LAWNCH your intellectual property
- 01Confidentiality, industrial secrets, know how
- 02Copyright and neighbouring rights
- 03Counterfeiting and piracy
- 04Databases
- 05Licensing
- 06Patents
- 07Trademarks and trade names
- 08Design rights
LAWNCH: your intellectual property, commercial agreements, technology
Your legal ignition Attorney-at-law · Eindhoven, Strijp-S
Expertise
LAWNCH your commercial agreements
- 01Agency Agreements
- 02Distributorship Agreements
- 03Franchise Agreements
- 04General Conditions
- 05Sale- and purchase Agreements
LAWNCH your technology
- 01Data protection & security
- 02Digital services
- 03eCommerce & internet
- 04Innovation & new technologies
- 05Platform-to-business
- 06Privacy
- 07Software disputes
Which class is your brand in?
A trade mark is registered for goods and services. These are divided into 45 classes: 1 to 34 for goods, 35 to 45 for services. Type what you make or offer.
Pick a class or type a product or service.
1–34 Goods35–45 Services
Indicative, based on the class headings of the Nice Classification. The right specification of goods and services decides how far your protection reaches. Gino drafts it with you. Discuss your trade mark
Attorney-at | LAWNCH
Gino van Roeyen
- 1989in law
- 1997attorney-at-law
- 2012WTR 1000, ongoing
Gino is attorney-at-law since 1997, but ‘in law’, amongst others as researcher, teacher and advisor, since 1989. His central field of attention is intellectual property and he has a vast experience as advisor and (international) dispute resolution specialist. His work as litigator includes representations, amongst others for renowned clients, before courts of first instance and appeal in the Netherlands and Belgium, the Supreme Court in the Netherlands, the Benelux Court of Justice, the General Court EU and the EU Court of Justice. He is a teacher and examiner at the Benelux Education for Trade Mark and Design Attorneys, member of several IP associations, blogger (Class46) and publicist. Ongoing since 2012 the World Trademark Review acknowledges him as a leading trade mark practitioner (rankings in WTR 1000). He is also nominated by his peers as one of the world’s leading trademark law practitioners (Who’s Who Legal: Trademarks 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019).
Where he pleads
- Courts in the Netherlands and Belgium
- Supreme Court of the Netherlands
- Benelux Court of Justice
- General Court EU
- EU Court of Justice
From the practice
Two stripes. Not three.
H&M’s two stripes (de)sign, used on aerobic outfits sold in the Netherlands in 1997, did not infringe the three stripes trade marks of Adidas. So held the Court of Appeal The Hague on 28 January 2020, after proceedings that had been pending since 1997. Gino represented H&M.
- 1997Proceedings Adidas v H&M start
- 2017District Court The Hague rules for Adidas (8 November)
- 2020Court of Appeal annuls and rejects the claims (28 January)
The journey in this case now goes on for 23 years. Trying to obtain and striving for fairness is a Great Thing. You gotta keep the faith.
About LAWNCH
From its office in Eindhoven, located in the former Philips building Videolab at Strijp-S, the ‘creative & cultural center of Eindhoven’, LAWNCH provides cutting-edge services, whether it involves consultation, negotiation, or dispute resolution, specializing in intellectual property, commercial contracts and surrounding legal issues.
LAWNCH is your legal companion and trusted advisor.