Netherlands - Jurisdiction Review

HGF

Firm overview

HGF is one of Europe’s leading firms of IP specialists. The firm is one of only a few to offer a fully integrated IP solution, bringing together over 190 patent attorneys, trade mark attorneys, design attorneys, IP solicitors and attorneys-at-law. The firm has 22 offices throughout Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

HGF has an ambitious growth strategy and we continue to expand and strengthen our offering across all technology areas to provide the highest quality intellectual property solution across Europe. The firm is already one of the leading firms throughout Europe in terms of its national reach, volume of Patent Cooperation Treaty and EU trade mark filings and position in major legal directories. Its growth has been secured organically and through a combination of acquisition and strategic lateral hires from both private practice and in-house counsel, and has been reflected in accolades including a continued listing in the Financial Times Europe’s Leading Law Firm.

HGF has a proven track record in forging successful long-term relationships with clients across a spectrum of business sectors and technologies. The firm’s highly experienced attorneys, commitment to client service and geographical profile across Europe ensure that it is uniquely placed to attend to high-value and complex IP issues.

Specialist teams

HGF offers everything you would expect of a world-class IP firm, including patent drafting, filing and prosecution, trade marks, design rights, copyright, oppositions and appeals, IP litigation, IP strategy, IP due diligence, freedom to operate, supplementary protection certificates and IP contracts, and licensing.
The firm has dedicated teams of experts working across key industry sectors with relevant experience who fully understand their clients’ businesses and appreciate the significance of their brands, innovations and other IP assets.

Following Brexit and the recent changes on the UPC, HGF understands the importance of growth in Europe. We have European patent and patent litigation teams to ensure that we can continue to provide strategic advice on prosecution, litigation and licensing throughout the lifetime of the UP and UPC.

Leading European trade mark team

HGF’s large, multidisciplinary team across Europe provides industry-leading advice in securing trade marks for brands across all industries, be it retail, media or food & drink, ensuring goods and services are registered in the optimum categories and jurisdictions to secure the strongest possible protection.

Our attorneys represent clients at the EU, UK, German and Benelux Trade Mark Registries and are also highly experienced in dealing with oppositions, appeals and IP litigation.

In addition, our trade mark attorneys work closely with our IP lawyers in relation to agreements such as for IP licensing, franchising, merchandising, coexistence, selective distribution, and litigation.

VO

Firm overview

V.O. is one of the larger independent Intellectual Property firms in Europe. We offer services in patent and trademark protection, as well as market and engineering intelligence in terms of IP.

We have wide expertise and many years of experience in Chemistry, Electronics, Life Sciences, Mechanics and Physics. More than 60 attorneys support clients worldwide to maximize the value of their intellectual property.

Clients range from tech starters and midsized innovators to knowledge centers and multinationals. They include leading national and international companies and institutes. With nine offices in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, we operate in a global network of professionals.

Last updated 16th February 2021

Hoyng Rokh Monegier

Firm overview

HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER is a specialised European intellectual property law boutique created in 2015 when the well-established top tier IP firms Hoyng Monegier and Reimann Osterrieth Köhler Haft (ROKH) decided to join forces. In 2019 the firm teamed up with French patent litigation boutique Véron & Associés. HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER gathers up to 100 passionate IP professionals with offices in Amsterdam, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Lyon, Madrid, Mannheim (branch office), Munich and Paris.
The firm’s expertise: In all of its locations HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER services the needs of clients in the field of intellectual property law, including patents and trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights and design rights, as well as in related fields, such as pharmaceutical regulatory law, unfair competition, media and advertising law and all IP related contracts.
In patent law, the focus of HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER lies in particular on the technical areas of electronics and telecommunications, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, automotive and optics, with decades of proven expertise. The firm also serves all other technical fields, including mechanics, electrical engineering and chemicals.
In addition, in the fields of trademark, copyright, design right law, HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER offers a complete range of services relating to the enforcement, exploitation, assessment and protection of these rights, always at the forefront of new developments. Given the full harmonisation of European trademark and design right law it is ideally placed to serve its clients’ needs. HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER advises and represents its clients across a broad range of sectors including food and beverages, pharmaceuticals, industrial design, media, entertainment and publishing.
The firm represents its clients before all relevant national and European IP courts and authorities as well as arbitrating their IP disputes. It also acts for them as experienced negotiators and assist in drafting licensing, R&D and technology transfer agreements.

