Joep joined Vondst Advocaten in September 2024. He is active in the general IP (litigation) practice, with a focus on patent- and life sciences. Joep will be formally sworn in as lawyer early 2025.
Joep has a Bachelor’s degree in law from the University of Groningen and a Master’s degree in Intellectual Property, Innovation and Technology from Utrecht University. Before joining Vondst, Joep gained experience in intellectual property and IT, especially patent law, as intern and working student at various law firms. In his master’s thesis, Joep investigated the role of second medical use patents in the patent portfolio of pharmaceutical companies. He analysed how companies use such patents strategically to extend the protection of medicinal products as such. In his thesis, Joep also investigated the use of the principle of proportionality as a possible solution for patent system abuse.
