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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.”
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.”
Otto Oudshoorn

Otto Oudshoorn

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

Bettina Hermann

  • European and German Patent and Trademark Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“IP is an essential asset of a company having many different facets - always worth to work for it.”
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.”
Joris Goetze

Joris Goetze

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney
“Patents are the catalyst for innovative businesses of all sizes”
Marco Box

Marco Box

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

Noëlle Wolfs

  • European and Benelux Trademark and Design Attorney
“What particularly inspires me in this field is to combine my skills with the clients' needs and to see my clients' companies benefit from their intellectual property strategy.”

News

T 1186/24: claim wording determines the scope of sufficiency analysis


Claim interpretation can determine whether the invention is sufficiently disclosed

In T 1186/24, Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.08, 18 June 2026, the European Patent Office (EPO) considered how the wording of a claim affects the assessment of sufficiency of disclosure. The Board held that an expressly claimed alternative could not be read out of the claim merely because the patent did not teach how to perform it. As that alternative was not enabled, the patent was revoked.

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The license of right for the unitary patent: smart cost saving or strategic limitation?

With the introduction of the European patent with unitary effect (unitary patent or UP), patent holders now have access to new strategic tools. One of these is the license of right (LoR). What does such a declaration entail, and what advantages and disadvantages can it have for the protection of your intellectual property?

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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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Events

FICPI 23rd Open Forum

Budapest, Corinthia Budapest, Erzsébet körút, Hungary

The FICPI 23rd Open Forum provides excellent opportunities to build strong relationships by connecting groups of people who share common goals, concerns and a commitment to quality, as well as opportunities to gather insights from the international IP attorney community on IP practice-related issues or topics of IP law and hear from top-quality speakers.

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