Willem Leppink
Europe Guide 2024
Band 3 : Intellectual Property: General - Mostly Trade Mark/Copyright
Band 3
About
Provided by Willem Leppink
Practice Areas
Willem is an attorney at law and partner with Ploum where he leads the Intellectual property team.
Willem provides litigation services and advice in the field of trademark, copyright and advertising law. He represents well-known companies throughout Europe in counterfeiting and other infringement matters. He is very experienced in coordinating European brand and marketing-related projects. In the Netherlands he litigates in conflicts regarding intellectual property and in cases about misleading and comparative advertising.
Willem is a strong believer in achieving results for his clients, regardless where these are needed on the globe, by finding pragmatic and creative solutions. He helps his client to keep the helicopter view and realizes that most entrepreneurs rather avoid litigation, but that, nonetheless, it is sometimes needed.
Chambers Review
Europe
Willem Leppink is particularly known for his work on anti-counterfeiting and parallel trade matters, as well as advising clients on copyright infringement cases. He additionally assists clients with issues around plant variety rights and domain names.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Willem always provides excellent and practical strategic advice that shows his understanding of the client's needs."
"He is always aware of all details of the case, very pragmatic."
"Willem always provides excellent and practical strategic advice that shows his understanding of the client's needs."
"He is always aware of all details of the case, very pragmatic."
