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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.”
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.”
Sara Calitz

Sara Calitz

  • European Patent Attorney
“An adequate patent protection can help safeguard your invention and catalyse your business success.”
Mariëlle van der Loo

Mariëlle van der Loo

  • European and Benelux Trademark and Design Attorney
“Optimally capitalize on your innovation. Activate your ideas.”
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.”
Otto Oudshoorn

Otto Oudshoorn

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

Lydia Schenk

  • Dutch Patent Attorney
“A good patent description can act as a catalyst for innovation.”
Michiel van Rooij

Michiel van Rooij

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“Patents matter.”
Jetze Beeksma

Jetze Beeksma

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“I help clients develop intellectual property strategies that support their innovation and business objectives.”

News

UPC_CoA_622/2025: One word can have two different meanings within the same claim

The Unified Patent Court (UPC) Court of Appeal has confirmed and applied its earlier guidance that claim features must be interpreted in the light of the claim as a whole. In UPC_CoA_622/2025, Hefei Xinhu Canned Motor Pump v Grundfos Holding, the Court also clarified that identical terms within a claim do not necessarily have to carry exactly the same meaning where the description and the function of the respective features support a different interpretation.

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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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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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Med-Tech Innovation & Licensing Day

High Tech Campus Eindhoven, High Tech Campus, Eindhoven

Collaborating to Commercialize Healthcare Innovation: From Research to Patient Impact

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