Netherlands

Firm overview

HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER is a leading European intellectual property law boutique. It is the top choice for high-stakes cross-border IP litigation, including at the Unified Patent Court (“UPC”).

Its international team of around 130 dedicated IP professionals across five countries combines legal and technical expertise in patents, trademarks, copyrights, design rights, and trade secrets to protect innovation worldwide.

Patents & the UPC

Recognising the importance of the UPC from the start, HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER has quickly become one of the leading firms representing parties before the UPC. With extensive experience in cross-border patent disputes and involvement in many of the early cases at the UPC, the firm’s teams leverage their deep expertise and strategic approach in navigating the challenges and opportunities of the system.

Trademarks, Copyrights & Design Rights

HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER offers comprehensive legal advice and litigation services in trademarks, copyrights, and design rights. The firm represents clients before national and European courts and authorities, ensuring effective management and enforcement of IP portfolios.

Trade Secrets

HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER provides comprehensive and strategic protection of trade secrets, helping clients safeguard their confidential business information and technological innovations. Services include risk assessment, compliance strategies, litigation and dispute resolution.

Further services

HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER moreover assists and represents clients in various fields closely related to IP, such as pharmaceutical regulatory law, unfair competition, media and advertising law and all IP-related contracts. Also in these fields, HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER is your trusted partner. https://www.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/

Firm overview

V.O. is one of the larger independent Intellectual Property firms in Europe. We offer services in patent and trademark protection, as well as market and engineering intelligence in terms of IP. These include, for example, prosecution and litigation support before the national and European patent offices and courts, such as before the Unitary Patent Court by our team of European patent litigators.

We have wide expertise and many years of experience in Chemistry, Electronics, Life Sciences, Mechanics and Physics. More than 70 attorneys support clients worldwide to maximize the value of their intellectual property.

Clients range from tech starters and midsized innovators to knowledge centers and multinationals. They include leading national and international companies and institutes. With eight offices in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, we operate in a global network of professionals.

Firm overview

We do European Patent Prosecution, EPO Opposition, Unified Patent Court (UPC) Litigation, and Global Patent Strategy and Management.  

European Patent Prosecution

Our focus is drafting strong, enforceable patents for our clients before the European Patent Office (EPO) taking into account the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) requirements. Our prosecution team’s expertise ensures success in securing robust allowance before the EPO and USPTO. Our services include:

• Drafting and filing patent applications that maximize claim scope and withstand EPO and USPTO scrutiny.
• Overcoming Objections: responding to EPO office actions with persuasive arguments.
• Strategic Portfolio Building: filing divisional applications and claim strategies to comprehensive protection aligned with your business goals.
• Leveraging deep technical knowledge in fields like biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and mechanical engineering to win patents for cutting-edge inventions. Our decades of experience ensure we develop the patents that drive your success in the European market.

EPO Opposition

When it comes to EPO oppositions, we win, whether challenging competitors’ patents or defending your own.

Our services include:

• Filing targeted oppositions to revoke or weaken competitors’ patents, securing your market position.
• Defending your patents against opposition attacks, preserving their scope and enforceability.
• EPO oral hearings.
• Appealing before the EPO Boards of Appeal.

Our success rate in EPO oppositions reflects our commitment to winning outcomes that protect your rights and market.
 
Unified Patent Court (UPC) Litigation

In the Unified Patent Court (UPC), we handle cross-border patent disputes . Our services include: 

• Infringement: In collaborating with national litigants, we secure injunctions, damages, and other remedies through aggressive enforcement of your patents in UPC proceedings.
• We invalidate: we challenge or defend patent validity, winning outcomes that strengthen your portfolio or neutralize infringement threats.
• Cross-Border Success: we coordinate multi-jurisdictional strategies to win parallel disputes.

Global Patent Strategy and Management

We create long-term value for your intellectual property through comprehensive global patent strategies. Our services include:

Portfolio Growth: Designing and executing filing strategies to secure strong patents in key jurisdictions, including the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

Successful Due Diligence: Conducting IP audits by identifying opportunities and mitigating risks in mergers, acquisitions, and licensing.

Global Coordination: Managing prosecution, enforcement, and disputes across jurisdictions to deliver consistent outcomes.

Firm overview

De Vries & Metman (“DVME”) is a leading patent attorney firm in the Netherlands with offices in Amsterdam, Arnhem, Breda and Eindhoven. With its main office in Amsterdam, DVME is widely recognised as a high-quality patent attorney firm. Its client portfolio ranges from global operating multinationals to high-tech start-ups, universities and research institutions. DVME represents clients before the Dutch, Belgian and European Patent Office (EPO). DVME has a technically qualified attorney at law and many of its attorneys have industry experience.

In addition to its patent prosecution work, DVME has strong expertise in handling technically and legally complex patent cases and is therefore frequently asked to assist law firms in patent litigation proceedings. DVME has been involved in many high-profile patent litigation proceedings. Further services include freedom-to-operate analyses, patent clearances, due diligence work, EPO opposition and appeal procedures, patent portfolio management, foreign patent issues for domestic clients and licensing matters. DVME is partner of various incubators that assist start-ups and university spin-offs in IP matters.

DVME’s attorneys actively participate in different IP organisations and educational bodies, including the Institute of Professional Representatives before the EPO, the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property Dutch Group, the European Patent Litigators Association and the Examination Committee of the European Qualifying Exam, tutoring trainees for the Dutch and European qualifying exams and lecturing on patent law for science students at the Delft University of Technology and Leiden University.

Network Memberships:  AIPPI, EPLIT