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Marijke Westra

Marijke Westra

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“My aim is to guide the client, so he understands how IPR strategy can contribute to his objectives and needs.”
Annemiek Tepper

Annemiek Tepper

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“The best results are obtained when there is an exchange of creative thinking between the patent attorney and the client. I truly enjoy achieving and maintaining such synergy.”
Mark Einerhand

Mark Einerhand

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney
“In the end it's all about the value that the patent adds to the product.”
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.”
Philipp Reichl

Philipp Reichl

  • European and German Patent and Trademark Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“My task is to optimize the process of building a company’s IP portfolio so that it can get the foothold it needs in the industry to secure its future.”
Otto Oudshoorn

Otto Oudshoorn

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“It is very rewarding to capture an invention in the proper words.”
Patrick Decrock

Patrick Decrock

  • European and Belgian Patent Attorney
“Thinking together with the inventor in terms of the key features of the invention strengthens patent potential.”
Kristel Van den Broeck

Kristel Van den Broeck

  • European Patent Attorney
“A creative interaction with the client and mutual understanding lead to the most valuable IP creations.”
Blijke Kroezen

Blijke Kroezen

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“Innovation is the process of turning ideas into manufacturable and marketable form. (Watts Humprey)”
Alissa Gondoin-van ‘t Klooster

Alissa Gondoin-van ‘t Klooster

  • European and Benelux Trademark and Design Attorney
“It is my passion to advise clients in the field of Intellectual Property Law. I am fully dedicated to this task in which quality is of great importance.”

News

Patenting AI inventions: how to protect artificial intelligence innovations

As AI and machine learning advance, protecting innovations based on these technologies is essential to securing IP and capitalizing on efforts. For an AI invention to be patentable, it must have a "technical character," meaning it must use technical means to solve a technical problem. A software module that applies a machine learning model is not inherently patentable unless it contributes to solving a technical problem in a novel and non-obvious way.

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What about your ‘T & C’?

The importance of terms and conditions is often underestimated - writing the two words in full is sometimes even too much. “Who reads them at all?”, ‘We don't even know what's in them ourselves’, ‘We rarely fall back on them’ and ‘Why would we want to put general terms and conditions forward if the cooperation with this customer or supplier is going well?’ are arguments heard with some regularity.

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Upcoming decision on legal criterion for ‘novelty’

One of the most important requirements for obtaining a patent on a product in Europe is that the product is novel. That means that before the day on which the patent application was filed, the product was not yet available to the public in any way.

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Events

NCCC 2025

Hotel NH Noordwijk Conference Centre Leeuwenhorst, Langelaan, Noordwijkerhout

The 26th edition of the NCCC (Netherlands Catalysis and Chemistry Conference) takes place from Monday 10 to Wednesday 12 March in Noordwijkerhout.

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Beta Business Days 2025

Martiniplaza, Leonard Springerlaan, Groningen, Netherlands

The Beta Business Days is a two-day event aimed at establishing contacts between companies and ambitious students from Groningen.

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