Bas heads Van Doorne’s Patents and Trade Secrets practice
Mr Bas Pinckaers > Van Doorne > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile
Van Doorne Offices
JACHTHAVENWEG 121
1081 KM AMSTERDAM
PO BOX 75265, 1070 AG AMSTERDAM
Netherlands
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Mr Bas Pinckaers
Work Department
Intellectual Property & Media
Position
His technological focus is on mechanical and electronic engineering. He advises on European patent and licensing strategy, coordinating and conducting national and European patent litigation and the most complex trade mark cases. Bas is experienced in setting up and implementing border measure programs. He has successfully represented global companies before the Courts of The Hague. He is familiar with patents covering industry standards and the interface with EU antitrust law.
Career
He holds an LL.M degree from the University of California (Berkeley) and a doctorate degree from the University of Amsterdam. He is an active member of (among others) the Dutch group of AIPPI, EPLAW, Union and INTA. He is a honorary teacher at the Centre for Intellectual Property Law (CIER) of Utrecht University, has published numerous articles, and regularly lectures on matters in all fields of IP, including topics as the Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court.
Languages
Dutch, English, German, French
Lawyer Rankings
Netherlands > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyrights and design rights
The IP team at Van Doorne is able to take on both contentious and advisory IP matters, handling trade mark infringement disputes for both plaintiffs and defendants before the Dutch and European courts, with further expertise in structuring multinational IP portfolios. ‘Excellent lawyer’ Kriek Wille heads the practice, utilising experience handling soft IP disputes for online businesses, and for clients in the media and entertainment sectors. Bas Pinckaers handles pan-European trade mark disputes and related competition issues, with Nadine Kok focusing on matters at the intersection of IP and media law. Dominique Geerts took up an in-house role in October 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: Mediation
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: Information technology
- Industry focus: retail
- Insurance
Firm Rankings
- Construction
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Energy
- Environment and planning
- EU and competition
- Industry focus: healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: Media and entertainment
- Investment funds
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Employment
- Intellectual property: trade marks, copyrights and design rights
- Project finance and PFI
- Tax
- Banking and finance: Financial services regulatory
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Private equity
- Dispute resolution: class actions