Tjibbe is a partner in the Intellectual Property Group based in Amsterdam, with a focus on technology-related matters, in particular patents and trade secrets.
He advises and litigates for clients in among others the life sciences, technology & communications and energy & utilities sectors. Tjibbe has extensive experience in high-end multi-jurisdictional patent disputes before national courts, at the EPO and in the Unified Patent Court.
Tjibbe is and has been a lead representative in 10 UPC cases and involved as a representative in a total of 16 UPC cases thus far. His UPC milestones include handling the first ever UPC expert witness hearing in the Nordic Baltic division, conducting the first main hearing before the Nordic Baltic Regional Division, being involved in the first SEP case filed in the Local Division in The Hague, and obtaining the first ex parte Preliminary Injunction at the Local Division in Milan which was only the fourth thus far in the UPC
Tjibbe also advises clients on IP strategy and on technology-driven M&A deals including in the venture technology field.