Ms Manon Rieger-Jansen > Bird & Bird > The Hague, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

Bird & Bird‘s IP focused retail and consumer group provides contentious and non-contentious advice to producers, biotech companies and manufacturers of food packaging. Team head Manon Rieger-Jansen assists clients in all aspects of brand and product design protection and portfolio management. Armand Killan is sought after by international clients for cross-border patent litigation. Associate Raoul Grifoni Waterman advises clients on labelling requirements and associate Hester Borgers works on food-related patent litigation.

Bird & Bird‘s multi-disciplinary retail team frequently advises domestic and international clients transitioning to a digital model on an array of matters, including IT, IP and data protection. Manon Rieger-Jansen is the main contact for luxury brand and product design protection and portfolio management, handling contentious and non-contentious IP issues. Rieger-Jansen also focuses on retail-related anti-counterfeiting and parallel trade matters. Roelien van Neck supports leading international retail brands in the digital transformation of their businesses, including advising on tech and legal developments including data ownership and exploitation, geo-blocking, and online platform regulation. Competition specialist Pauline Kuipers deals with cartel procedures and abuse of dominance matters in the retail sector. Tax and compliance expert Arnoud Knijnenburg and employment law specialist Philip Hartman are also active in the retail space.

Bird & Bird has ‘impressive knowledge of EU intellectual property law’, and frequently advises international clients on ‘strategies regarding the EU Copyright Directive’. The Hague office plays a leading and coordinating role in many multi-jurisdictional projects; the team manages the trade mark portfolios of a broad range of brand owners, from small businesses to multi-national corporations and across a range of sectors, such as gaming, NFTs, metaverse, retail, product design and life sciences. Seasoned litigator Manon Rieger-Jansen heads the IP and brand management practice, acting for clients before the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property and EUIPO. Involved in the creation and implementation of the Trade Secrets Directive into national law, Wouter Pors works on trade mark cases before the Dutch and European Courts. Armand Killan is sought after by international clients as coordinating European lead counsel for cross-border trade mark litigation and counterfeiting matters. Additionally, many clients turn to the team for advice on new trade mark filings. Associate Nina Dorenbosch is the team’s expert on product design, especially in the fashion and retail sectors.