Brinkhof is frequently tasked with co-ordinating multi-jurisdictional patent disputes, overseeing parallel European and global litigation for clients in the pharmaceutical, electronics and tech and consumer goods sectors. Daan de Lange tackles SEP disputes for telecoms clients and FRAND matters. The team is headed by Richard Ebbink, who handles European Patent Office (EPO) opposition proceedings and parallel national disputes, and Mark van Gardingen, who specialises in pharmaceutical, chemical and biotech patents. Koen Bijvank appears before the courts and the EPO for chemicals and life sciences clients. Jan Pot, who heads the firm’s litigation team, handles appeal and opposition proceedings before the Dutch Supreme Court and EPO.
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'I have enjoyed working with Brinkhof. They make the jargon understandable and they come up with practical solutions for difficult situations.'
'The personal relationship seems to be high on Brinkhof's agenda, which makes it nice to catch up. Mark van Gardingen is the stand-out.'
'Strong team of young, eager and sharp lawyers.'
'We worked with Jan Pot. He is great, engaging and enthusiastic, like a good chess player. Alexander de Leeuw is a hard worker who is good with clients.'
Key clients
- Accord Healthcare
- Alcon
- Alvotech
- Amgen
- Becton Dickinson
- Belmoca
- Boston Scientific
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Delta Electronics
- Glycostem
- Google LLC
- Heineken
- High Point
- Longi
- OPPO
- QVQ
- Sandoz
- Synthon
- Tata Steel
- The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
- Unilever
- Versuni
- Vestel
- Vision-Box
- Xiaomi
- ZURU Inc.
Work highlights
- Represented Vestel in FRAND determination proceedings regarding standard essential patents included in the High Efficiency Video Coding-standard and pooled in the Access Advance patent pool HEVC Advance.
- Acted for OPPO in multi-jurisdictional patent disputes with a multitude of proprietors of standard essential patents, including Sisvel, Nokia and others.
- Advised the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in connection with its discovery and development of the CRISPR technology for genome editing, including representing it in matters related to its European CRISPR patent portfolio.
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Richard Ebbink, Mark van Gardingen