Tier 1 ranking NLO and NLO Shieldmark in IP Stars 2020

Patents Trademarks

Managing IP has published the results of its annual IP Stars survey, covering the top-rated firms for patent and trademark work. Once again NLO and NLO Shieldmark have been rewarded a Tier 1 ranking in the field of patent prosecution and trademark prosecution in the Netherlands.

NLO is a respected firm of patent and trade mark attorneys in the Benelux region, admired by market commentators because of its high-quality patent drafting and prosecution work.

IP Stars 2020 -

The Patent Stars have been awarded to:

David Bot
Hans Bottema
Paul Clarkson
Hans Hutter
Bart Swinkels

New Rising Stars are:

Estela Goncalves
Bart Postmus
Wannes Weymiens

According to IP Stars: “Estela Goncalves and Bart Postmus are rising stars to watch. Patent case studies show the firm represents companies such as Fugro, BASF, Danone Nutricia Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical and Samsung."

We are very pleased with these results and we want to thank all the clients who participated in the survey. We are looking forward to another fruitful year.

About the survey

The survey covers over 70 jurisdictions, and the rankings are based on extensive research among IP practitioners carried out over six months starting in September 2019. A team of researchers in London, New York and Hong Kong sought responses from thousands of practitioners by phone, surveys, email and in face-to-face meetings, making this the most comprehensive and authoritative survey of the IP legal market yet published.