Mr Alexander Odle > Dentons > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

Dentons
GUSTAV MAHLERPLEIN 2
1082 MA
Netherlands

Work Department

Intellectual Property

Position

Partner

Career

Alexander Odle is a partner in the Intellectual Property and Technology team in Amsterdam. He has over 30 years of experience in all fields of intellectual property and media law. Within the Amsterdam IP&T team he focusses on the protection and enforcement of trademarks, tradenames, designs and copyrights, online and offline media content, advertising clearing, and media related disputes.

He handles complex and cross-border IP enforcement matters and has litigated many high profile trademark and design cases that have been published, including for trademarks and tradenames such as Cisco, Leatherman, Mini Maglite, BUDGET, MEXX, and BonBonBloc (Cȏte d’Or). He has also handled many opposition and cancellation proceedings before the BOIP and the EUIPO and has also litigated before the Benelux Court of Justice and the Courts of the European Union in trademark and design matters.

His work in IP transactions is also including licensing and technology transfers, national and international IP (re)structuring have led him to be listed as one of 300 World’s leading IP Strategists by IAM for many years.

He was appointed as teacher in “International Intellectual Property law and Transactions” for post graduates at Leiden University in 2014.

Education

University of Leiden, 1989, LL.M.

Lawyer Rankings

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

Seen by clients as a ‘highly professional and innovative IP partner’, Dentons handles trade mark and copyright disputes before the Dutch courts and EUIPO, and is also noted for its work on anti-counterfeiting class action lawsuits. Practice head Alexander Odle covers both trade mark and design litigation, and he also offers strategic IP advice, in addition to transactional support. Alexander van Laaren heads the firm’s trade mark prosecution work in addition to handling administrative IP matters. Tom Brohm specialises in anti-counterfeiting actions. Nathalie van der Zande departed the firm in February 2024.

Netherlands > Industry focus: Information technology

Dentons excels in a variety of IT areas, spanning e-commerce, software licensing and SaaS contract negotiations, outsourcing and IT developments. Key senior contact Alexander Odle focuses on e-commerce litigations, complex licensing frameworks, technology transfer agreements and liability issues related to platforms.