Marieke Westgeest is founder and managing director of Markenizer B.V.

She graduated in law from Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1993 and is a certified BMM and European trademark and design attorney. She has worked in the field of intellectual property since her graduation. Marieke Westgeest has seen this field of law from all angles, having worked in both private practice as well as in the industry.

Marieke Westgeest is also a panelist for the Mediation and Arbitration Center in Prague and can be appointed in .eu domain name conflicts in this regard.

Marieke Westgeest is furthermore a frequent lecturer on trademark and design law.

Maureen Cambeis

'I accidentally fell into the trademark law business, which proved to be so interesting that I happily got "stuck" in it.'

Since June 2011 Maureen works at Markenizer as a paralegal. She studied at the Business School (HES Rotterdam HEAO-EJ) from which she graduated in 1991. Before she worked as a paralegal at the Intellectual Property department of a multinational company in Rotterdam.
You can contact her when you have questions such as:

1. What is the status of my brand?
2. What is the status of my design?
3. What about the ongoing registration process?
4. As well as other administrative questions

Quinten van der Stoep

Quinten van der Stoep has been working at Markenizer B.V. since October 2015 as a trademark and design attorney.

After completing his Bachelor’s degree in Law at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, Quinten started a Master Information Law at the University of Amsterdam.

Dynothra de Boer

Dynothra de Boer is connected to Markenizer since july 2016. As a trademark assistant she keeps clients informed of developments during the registration procedure of trademarks and designs and subsequently the maintenance therof. In addition, she is engaged with the marketing of the company. She traces potential clients in the trademark registers or other databases and approaches them. Last year she graduated as a Bachelor of Public Administration at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. This year, she is orientating for her Master and she is engaged in other extracurricular activities.

Ine Nieuwenhuijzen

'Attention to detail: the protection of a trademark or model is more than just a single registration'

Ine Nieuwenhuijzen has been working at Markenizer B.V. since November 2017. As a trademark assistant, she keeps clients informed of developments during the registration process of trademarks or models and subsequent maintenance. After obtaining her Bachelor's degree in Law from Utrecht University, she will start the Master Internet, intellectual property and ICT at VU University Amsterdam in February 2018.

Maartje van Klinken

'Legal precision and practical creativity: a powerful combination'

Maartje van Klinken is working as a trademark and design attorney at Markenizer as of September 2017. Furthermore, she is following the specialized Masters program Information Law at the University of Amsterdam. Maartje is a passionate attorney in the area of intellectual property law (inter alia: trademark and design rights, tradename rights and copyrights) and privacy law. She eagerly expends her creativity to clarify complex legal matters with a straight no-nonsense approach, in which she puts a great emphasis on effectiveness and accessibility for the client.

Petra Lichtenberg

‘I have never tried that before, so I think I should definitely be able to do that’ (Pippi Longstocking)

Petra Lichtenberg has been working with Markenizer B.V. since September 2017. Petra started in the banking industry at ABN AMRO in 1986 and laid the foundation for advising entrepreneurs. In 2000, the switch was made to ING, where she worked in various commercial and managerial positions. Her last position at ING was Director MKB South-Holland-South. In 2016 she started Lightmountain Consultancy and works for various clients as sparring partner, financial advisor and in sales. When Marieke asked me for the Sales Manager function within Markenizer, I was immediately enthusiastic. A professional and small team and (for me) a new and relatively unknown field where I can learn a lot combined with sales, completely my thing.

Mariëtte Polman - van der Geest