Sophie Gauquier-Rutgers
Head of TMD Prosecution Netherlands
Sophie Gauquier is a great person and leader to work with. She really makes my life a lot easier. She is to the point.
— Legal 500 2023About
Sophie is a certified trademark attorney with extensive experience helping clients build, exploit and rationalise portfolios of trademark and design rights around the world. She works with clients across a broad range of industries, including technology, consumer goods & retail, food & beverage, media, sport & entertainment. Sophie advises on the protection and registration of trademarks and designs, handles related clearance work and deals with trademark and design filings and administrative proceedings (cancellations, oppositions) before the BOIP and the EUIPO.
Languages
- Dutch
- English
RECOGNITIONS
- Sophie Gauquier has been referred to in the Legal 500 2024 as “ Sophie Gauquier is amazing. She truly understands our needs, is thorough, precise and easy to reach out to.”
- Mentioned as a leading trademark individual in the World Trademark Review 1000
Education
- University of Amsterdam, LL.M. in Information Law, 2009.
Memberships And Affiliations
- BMM (Benelux association for Trademark- and Design law)
- INTA (International Trademark Association) – active member of the Design Committee
- ECTA (a non-governmental association promoting the knowledge and professionalism of the intellectual property law community in the fields of trademarks, designs, copyright and other intellectual property rights, within the European Union)
- EUIPO professional representative
- BMM certified trademark and design attorney
Connect
Phone
+31 (0) 20 5419 266
(Work, Amsterdam)