IMAP Netherlands is pleased to announce that NV Nederlandsch Octrooibureau (“NLO”) has entered a partnership with Ipsilon, a leading European Intellectual Property (“IP”) firm headquartered in Paris. The partnership represents a significant milestone in becoming the European tech-driven IP partner of choice to the world’s innovators.

Ipsilon, founded in 2001, is a leading international intellectual property firm headquartered in Paris, France. The company’s multidisciplinary teams of about 250 professionals, support those who are creating tomorrow’s world in protecting and promoting their innovations through the filing, monitoring, maintenance and defense of all IP rights: patents, trademarks, designs, domain names and more across all key technological fields. Ipsilon serves prestigious firms such as L’Oréal, Essilor, Renault and the CEA. In 2022 Waterland Private Equity, one of the leading European private equity firms, invested in Ipsilon to further accelerate its rapid growth.

NLO is the leading firm of patent and trademark attorneys in the Benelux, renowned for its top-tier legal expertise and deep technical know-how. Headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands, NLO operates across Europe with offices in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany, serving a diverse international client base. The company was founded in 1888 and employs over 200 people, including more than 80 attorneys and trainees. NLO provides its IP services to clients in industries such as chemistry & pharmaceuticals, life sciences, physics & engineering, telecom & software, and trademark & design. Amongst its international client base are companies such as Samsung, Heineken, Essity, and Danone.

Valérie Feray, founder of Ipsilon in 2001, commented: “This is a transformative step in achieving our objective to become the #1 European player in IP. More importantly, it serves our ambition to be the one-stop-shop partner for all our clients worldwide in the European market. Our firm offers a large portfolio of IP services to cover our client’s needs in all key geographies, now backed by a team of hundreds of dedicated experts across a broad range of specialisms, who can meet the most demanding needs with reactivity, excellence and innovative approaches. By combining complementary cultures, strategies and a shared focus on high growth technology sectors, digital transformation and key international markets, we are pushing the frontiers of IP further than ever before, for all those who, across the globe, are creating tomorrow’s world.”

NLO managing partners, René van Duijvenbode and Jeroen Cornelis, commented: “In Ipsilon we have found a partner who shares the same company values when it comes to our people, clients and the future of our industry. As NLO we want to adapt to the changing IP landscape and achieve growth in a consolidated market, strengthening and expanding our geographical presence. By joining forces with Ipsilon, we will accelerate our ambitions, unlock our full potential, and continue driving the future forward.”