De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek offers extensive expertise in trademarks, copyrights, designs, trade secrets, and licensing. The firm advises leading multinational clients across the technology, consumer goods, luxury brands and media sectors. The team is under the leadership of IP litigators Tobias Cohen Jehoram, who represents clients before courts at all levels, including the European Court of Justice, and Anne Marie Verschuur, who focuses on technology and patents, while also advising on design, trademark, and copyright matters. Selmer Bergsma fields a broad IP practice, which covers trademarks, trade secrets, and licensing disputes. Roos van der Poel departed the firm in February 2025.
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Testimonials
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- Tobias Cohen Jehoram for his knowledge.
- ‘Tobias Cohen Jehoram stands out for his expertise, litigation skills and legal advice.’
- ‘Professional firm with full knowledge of our sector.’
- ‘Professionalism, quick reaction and accessibility from attorneys.’
- ‘Tobias Cohen Jehoram is known for his expertise in the trademark field.’
- 'Their advice perfectly balances explaining the legal reasoning and proposed next steps.'
- ‘Tobias Cohen Jehoram has a wealth of experience; he is an expert among experts.’
- ‘I'm impressed by the legal knowledge of the team, especially Tobias Cohen Jehoram and Selmer Bergsma, and their ability to translate complex legal subject matter into high-level advice.'
Key clients
- Amazon
- Shell
- ASML
- Booking.com
- Philips
- Inter IKEA
- PVH (Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein)
- Heineken
- NXP
- LVMH
- FrieslandCampina
- AkzoNobel
- SKY
- Coty Beauty Germany GmbH
- PUMA
- Impossible Foods
- Airwair (Dr. Martens)
- NN Group
- JDE Peet's
- reMarkable
Work highlights
Representing Inter IKEA before the Court of Justice of the EU in its dispute with Vlaams Belang about their use of IKEA's famous trademarks to get attention for their political message.
Representing the Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), a Dutch charitable foundation, in a legal dispute over the online publication of research on Anne Frank's writings.
Representing Stokke in Dutch legal proceedings regarding the copyright infringement of their famous Tripp Trapp chair by Cybex, a German manufacturer of children's furniture and accessories.
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Selmer Bergsma
Practice head
Tobias Cohen Jehoram; Anne Marie Verschuur
Other key lawyers
Selmer Bergsma; Yiyi Song; Geert Lokhorst; Florence Haverhals