Visser Schaap & Kreijger

Intellectual Property

Intellectual property (‘IP’) is the collective term for a number of different rights with intangible subject matter, such as trade mark law, trade name law, design law, (design protection), copyright law, neighbouring rights, database law and patent law.

Media (M)

The law relating to media has a wide variety of subdivisions such as (public) media law, defamation, (press law), image rights law, advertising law, sponsorship, product placement, film law, electronic communication, public access to government information and privacy.

Competition (C)

Competition law comprises distribution/agency, (public) competition law, market and government, procurement, law on unfair trading practices, protection of knowhow, slavish imitation, product regulation, consumer law, e-commerce, telecommunications law and sector specific regulation.

Lawyers

Dirk Visser

Dirk Visser

Dirk Visser, partner, has been practising in all areas of intellectual property law since 1996. He advises and litigates on trade marks, design protection, databases, image rights and copyright. His clients include publishers, producers, broadcasting corporations, manufacturers and designers of various products, retail corporations, libraries, archives and collective interest organisations. He is also Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Leiden University.

+31 6 51 55 32 85

Dirk.visser@ipmc.nl

Jacqueline Schaap

Jacqueline Schaap

Jacqueline Schaap, partner, has been practising law since 1988, specialising in intellectual property law and media law.
Her specialities lie in the field of copyright law, design, format protection, copyright and other contract law,
trade mark law, advertising law, unfair trading practices, sponsorship and illicit advertising, unlawful press publications
and promotional and other games of chance. She has a vast amount of litigation experience.

+31 6 21 53 13 47

Jacqueline.schaap@ipmc.nl

Paul Kreijger

Paul Kreijger

Paul Kreijger, partner, has been practising since 1997 in the field of European law, competition law, economic and general administrative law, media law, copyright law, privacy, advertising, electronic communications franchise, distribution and procedural law. He acts for, among others, publishers, producers, broadcasting corporations, retail corporations, business associations, collective management organisations and industrial enterprises.

+31 6 31 96 00 85

Paul.kreijger@ipmc.nl

Patty de Leeuwe

Patty de Leeuwe

Patty de Leeuwe, partner, has been practising law since 2012. She specialises in copyright law, media law, trade mark law, image rights law and neighbouring rights.

+31 6 29 49 99 28

Patty.deleeuwe@ipmc.nl