Netherlands

Firm overview

Taylor Wessing has one of the strongest and largest IP teams in Europe and internationally. With more than 200 professionals across Europe alone, the size and scale of our practice means we rarely deal with issues that we have not come across before. What makes us unusual is that we are highly-rated across all IP specialisms. This includes patents; brands and trade marks; copyright; designs; domain names and e-commerce; media law and reputation management, advertising and sponsorship, franchising and broadcasting.

We advise on matters throughout the IP lifecycle from development of IP protection strategies; filing and portfolio management through to maximising value by licensing; and when matters become contentious, protecting your assets through litigation in the courts.

All of our teams are technically excellent and many members have previously worked in-house, giving us a deep understanding of our clients’ needs and issues.

Firm overview

HEFFELS SPIEGELER ATTORNEYS AT LAW is an international law firm specialising in intellectual property law. Our boutique firm was established in 2013 and has since grown into a firm with particular expertise in Dutch, French and German IP law. This, combined with native lawyers, attorneys at HEFFELS SPIEGELER not only understand the legal side, but also the cultural part of it all. Which of course benefits all communication.

Our expertise lies in the services for the needs of clients in the field of intellectual property law, trademarks, copyrights and design rights, patents and industrial designs. We also support our clients in their negotiations, in drafting agreements and in litigation in respect of all IP matters and IP related contracts.

HEFFELS SPIEGELER ATTORNEYS AT LAW advises and represents its international clients across a broad range of sectors including pharmaceuticals, industrial design, media, retail, food and beverages, entertainment and publishing.

Because our lawyers have an international background and are also admitted to the Paris bar, we are not only able to plead in the Netherlands, but also in a French courtroom.

HEFFELS SPIEGELER ATTORNEYS AT LAW also have a specialization in privacy, competition law, consumer law and art law.

HEFFELS SPIEGELER ATTORNEYS AT LAW offers a wide range of art law services for artists, collectors, galleries, dealers as well as art fairs, auction houses, museums and art institutions. Collaborating with our network of government officials, art advisors, specialists and tax lawyers, we have a broad understanding of legal and business objectives and the sensitivity of matters.

Firm overview

The Simmons & Simmons international IP team offers the specialist expertise of a boutique IP practice complemented by the full service offering of a major international firm. We are well known in the market for our high-calibre clients and involvement in many of the leading IP cases and transactions, both in the UK and internationally.

Our IP practice, comprising litigation, prosecution and transactional expertise, for both brands/trade mark and patents matters, is one of the only international firms that provide the full suite of IP services from one trusted source – a significant differentiator in the legal market.

We boast an extremely deep and strong bench. Consisting of over 100 fee earners internationally, our IP team has a presence across EMEA (in Belgium, China, Dubai, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, The Netherlands), the UK and Asia.

Known for our expertise in the life sciences, fintech and technology sectors, we leverage our in-depth industry knowledge developed over our 120+ year history to provide the best advice to the most sophisticated clients. The majority of our patent litigators, attorneys and transactional IP lawyers have technical backgrounds, including advanced degrees and scientific research experience, giving our clients the advantage of market leading legal advisors who also understand their complex and cutting-edge inventions.

Firm overview

De Vries & Metman (“DVME”) is a leading patent attorney firm in the Netherlands with offices in Amsterdam, Arnhem, Breda and Eindhoven. With its main office in Amsterdam, DVME is widely recognised as a high-quality patent attorney firm. Its client portfolio ranges from global operating multinationals to high-tech start-ups, universities and research institutions. DVME represents clients before the Dutch, Belgian and European Patent Office (EPO). DVME has a technically qualified attorney at law and many of its attorneys have industry experience.

In addition to its patent prosecution work, DVME has strong expertise in handling technically and legally complex patent cases and is therefore frequently asked to assist law firms in patent litigation proceedings. DVME has been involved in many high-profile patent litigation proceedings. Further services include freedom-to-operate analyses, patent clearances, due diligence work, EPO opposition and appeal procedures, patent portfolio management, foreign patent issues for domestic clients and licensing matters. DVME is partner of various incubators that assist start-ups and university spin-offs in IP matters.

DVME’s attorneys actively participate in different IP organisations and educational bodies, including the Institute of Professional Representatives before the EPO, the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property Dutch Group, the European Patent Litigators Association and the Examination Committee of the European Qualifying Exam, tutoring trainees for the Dutch and European qualifying exams and lecturing on patent law for science students at the Delft University of Technology and Leiden University.

Network Memberships:  AIPPI, EPLIT