Arnold & Siedsma

Firm overview

Arnold & Siedsma is an all-round service provider for the protection of intellectual property (IP). Since 1920, your creation has been our motivation. We have 100 years of experience in the legal protection of intellectual property of inventions, trademarks and designs for self-employed persons as well as for large multinationals in the Netherlands and abroad. In addition to our offices in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Switzerland, Arnold & Siedsma has an extensive global network of agents so that we can protect your rights anywhere in the world.

Arnold & Siedsma has more than sixty in-house technical and legal experts with knowledge of all the important innovative sectors, from biotechnology and pharmaceutics to semiconductors and software. Depending on your invention, we connect you to a patent attorney who specialises in your specific discipline. Our trademark and design attorneys are the best partners for all issues related to your trademarks or protecting the unique design of your products. Our IP attorneys at law can help you with anything related to legal procedures, such as upholding your rights.

Arnold & Siedsma is your actively involved and knowledgeable partner. We are happy to be of service and contribute to you and to your ideas

Last updated 3rd March 2020

IP STARS Reviews

Arnold & Siedsma

Arnold & Siedsma is a well-regarded patent and trade mark attorney firm in the Benelux. The firm has a strong team of European patent attorneys, with expertise in fields such as chemistry, biotechnology, electronics, and engineering. The chemistry patent practice grew in July 2020 following the acquisition of Belgian patent firm LC Patents.

The senior leaders in the firm are European patent attorneys Paul Hylarides and Gerwald Verdijck, who are based in the Netherlands. Another notable leader is chemistry specialist Steve Duxbury, who runs the firm’s Munich office.

Electronics patent specialist Nele D'Halleweyn is the prominent practitioner in its Belgian practice. She is now supported by biochemistry patent specialist Bart Laenen. The team is also supported by Dutch and Belgian qualified patent attorneys such as Erik Bartelds, Rogier Brouwer, Petri van Someren, Erik Bartelds, Arjen Hooiveld, Martin Luten and Bart Jacobs. Patent attorneys Raimond Haan, Yannick Philippaerts and Remy Van den Bosch are practitioners to watch.

The firm’s core trade marks team is based in the Netherlands, where clients will find trade mark partners Karin Becks and Joop Elzas. Sandra Bauwens is a notable trade mark attorney in Belgium.

NLO

Benelux IP firm NLO is highly recommended by market commentators for patent protection work.

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. The firm offers trade mark protection and portfolio management services through NLO Shieldmark.

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.

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. Peter Simonis, Willemijn Gommans, Marta Alvarez Guede, Estela Goncalves and Glenn Vinck are patent practitioners to watch, while Yvonne Noorlander is one to watch in the trade mark department.

VO

VO is one of the best patent and trade mark attorney firms in the Benelux. The firm specialises in IP protection and portfolio management work, with a strong team of patent attorneys to deal with a range of technical fields, most notably chemistry, biotechnology, and engineering. Most of its IP practitioners are based in the Netherlands.

The firm has a large team of experienced European patent attorneys. Herman Witmans, Leo Jessen, Bernard Ledeboer, Michiel van Rooij and Annemie Jaeken are key figures in the engineering team. Jaeken is based in Belgium. Otto Oudshoorn, Hajo Kraak, Marco Molling, and Huub Maas are experts in chemistry. Mark Einerhand, Frits Schut and Bettina Hermann are experienced attorneys for life sciences patent work, while Jasper Groot Koerkamp, Marco Box and Johannes van Melle are key contacts in the electronics practice. Hermann is based in Germany.

Trade mark instructions are dealt with by trade mark associates such as Noëlle Wolfs and Raquel Alvarez, both of whom are based in the Netherlands. For commercial IP matters, the team can always count on the legal and transactional experience of Nick Oostenbroek. Patent attorneys Henri van Kalkeren, Martin Klok, Jetze Beeksma, Peter de Lange, and Rutger Timmer are practitioners to watch.