Van Doorne is a firm of lawyers ranked in tier 3 of the copyright table and tier 4 of the trade mark contentious table. The firm is based in Amsterdam but uniquely, it works in cooperation with VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne in the Dutch Antilles and so has offices in Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire and St. Maarten too.
The firm's IP group is made up of one partner, one advisor, one counsel, three senior associates, two associates and one paralegal. Its IP practice is led by partner Remco van Leeuwen. It acts for clients such as Electronic Arts, Dell and Forest Healthcare.
The firm advised Quilate Services in a trade mark case where there was an alleged infringement by Best Items on the La Martina two polo player logo. The client won the case at first instance and holds the European trade mark rights. The firm was also involved in a cross-border copyright infringement matter when it advised charity lottery operator Novamedia against Norsk Tipping. The Norwegian national lottery company purchased a lottery format based on the client's postcode lottery in the Netherlands, UK and Sweden.