Hidde Koenraadadvocaat | partner

Specialism
- Intellectual Property
- Plant breeders’ rights
- Trademark law
- Design law
- Copyright
- Domain name disputes
Education
- LL.M, Utrecht University
Hidde Koenraad (1975) joined Boekx as a partner in 2017. He specializes in intellectual property law, particularly in the areas of trademark law, design law, copyright, plant variety rights and domain name disputes. Hidde acts for both large international and smaller local companies in various sectors, including FMCG, automotive, fashion, life sciences, fintech and plant breeding (ornamentals, fruits and vegetables).
Hidde is internationally recognized as a renowned IP lawyer, including by Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, World Trademark Review 1000 and Managing Intellectual Property (IP Star).
Furthermore, in October 2020, Hidde was appointed Member of the Board of Appeal of the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) in Angers, France.
Before joining Boekx, Hidde worked for the international firms DLA Piper and Simmons & Simmons, among others. At the latter firm, he headed the Soft-IP litigation and registration practice.
Hidde regularly publishes on intellectual property, including in ‘Berichten Intellectuele Eigendom’ (BIE). He is one of the authors of the most consulted handbook on intellectual property in the Netherlands, ‘Kort begrip van het intellectuele eigendomsrecht’. Furthermore, Hidde is a member of the editorial board of the IP website IE-Forum.nl. Finally, Hidde is a member of various law associations, INTA, AIPPI, BMM, the Dutch Copyright Association, the Agricultural Law Association and the Association of Intellectual Property Litigation Lawyers (VIEPA).