Joost Becker Lawyer - Partner Intellectual Property and IT law
About Joost Becker
Biography
Joost Becker has been a lawyer since 2005, specialising in intellectual property, advertising law and internet law. His daily practice focuses on trademark and trade name law, domain name disputes and internet law. Joost also specialises in copyright, image rights, design rights and slavish imitation cases. He also deals with matters relating to misleading advertising, comparative advertising, unfair trading practices and press publications. Aside from working with individuals, Joost provides advice and help with procedural and contract work to a wide range of enterprises, from multi-nationals to SMEs. Recent cases: won procedure about Google AdWords (ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2016:8293) successfully prevented multiple instances of domain name grabbing (including case ref. DNL2015-0066) claim for damage compensation and surrender of profits (ECLI:NL:GHSHE:2014:506) halted online advertisements on booking platform (case ref. 2014/00190)
Position(s)
Velperweg 1
6824 BZ Arnhem
Education
Secondary activities
Joost is an examiner at the Benelux Association of Trademark and Design Law (BMM) and is a member of the Dutch Association for IP Litigation Lawyers (VIEPA), the Dutch Intellectual Property Association, the Copyright Law Association and the Advertising Law Association. Joost has also authored a range of legal publications.
