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This decision was announced on 3 April by the Court of Amsterdam. In addition to this, the court ordered Facturis to pay the costs of the proceedings and including Factris\u2019 legal cost totalling \u20ac 16,380.<\/p>\n
According to Facturis, the two companies would be confusingly similar in terms of name and service. Facturis was convinced that Factris would benefit from its brand recognition, but the judge ruled in favour of Factris on all points. According to the court, Factris has not infringed on the trademark nor any IP listed in the complaints brought by Rabobank, successfully defending the Factris European trademark issued last year.<\/p>\n
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We are elated that after six months of distractions and legal assaults on Factris\u2019 trademark from Rabobank, the truth has triumphed. As Factris expands across Europe and continues to engage with like-minded fintechs, we recognise this one battle does not win a war that is being quietly waged on many fronts by the banks against fintech entrepreneurs.
As the gatekeepers licensed by the government regulators, banks have too much power to ultimately deny us the basic access to bank accounts, restrict capital required for us to deliver superior services to our clients and in this case leverage their substantial legal resources against smaller rivals.<\/p>\n
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The Amsterdam fintech company Factris does not have to change its name. Rabobank subsidiary Facturis loses summary proceedings against the company. This decision was announced on 3 April by the Court of Amsterdam. In addition to this, the court ordered Facturis to pay the costs of the proceedings and including Factris\u2019 legal cost totalling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\n
Advisory board<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Brian Reaves <\/strong>Chief Executive Officer<\/p>\n\n\n\n Serial entrepreneur and investor in the mobile and payments space. Brian was involved in building 21 prior businesses including 15 mobile networks and 4 payment companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adam Posma <\/strong>Founder and Chief Product Officer of ClubCollect<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adam founded ClubCollect in 2013 - a provider of membership fee collection services for sports clubs. He started his career in wealth management at BNP Paribas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Tom F. Lesche <\/strong>Principal at Speedinvest<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tom started his career in investment banking. Most recently, he was a Vice President at Morgan Stanley in London, advising financial technology companies on a variety of capital markets and M&A transactions. At Speedinvest, he solely focuses on investments in European fintech companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Donatas Juodelis <\/strong>Founder of Debifo<\/p>\n\n\n\n Donatas started his career as a lawyer but quickly moved to entrepreneurship and investments. Co-founded IT company INNTEC, co-founded factoring company Debifo and a couple of other successful startups. In most of the companies, Donatas was responsible for business and corporate development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faisal Hakki <\/strong>Managing director at AB Ventures<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faisal is Managing Director at AB Ventures, the FinTech focused, early-stage Venture Capital arm of Arab Bank. Prior to joining AB Ventures, Faisal was CEO at Oasis500 \u2013 the leading seed-stage investment fund and accelerator in Jordan. Faisal has also held senior positions at Accelerator Technology Holdings, Arab Advisors Group and Fastlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brian Reaves <\/strong>Chief Executive Officer<\/p>\n\n\n\n Serial entrepreneur and investor in the mobile and payments space. Brian was involved in building 21 prior businesses including 15 mobile networks and 4 payment companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adam Posma <\/strong>Founder and Chief Product Officer of ClubCollect<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adam founded ClubCollect in 2013 - a provider of membership fee collection services for sports clubs. He started his career in wealth management at BNP Paribas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Tom F. Lesche <\/strong>Principal at Speedinvest<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tom started his career in investment banking. Most recently, he was a Vice President at Morgan Stanley in London, advising financial technology companies on a variety of capital markets and M&A transactions. At Speedinvest, he solely focuses on investments in European fintech companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Donatas Juodelis <\/strong>Founder of Debifo<\/p>\n\n\n\n Donatas started his career as a lawyer but quickly moved to entrepreneurship and investments. Co-founded IT company INNTEC, co-founded factoring company Debifo and a couple of other successful startups. In most of the companies, Donatas was responsible for business and corporate development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faisal Hakki <\/strong>Managing director at AB Ventures<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faisal is Managing Director at AB Ventures, the FinTech focused, early-stage Venture Capital arm of Arab Bank. Prior to joining AB Ventures, Faisal was CEO at Oasis500 \u2013 the leading seed-stage investment fund and accelerator in Jordan. Faisal has also held senior positions at Accelerator Technology Holdings, Arab Advisors Group and Fastlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","_et_gb_content_width":"2880","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n