CMS houses an ‘enthusiastic’ and ’dedicated’ IP, trademark and copyright team, led by Rogier de Vrey. The team acts for clients in the consumer, tech, life sciences and retail sectors on trademark enforcement, copyright protection, litigation, and cross-border parallel import and customs matters. Yasar Celebi and Marcoline van der Dussen are further key team members.
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- 'Enthusiastic. Dedicated.’
- ‘Rogier de Vrey stands out.'
Key clients
- Paramount
- Comcast (NBC Universal, SKY)
- Colgate-Palmolive
- Warner Bros Discovery (WBD)
- UEFA
- Johnson & Johnson
- Primark
- Global (media)
- Amgen
- Sony (Europe)
- Shiseido
- Royal Ahrend
Work highlights
Assisted and litigated for Royal Ahrend, one of the top five office furniture producers in Europe, in license agreement proceedings before the Dutch Courts.
Assisting Sleeptrade in a trademark case before the highest court in the Benelux – the Benelux Court of Justice - regarding its trademark SlaapID against Beter Bed Holding B.V.
Assisted Keune in various intellectual property infringement proceedings around the globe, in particular with respect to Keune's well-known trademarks. This focuses mostly on combating the illegal parallel imports of Keune’s very popular hair fashion products and also online infringements of its trademarks and copyrights.
Practice head
Rogier de Vrey
Other key lawyers
Marcoline van der Dussen; Yasar Celebi; Hannah de Leeuw; Inge Hajema; Susanne Bijvank; Pieter Jordans