Julie Visser

Thomas Manneke

Julie Visser specializes in soft IP, with a focus on copyright, trademark and design law. She is regularly involved in litigation for designer brands, authors, publishers and other companies in the creative industries.

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Profile

Julie obtained her master’s degree in Information Law at the Institute for Information Law (IVIR) of the University of Amsterdam. While obtaining her bachelor's degree, she participated in an extracurricular honours programme and studied History and Politics of South Africa at Stellenbosch University.

Julie has been with one of the predecessors of AC&R, Hofhuis Alkema Groen, since 2018, where she worked as a paralegal and later as a lawyer. Julie was admitted to the Bar in 2021.

In addition to her work in litigation, Julie lectures on copyright law at the University of Amsterdam.

Representative Cases

  • AMP V. SENA AND RTL

    Litigation before the Dutch Supreme Court against SENA (Neighbouring Rights Organisation) and national broadcaster RTL with regard to distribution of fair compensation for the use of music in audiovisual works.

  • HP, DELL C.S. V. STK AND SONT

    Litigation before the Court of Appeals The Hague with regard to home copying levies on Tethered Downloads and copies in the Cloud.

  • PROTECTION OF DR. MARTENS TRADE DRESS

    Litigation for Airwair, the company behind Dr. Martens, against a plague of lookalikes, on the basis of copyrights, trademarks and tort.

  • RED BULL

    Enforcement of Red Bull’s trademark portfolio, in litigation, before the Benelux Office and through customs.

  • MORAL RIGHTS

    Acting for different architects to enforce their moral rights.

Professional Affiliations

  • AIPPI • The International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property

    Moral Rights Study Group
  • BMM • Benelux Association for Trademarks and Designs

  • VvA • Association for Copyright Law

  • VvRr • Dutch Association for Advertising law

Publications

  • TRADE MARK LAW

    ‘Overview of trade mark case law in 2022/2023’ (with R. de Beer), BIE 2023.

  • TRADE MARK LAW

    ‘Overview of trade mark case law in 2023/2024’ (with R. de Beer), BIE 2024.

Registration

In the Netherlands Bar’s register of legal practice areas (rechtsgebiedenregister), Julie Visser has registered 'Intellectual Property Law' as her legal practice area. Based on this registration, Julie is required to obtain ten training credits per calendar year in this legal practice area in accordance with the standards set by the Netherlands Bar.

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Get in touch.

info@acr.amsterdam