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Lydia Schenk

Lydia Schenk

  • Dutch Patent Attorney
“A good patent description can act as a catalyst for innovation.”
Hans Bottema

Hans Bottema

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“I enjoy cooperating with creative inventors and mapping out together the road that leads to the most effective protection for their new products and processes and to contribute to the commercial success by defining adequate IP strategies.”
Huub Maas

Huub Maas

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“The best scope of protection evolves from a close cooperation and mutual understanding between the client and the patent attorney.”
Sjoerd Postma

Sjoerd Postma

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“Having ideas worthy of protection is not restricted to big companies or geniuses like Einstein. Anyone can be an inventor!”
Marco Molling

Marco Molling

  • European, Dutch and Belgian Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“IP rights are means, not an end.”
Henri van Kalkeren

Henri van Kalkeren

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“The prospering of technical innovation goes beyond the conception of a great idea.”
Jasper Groot Koerkamp

Jasper Groot Koerkamp

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“IP protection puts you in control of your innovation and provides freedom to share it at your own terms.”
Rutger Timmer

Rutger Timmer

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“Finding the essence of the invention and expanding its context maximizes the intellectual property value.”
Johannes van Melle

Johannes van Melle

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney
“It is my working experience through the cycle of many startups that has taught me the value of IP.”
Gijs de Iongh

Gijs de Iongh

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“The best inventions are often obvious, in retrospect.”

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Am I the inventor if I performed important experiments that led to an invention?

On a patent application (or patent), inventors employed by an employer have at least the right to be named. In some countries, such as the United States, there is an additional reason to name the correct inventors. If the wrong persons are named as inventors in such a country, the patent may not be enforceable.

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Beware of fraudulent invoices

In recent years, we have repeatedly warned against fraudulent invoices in this newsletter, a phenomenon that pops up from time to time.

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Unlawful patent ownership and how to avoid it

The development of new inventions is often characterized by the cooperation of different parties. It is advisable to agree on the ownership on potential inventions already before the cooperation is started in a cooperation agreement to avoid intensive discussions or even a suit regarding unlawful ownership later when a patent application shall be or has been filed.

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