Sjors van der Hoeven

“If a seemingly difficult question is presented to me, I enjoy breaking it down into well-organized pieces, so that a simple but overall effective solution can be found for our customer. ”

“Whether it is copyright, trademark or trade names: IP disputes essentially come down to the question “is it too much alike?”. There is always some subjectivity in this comparison, and there is therefore relatively much room for the lawyer to pull the case off in the right direction based on argumentation and persuasion. ”

” ‘If there is only X number of demonstrable differences between the original and the later work or product, it does not infringe any copyright’. That “rule of thumb” is nonsense. Sometimes one difference is so prominent that it creates a completely different overall impression, and sometimes ten differences can be identified, but there is still an infringement. ”

“Lawyers have a duty of confidentiality. I enjoy that. Customers can tell me freely about their position and motives, without having to wonder whether that information will end up in the wrong place. This gives me a very direct picture of what is going on at the customer and where the interests lie so that I can fully attune my advice to that. ”