We advise individuals, SMEs, multinationals and intermediaries, such as lawyers and advertising agencies, on trademark searches, trademark registration, trademark monitoring and the protection of trademarks, designs and trade names and domain names. Worldwide, we register and monitor trademarks and manage trademark portfolios. You can also contact us regarding copyright, advertising law, trademark infringement, conflicts, contracts and licences.
Practical
To really add value, we convert our experience and expertise into clear, practical and thorough advice that our clients can use.
Committed
We value a fast and personal approach. We therefore remain closely and proactively involved even after trademarks have been registered.
Experts
Our advisors are well-educated lawyers with experience in the field of Intellectual Property. MerkWerk is a member of several professional associations, which have set themselves the goal of promoting and guaranteeing the national and international protection of Intellectual Property. As a client, you should be assured of expert advice and adequate assistance.
Our memberships
Conferences, symposia or other meetings are regularly organised. Studies on IP law issues are also carried out in association and attempts are made in this way to provide the government with advice on legal regulations in the field of IP law.
BMM
The Benelux Association for Trademark and Design Law is the professional association of legal specialists. BMM promotes and safeguards the quality of the professional practice of its members, guaranteeing expert advice and guidance in the registration (protection) of trademarks and designs, negotiations and possible conflicts.
INTA
The International Trademark Association (INTA) is the international association of trademark consultants and (brand) owners.
AIPPI
The Dutsch Association for Intellectual Property, VIE, is the Dutch group of the Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI).
Team MerkWerk
Mr. Ivo Haaijer
European trademark and design attorney
- Founder MerkWerk
- 25 years of experience in the business
- BMM certified trademark attorney
- Member of the Benelux Association for Trademark and Design Law (BMM)
- Member of the International Trademark Association (INTA) and AIPP
- Master in Law (lawyer)
Ivo graduated in law from the University of Groningen. After gaining experience at another Dutch trademark agency, he founded MerkWerk in 2001.
Ivo has many years of experience in the trademark profession and can provide you with sound advice on the protection, monitoring and enforcement of trademarks, designs, trade names, domain names, copyrights and other Intellectual Property rights. He can also provide strategic thinking and advice on the (international) protection, creation and positioning of trademarks. Thanks to his extensive knowledge and experience, he can assist you in managing extensive trademark portfolios and in handling and managing conflicts.
Mr. Herma Wiersma
European trademark and design attorney
- 15 years + experience in the business
- BMM certified trademark attorney
- Member of the Benelux Association for Trademark and Design Law (BMM)
- Master in Law (lawyer)
Herma studied Dutch law in Nijmegen, after which she worked at a number of renowned trademark agencies in Amsterdam. After moving to the east of the country, she worked as a legal supervisor at Vluchtelingenwerk Nederland, before returning to the trademark profession. Herma is a member of the Benelux Association for Trademark and Design Attorneys (BBM) and a European trademark attorney.
Marieke van den Born – Reijmers
Benelux trademark and design consultant (paralegal)
Marieke has over 25 years of experience in the protection of trademarks. She has been working at MerkWerk since 2015. After positions at several reputable trademark agencies in the Netherlands , she chose to settle (again) in the eastern part of the country and to apply and continue her work experience in Intellectual Property Law there. Thanks to her broad knowledge in the field of trademark and design law and her extensive work experience, Marieke is able to quickly and thoroughly handle and advise you on matters such as trademark searches, trademark registrations and procedures relating thereto.
Certified Trademark Attorney
The trademark attorney profession is similar to that of a patent attorney, accountant or sollicitor. After all, your trademark attorney also handles confidential information and you must be able to assume that your attorney has sufficient knowledge of trademark law and the relevant case law. Unlike the aforementioned professions, the Benelux trademark attorney is not a recognised profession. This allows people with insufficient knowledge or experience to still call themselves trademark attorney.
The mark BMM Certified Trademark Attorney is a certification mark of trademark attorneys. This quality mark was created by the Benelux Association for Trademark and Design Law (BMM).
The BMM Certified Trademark Attorney label may only be used by BMM members who have at least three years of relevant work experience and who have passed the BMM professional examination. The BMM quality mark gives consumers and businesses the certainty that the trademark attorney, who carries this quality mark, has the necessary knowledge, training and experience to advise adequately on the examination, registration and enforcement of trademarks and designs. Founder of MerkWerk, Mr Ivo Haaijer and Mrs. Herma Wiersma are BMM-certified trademark attorneys.
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