Company
Octrooibureau Vriesendorp & Gaade B.V., founded in 1833, is the oldest, still active patent agency in the world.

Vriesendorp & Gaade is specialized in the field of Intellectual Property rights. Our staff has extensive experience in this field, which makes us a specialist par excellence.

Currently, about fourty people are employed at Vriesendorp & Gaade. We are a medium-sized office with an informal, amical ambiance and a great involvement with our clients' issues.

We combine specific expertise with practical and efficient support and we strive to offer cost-effective solutions. Our varied clientèle is international and from various sectors.

Our office has an excellent international network through which we can effectively operate in the field of International Intellectual Property.

Octrooibureau Vriesendorp & Gaade is a member of the following organisations of industry and professional assocations;
AIPPI; International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property VVM; Vereniging voor Mededingingsrecht UNION of European Practitioners in Intellectual Property NOVO; Nederlandse Orde van Octrooigemachtigden FICPI; World-wide organisation of intellectual property attorneys NOVU; Nederlandse Orde van Uitvinders INTA; International Trademark Association


BMM; Beneluxvereniging voor Merken- en Modellenrecht ECTA; European Communities Trademark Organisation ITMA; Institute of Trademark Attorneys LES; Licensing Executives Society PTMG; Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group NOVA; Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten SIDN; Stichting Internet Domeinregistratie Nederland