Paul Tjiam

Paul Tjiam heads the soft IP practice in Amsterdam. He has a wide range of experience in intellectual property litigation and media litigation and advice. He primarily advises clients on trademark, copyright, design and freedom of speech issues and has been involved in a number of landmark cases.

Paul has also ranked in the ''35 under 35'' list published by Advocatenblad. This annual selection profiles the most remarkable and ambitious young lawyers practising in the Netherlands.

Recent work/achievements:

• He successfully acted against Google in proceedings whereby Google was ordered for the first time by a court to hand over IP-addresses and personal information on its Google Reviewers posting fake reviews.
• Representation of Terumo in media litigations against Dutch public broadcaster AVROTROS and two of its journalists regarding two broadcasts on the safety of medical devices.
• Representation of L’Oréal in multiple disputes regarding its luxury perfumes.
• Advising a large German manufacturer of exclusive cars before Dutch courts in various soft IP matters.
• Representing CEOs and members of boards in a number of libel / freedom of speech matters.