Mr Alfred Meijboom > Kennedy Van der Laan > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

Kennedy Van der Laan
MOLENWERF 16
1014 BG
P.O. Box 58188, 1040HD
Netherlands

Work Department

Intellectual Property and Media Group

Position

Partner

Career

Alfred Meijboom is counsel, former partner and one of the firm’s founders. Alfred advises and litigates on the full spectrum of Intellectual Property. Alfred is renounced for his work regarding (online) trademark law, licensing and domain name issues, IT, Sports marketing and sponsoring. His practice includes contentious and non-contentious work.

Alfred is a qualified arbitrator at SGOA (Dutch Foundation for the Settlement of Automation Disputes), the Court of Arbitration for Art and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and a domain name panelist at WIPO and the Czech Court of Arbitration.

Languages

Dutch, English

Memberships

Co-chair of the Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee of the IBA (International Bar Association)
Member of the Benelux Association of Trademark and Design Law
Member of the Netherlands Associations for Information Technology and Law Founding member of the Netherlands Association for Computer Lawyers (VIRA)

Education

Law, VU University Amsterdam, 1985

Lawyer Rankings

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

The ‘true legal and judicial experts’ at Kennedy Van der Laan divide their focus between the tech, media and entertainment, fashion and luxury sectors, representing clients in major trade mark infringement claims and issues around intermediary liability. The practice is led by Maarten Schut, a specialist in tech and life sciences trade mark disputes; IP, IT and sports-focused Alfred Meijboom; and Joran Spauwen, whose expertise lies in assisting the IP aspects of tech transactions. Reindert van der Zaal represents both domestic and international fashion, luxury and sports brands in trade mark and advertising matters, and co-heads the firm’s anti-counterfeiting program.