Douwe Linders > SOLV Advocaten > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile
SOLV Advocaten Offices
ANNE FRANKSTRAAT 121
1018 BZ AMSTERDAM
Netherlands
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Douwe Linders
Work Department
Litigation & Class Actions - IP - IT - Online platforms
Position
Partner
Career
Douwe Linders is a seasoned litigator and head of the SOLV litigation & class actions team. Driven, sharp, strategically strong and with a fighting spirit. Douwe specializes in IT law, intellectual property law, media and entertainment law and e-commerce. He is an acclaimed expert on copyright and database law. He has extensive experience in software licensing disputes and cases concerning film and television productions, audiovisual media services and collective management.
Douwe advises clients on the legal aspects of online intermediaries and publishes frequently on the topic.
Douwe excels under high pressure. A strong substantive lawyer, very meticulous and highly involved with his cases and clients. In addition to being a litigator, he is also a valuable advisor to our top clients.
Cases:
- Represented a software company in the seizure of evidence and in proceedings on the merits regarding database infringement with an interest of 160 million euros
- Represented a datacenter in a collective claim regarding intermediairy liability for illegal streaming
- Represented an online marketplace in proceedings on the merits in a case regarding intermediairy liability for counterfeit
- Represented an advertising agency in a case brought by a large online retailer for breach of contract and copyright infringement
- Represented a German film production company in a seizure against its Dutch co-producers for breach of contract
- Represented the Dutch Consumer Association (the Consumentenbond) in a misleading advertisement case against a large retailer before the Advertising Code Committee
- Represented a dance DJ in preliminary relief proceedings against his record label for failure to comply with reporting obligations
- Represented a rights organization in preliminary relief proceedings against a dance event
- Represented various educational publishers in proceedings on the merits against a provider of tablet education regarding copyright infringement
Languages
Dutch, English
Memberships
Douwe is chairman of NORMA’s Disputes Committee. He is a member of the Association for Intellectual Property Litigators, the International Association for Intellectual Property Law AIPPI, the Dutch Copyright Association, the Benelux Association for Trademark and Design Law, Marques, the Privacy Law Association and the Dutch Association for Information Technology and Law.
Lawyer Rankings
Netherlands > Data privacy and data protection
SOLV Advocaten is known for its internet and technology focus, assisting technology-driven clients such as software and e-commerce platforms with data protection and privacy issues. In particular the team handles a number of class actions in this space. The team is co-led by Douwe Linders and Wanda Van Kerkvoorden. Thomas Van Essen left the firm in March 2023.
Netherlands > Industry focus: Information technology
(Next Generation Partners)The TMC boutique SOLV Advocaten boasts sector-specific expertise including software, SaaS, e-commerce, healthcare and more. The group advises on IT disputes, licensing, digital data processing and online platform liability. Douwe Linders and Wanda van Kerkvoorden co-lead the team, with Linders representing IT and cloud providers on IT compliance and GDPR infringements class-action litigation. Former co-head Thomas Van Essen has left the practice.