Hogan Lovells, Intellectual Property | Chambers Europe Profile

About

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Your ideas. Your innovations. Your brand. Our IP practice understands that these assets make your business unique, and we know how to protect them.

There’s a reason why more than half of the world’s top 100 brands (Financial Times, 2017) have chosen us to represent them. With 400 IP professionals worldwide, we combine a global outlook with local knowledge across the life cycle of IP assets ― from development to commercialization, and licensing through to maturity. But it's not how many lawyers we have; it’s the way we work together that our clients really value.

Many of our lawyers hold advanced degrees in science and engineering, helping us to fully appreciate the products and processes in traditional industries, as well as emerging ones.

We live and breathe IP. And we are ready to resolve your intellectual property issues wherever and however they arise.

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Intellectual Property: Patent - Netherlands

Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Hogan Lovells advises on a broad range of contentious patent cases, often acting for innovator pharmaceutical companies and telecom sector clients. The law firm is well known for assisting with patent infringement cases, enforcement actions, revocation disputes and validity proceedings.

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Work Highlights

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Hogan Lovells acted for Oppo on patent infringement proceedings brought by Philips concerning two UMTS and LTE patents.

Strengths

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"Hogan Lovells team is always a great choice for complex international IP disputes with a strong and diverse team."

Intellectual Property: Patent respondent
Europe

"The lawyers are very client-oriented, and have keen eye for detail and a pragmatic approach."

Intellectual Property: Patent respondent
Europe

"Hogan Lovells team is always a great choice for complex international IP disputes with a strong and diverse team."

Intellectual Property: Patent respondent
Europe

"The lawyers are very client-oriented, and have keen eye for detail and a pragmatic approach."

Intellectual Property: Patent respondent
Europe

Notable Practitioners

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Gertjan Kuipers

Band 1

Gertjan Kuipers is active in patent infringement cases. He has a number of high-profile clients from the technology and telecommunications sectors, as well as life sciences.

"Gertjan Kuipers is an excellent IP litigator with a pan-European perspective."

"He is very smart, quick to grasp issues and nuances, and he collaborates well."

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Ruud van der Velden

Band 4

Ruud van der Velden acts for clients from the chemicals and pharmaceutical industries on patent revocation and infringement proceedings.

"Ruud van der Velden is very knowledgeable. He made very good predictions and could anticipate things very well. He kept us informed and the result was very good. It was a pleasure to work with him."

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