Intellectual Property
Every company has to deal with intellectual property rights, such as trademark law, copyright, patent law, design law, trade name law, advertising law, unfair commercial practices, breeders’ rights and know-how/trade secrets. We assist our clients in all aspects of this, such as planned product launches, marketing and advertising campaigns, protecting brands and products, entering into or terminating licensing agreements and combating counterfeiting. In addition to advising and drawing up contracts, we also assist our clients in conducting proceedings on all these issues. For international matters or aspects, we have a worldwide network of specialized lawyers.
Micheline Don
partner/lawyer
News
New rules for European design rights
With a design registration, the appearance of a product or design can be protected for 5 years and (after renewal max 25 years). For a design to be registered, it must be new (i.e. not previously made public) and have an individual character (i.e. sufficiently different from designs already on the market).
No laughing matter for Dutch comedian
Jiskefet ‘not amused’ when they heard that publisher Noblesse wanted to publish a ‘Jiskefet encyclopaedia’.
Supreme Court: Lookalike is a portrait after all
Two years ago we already wrote about the portrait of our national Formula 1 hero Max Verstappen. In 2016 delivery supermarket Picnic had posted a video on social media showing a lookalike of Max Verstappen.
Shaken, not stirred
A brand distinguishes products and services from those of competitors. When you think of a brand, you usually think of a word or logo, or a combination thereof, and sometimes a shape.
Is a descriptive trade name of any use to you?
Every company has one or sometimes several trade names, the names under which the company operates. This does not require registration; the right to the trade name arises by using it.