvenbode and European trade mark attorney Jeroen Cornelis are the leaders in the firm. The other key trade mark attorneys in the firm are Marlous Stal-Hilders, Milca Graver-De Looper, Masja van der Galiën and Florence Tordoir. Peter Simonis,is a trade mark attorney to watch. 

Catherine A Shultz, Hans Hutter, Paul Clarkson, Bart Swinkels, Harm van der Heijden, Mari Korsten, Caroline Pallard and Jaap Mannaerts are among the experienced senior European patent attorneys in the firm. Willemijn Gommans, Marta Alvarez Guede, Estela Goncalves and Glenn Vinck are patent practitioners to watch.

In March 2025, the firm announced a 'strategic partnership' with the French firm Ipsilon.

2023

"Florence Tordoir and her team are very organised, responsive and their prices are reasonable."

Case studies show the firm protected and managed trade marks for a range of brand owners. Clients include The Bulldog Trademarks and Canon. The firm hired Leon Olde Nordkamp, Kayin Pang and Sirin Akgün in 2020 to strengthen its trade mark team following the departure of Bart ten Doeschate and Daan Wijnnobel. Former Turnstone partner Merel Kamp joined the firm's Dutch office in January 2022. Promising trade mark practitioner Yvonne Noorlander left the firm in 2022 for a role at the Benelux IP Office.

Case studies show patent protection and litigation support work in different industries. The firm advised the Dutch research body TNO on IP portfolio management. It also helped Xiaomi and Nokia in their respective patent litigation. Three junior patent attorneys left the firm in 2020 but the firm reinforced with three trainee patent attorneys. European patent attorney Stephanie Sarlet, who was noted in the 2021 edition, left the firm in 2022.

In March 2025, the firm announced a 'strategic partnership' with the French firm Ipsilon.