Koen Bijvank
Global Guide 2024
Band 4 : Intellectual Property: Patent
Band 4
About
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Practice Areas
KOEN BIJVANK is a partner at Brinkhof in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and qualified both as an attorney at law (‘advocaat’) and as a Dutch and European patent attorney. He holds a master’s degree in organic chemistry of the University of Groningen, the Netherlands and a LLM and postgraduate certificate in intellectual property litigation of Nottingham Law School in the United Kingdom. He specializes in international patent litigation and oppositions before the European Patent Office. His practice mainly involves patents in the life sciences and pharmaceuticals. Koen is the chair of the Standing Committee on Patents of AIPPI and co-founder and past-president of EPLIT, an association of European patent litigators. He is also a member of the editorial board of the BIE, a leading Dutch journal on intellectual property. He has been a tutor at CEIPI in Strasbourg, France since 2001, where he teaches candidates for paper D of the qualifying examination for European patent attorneys. In addition, he is a member of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office.
Professional Memberships
Dutch Bar, Dutch Patent Institute, epi, EPLAW, EPLIT, AIPPI, AIPLA, KNCV
Chambers Review
Global
Koen Bijvank is an experienced patent attorney and often advises pharmaceutical and energy clients on patent validity and infringement proceedings.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Koen Bijvank is exceptional in his depth of knowledge."
"Koen Bijvank is exceptional in his depth of knowledge."
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