Arnout Groen
Solicitor since 2001. Focus on copyright, trademark and design law, media law and unlawful press publications.
Arnout Groen
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Arnout is a member of the Association of Intellectual Property Litigation Lawyers (VIEPA), AIPPI, the BMM, the ALAI and the INTA. He is a member of the Benelux Council for Intellectual Property and co-author of the handbook ‘Kort Begrip van het Intellectueel Eigendomsrecht’ (A Brief Understanding of Intellectual Property Law), in which he wrote the chapters on copyright, database rights and neighbouring rights.
Some recommendations for Arnout Groen:
Chambers Europe 2025:
“Arnout Groen has a strong focus on copyright matters, including advising technology sector clients on disputes concerning home copying levies and representing media companies in litigation concerning payments for the use of copyrighted material. He also assists clients with trade mark mandates.”
Arnout Groen is registered as a specialist in intellectual property law in the Dutch Bar Association’s register of legal areas. Based on this registration, he is required to obtain ten training credits in this legal area each calendar year in accordance with the standards of the Dutch Bar Association.
Representative work:
- Boombrush in summary proceedings concerning alleged infringement of the design of Philips electronic toothbrushes;
- QWIC in proceedings concerning the protection of the design of e-bikes against fietsenwinkel.nl
- Apple in proceedings between Disney and Buma/Stemra concerning access to agreements on video-on-demand services between Buma/Stemra and, among others, Apple.
- HP Nederland, Dell and Stichting Overlegorgaan Blanco Informatiedragers in proceedings before the Court of Justice concerning questions referred by the Supreme Court about the copyright status of offline streaming copies.
- DPG Media in summary proceedings concerning alleged unlawful statements in the daily newspaper Trouw.