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Sophie van Loon

Counsel, Attorney at law

Specialisms

Trademark law / Patent law / Domain name disputes / IP litigation / Online content / Life sciences / Trade names / Design law / Database rights / Trade secrets / Licencing / R&D / Med tec / Collective rights societies.

Profile

Sophie advises and litigates about IP law, with a focus on copyright and database law as well as the protection of technology. She also drafts contracts in these areas. Her practice especially deals with the intersection between IP and competition law, on which she wrote her dissertation “Refusal to license as the abuse of a dominant position” as well.

Sophie obtained a Ph.D at Radboud University with a dissertation on IP and competition law.

She is a member of the editorial board of the academic journal AMI on copyright and information rights.

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Recent work

  • Advised the pharmaceutical clients of a multinational professional services network regarding Brexit implications on marketing medicines in the EU.

  • Successfully represented a multinational fragrant spray brand in infringement proceedings against a UK based FMCG multinational.

  • Supported an not-for-profit R&D organization in the health care sector with respect to cross border R&D cooperation’s, license contracts and other contract negotiations with business partners around the world.

  • Advised the life sciences department of a leading global photography brand on the creation of sophisticated IP arrangements, making it fit into the legal framework of the EU.

  • Advising a multinational biotechnology company on commercial contracting.