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Bernard Ledeboer

Bernard Ledeboer

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney
  • Registered European Patent Litigator
“Simple ideas are often the best inventions, but are the most difficult to protect. I enjoy the challenge of safeguarding those inventions.”
Martijn Timmermans

Martijn Timmermans

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“Together, we can explore where IP fits into your business model best.”
Teun van den Heuvel

Teun van den Heuvel

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“Successful technical innovations cannot do without a carefully considered IP strategy.”
Kasper Haak

Kasper Haak

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“It's my challenge to acquire patent rights as pertinent business assets.”
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)”
Sara Calitz

Sara Calitz

  • European Patent Attorney
“An adequate patent protection can help safeguard your invention and catalyse your business success.”
Jennifer Ebner von Eschenbach

Jennifer Ebner von Eschenbach

  • European Patent Attorney
“Investing that little extra time and effort in IP at the right moment makes your technology go further.”
Martin Klok

Martin Klok

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator
  • Valuation specialist
“IP is the link between advanced knowledge and financial result.”
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.”

News

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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