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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.”
Karel de Jong

Karel de Jong

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“Nowadays, patenting has become the essential ingredient, since creative entrepreneurship and innovative technology do not suffice anymore to generate long-lasting profitable business in the highly competitive information society of today.”
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.”
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.”
Annelies de Bosch Kemper-de Hilster

Annelies de Bosch Kemper-de Hilster

  • Head Legal
“The first quality of style is clarity. (Aristotle)”
Tamara Elmore

Tamara Elmore

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator
  • United States Patent Agent
“Patents can work for or against you. Creating your own patent portfolio, while mitigating the risks of your competitors’ IP rights, is essential for success in today’s technology-based economy.”
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.”
Joris Goetze

Joris Goetze

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

News

Column: Can you patent something illegal?

Can an invention whose manufacture, sale or use is illegal still qualify for patent protection? It is a question that surprises many people, because the answer is less straightforward than you might expect. Under European patent law, illegality does not automatically preclude an invention from being patentable.

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G 1/25: the description must be adapted only where an inconsistency leads to non-compliance with the EPC

In G 1/25 (Enlarged Board of Appeal, 3 September 2026), the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) decided whether, and on what legal basis, the description must be adapted when the claims are amended. The decision resolves a long-standing divergence in the case law of the Boards of Appeal and builds directly on G 1/24. The Enlarged Board chose a middle course: adaptation is required only where an inconsistency between the amended claims and the description leads to non-compliance with a requirement of the EPC.

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UPC clarifies lack of entitlement as a ground for revocation under Article 138(1)(e) EPC 

In UPC_CFI_523/2025, Wittenstein SE v Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the Court of First Instance, Central Division (Section Munich), decided on 2 September 2026 how lack of entitlement may operate as a ground for revocation under Article 138(1)(e) EPC. The Court held that it is not sufficient for a claimant to establish rights to only part of the patented subject-matter: revocation on this ground requires proof that the registered proprietor has no rights to the patent.

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