Wouter Pors
Zuid-Hollandplein 22
2596 AW
Biography • Life Sciences - IP
Wouter is head of the IP department in The Hague. Wouter worked as a researcher at Tilburg University before becoming an IP lawyer in 1989. He focuses on patent litigation, which also helps him to keep in touch with innovative technology.
In the life sciences sector he handles a wide range of patent disputes for both national and international clients. His practice includes regularly advising and litigating on marketing authorisations, market introductions, clinical trials and product demarcation.
Wouter has extensive experience in dealing with the Dutch Medicines Evaluation Board and has advised on numerous administrative procedures for pharma clients, including pre-authorisation discussions for several pharmaceutical companies.
In addition, Wouter is also involved in quite a lot of trademark and copyright litigation, including Dutch Supreme Court and Benelux Court of Justice cases.
Dutch courts are known to grant cross border injunctions for the whole of the European Union in IP matters. The legal basis for this is in the Brussels Convention. Wouter has extensive experience in obtaining such injunctions.
IAM Patent 1000 2012 noted that 'Wouter Pors is an extremely experienced litigator who acts for major pharmaceutical, biotechnology and businesses'.
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