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Marco Box

Marco Box

  • European, Dutch and Belgian Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“Nothing is what is seems if you look close enough.”
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.”
Leen Beller

Leen Beller

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney
“Innovation only creates sustainable value when it is properly protected and defended.”
Claudia Meindel

Claudia Meindel

  • Attorney-at-Law
“To be equally familiar with the law and practical business needs provides maximum benefit for clients.”
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.”
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.”
Adriaan Seerden

Adriaan Seerden

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney
“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. (Theodore Roosevelt)”
Marco Molling

Marco Molling

  • European, Dutch and Belgian Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“IP rights are means, not an end.”
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.”
Matthijs Roelofs

Matthijs Roelofs

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney
“A patent attorney converts practice, the invention, into theory, the patent. The patent then offers possibilities for all kinds of practical applications.”

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UPC jurisdiction over UK designations and conditional infringement relief in Fujifilm v Kodak

In the case of Kodak vs. Fujifilm concerning EP 3 511 174 on 2 June 2026 before the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent, the Court of Appeal addressed the UPC’s jurisdiction over the UK designation of a European patent. The decision is important because it applies the CJEU’s reasoning in BSH v Electrolux to a non-UPC and non-EU designation, while separating jurisdiction for infringement from jurisdiction for revocation.

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Case Law Clarity

Visitors to the V.O. website may already have noticed that it has recently been expanded with a new section: Case Law Clarity. With this addition, the website responds to the growing need for clear and consistent explanations of complex legal developments in patent law.

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Protecting AI: which part can IP really cover?

Copyright protects how software is written. Trade secrets protect what stays hidden. Neither protects what usually matters most, what the software actually does. That is the gap patents are built to fill, and the European rules for filling it are more workable than their reputation suggests.

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