Frits Gerritzen
Partner
Amsterdam
Frits Gerritzen
Partner
Amsterdam
Contact Details
Frits heads Allen & Overy Amsterdam's Intellectual Property team. He is an experienced IP litigator, handling cases concerning the enforcement and validity of trademarks, design rights, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property rights. His experience includes taking fast and, when needed, pre-emptive measures against IP infringements such as obtaining ex-parte injunctions and seizure measures by the Dutch Customs Service, preventing the import of infringing products.
In addition, Frits handles IP transactions and provides advice on commercial contracts and transactions in which intellectual property rights play an important role. He has broad experience in drafting and negotiating license agreements and structuring IP portfolios.
Frits was commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs to educate Dutch companies on the use and optimisation of their IP portfolios in a national three year programme. He is also one of the chief editors of the main Dutch website on IP news (IE-forum.nl).
In the 2018 edition of Chambers Europe, sources praise him as “highly experienced and very pragmatic". In the 2018 publication of Legal 500 clients described Frits as a ‘very experienced, business-oriented strategist’.
Qualifications
Professional
Exempt european lawyer, England and Wales, 2017
Admitted as advocaat, Netherlands, 2003
News & insights
Blog Post: 04 JANUARY 2021
The Digital Services Act package is here
On 15 December 2020, the European Commission published its Digital Services Act package which proposes two pieces of legislation: the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act.
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Publications: 16 DECEMBER 2020
The Digital Services Act package is here
On 15 December 2020, the European Commission published its Digital Services Act package which proposes two pieces of legislation: the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act. This package…
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Publications: 08 JULY 2020
Pipeline gaps and digital will drive life sciences deals
Often seen as a safe haven sector in times of crisis, the life sciences have not only been centre stage during the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis but are riding it out well.
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Publications: 29 JANUARY 2020
Trade mark owners need not amend broad specifications following Sky v SkyKick
Today, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in Sky v SkyKick (C-371/18) has declined to follow the Advocate General and held that trade mark specifications that cover broad terms such as “computer…
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Qualifications
Professional
Exempt european lawyer, England and Wales, 2017
Admitted as advocaat, Netherlands, 2003
