Ruud van der Velden > Hogan Lovells International LLP > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

Hogan Lovells International LLP
ATRIUM - NORTH TOWER
STRAWINSKYLAAN 4129
1077 ZX AMSTERDAM PO BOX 545
Netherlands
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Work Department

Intellectual Property Media and Technology

Position

Partner

Career

Ruud van der Velden has 15 years’ experience in multi-jurisdictional patent and trade secret litigation. He litigates before all courts in the Netherlands and the European Patent Office. He represents companies in all technological fields, with a particular focus on high tech and life sciences industries. Ruud has an excellent track record in complicated cases. Examples include obtaining a cross-border patent infringement injunction at a time this was considered impossible, successfully enforcing a second medical use patent that was revoked in almost every other jurisdiction, and seizing pivotal evidence in a logistical warehouse in the Netherlands in absence of a patent in force in the Netherlands to secure injunctions in Germany.

Memberships

Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)

The European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW)

VIEPA

Lawyer Rankings

Netherlands > Intellectual property: Patents

(Leading partners)

Ruud van der VeldenHogan Lovells International LLP

Hogan Lovells International LLP‘s group is well-placed to advise its roster of well-known clients on the remit of complex patent litigation matters. Ruud van der Velden has a focus on high-tech and life sciences-related contentious patent matters and co-leads the practice alongside Gertjan Kuipers who has expertise breaking patent boundaries for clients entering new markets. Patent litigator Rik Zagers has experience handling cross-border matters before the EPO, UPC and the Dutch courts, while Dirk-Jan Ridderinkhof has expertise across trade secret and patent disputes.

Netherlands > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyrights and design rights

The practice at Hogan Lovells International LLP is particularly experienced acting for clients in trade mark protection and enforcement proceedings. Samantha Brinkhuis has contentious and non-contentious capabilities, spanning trade secrets, media and entertainment and advertising, as well as strategy and enforcement. Brinkhuis co-heads the offering alongside Ruud van der Velden and Gertjan Kuipers.