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Maarten Schut

Partner · Kennedy Van der Laan

NetherlandsIntellectual Property, MediaDutch, English

About

Maarten Schut is a partner in the Intellectual Property and Media practice at Kennedy Van der Laan, advising and litigating for brands (notably in sports, fashion and technology) on trademark, anti-counterfeiting and technology protection matters. He also advises high-tech companies on R&D collaborations, licences and know‑how protection; he is a former public prosecutor and judge, editor of the journal Farmarecht and a deputy judge at the Court of Appeal in Leeuwarden.

Practice areas

Intellectual PropertyMediaLitigationTechnology TransactionsCommercial Contracts

Office

Expertise

Trade marksAnti‑counterfeitingTechnology licensing & protectionR&D collaborationsSportsFashionTechnology / High‑techHealthcare & Life Sciences

Education

  • Law, Universiteit van Utrecht, 1993 (cum laude)
  • Algemene Letteren (communicatiekunde), Universiteit van Utrecht, 1993
  • LL.M. (European Law), University of Cambridge, 1994
  • European and International Trademark law, Grotius Academie, 2004 (cum laude)

Languages

DutchEnglish