‘Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. (Theodore Roosevelt)’
Adriaan Seerden
- Engineering
- European and Dutch Patent Attorney
- Associate
Adriaan Seerden has been a Patent Attorney since 1985. He has extensive experience in the industry as well as private practice, so he knows best of both worlds. He studied astronomy and physics at the Catholic University of Nijmegen. He graduated in experimental physics in 1983.
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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 […]Continue reading
New edition Visser’s Annotated European Patent Convention
A new edition of Visser’s Annotated European Patent Convention was recently published. The book is a leading and widely used commentary on the European Patent Convention (EPC) and a bestseller in European patent law.Continue reading
Enlarged Board of Appeal broadens concept of ‘prior art’ in G 1/23
On 2 July 2025, the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) ruled in case G 1/23, also known as the ‘Solar Cell’ case.Continue reading