On 11 June, Lydia Schenk was registered as a Dutch patent attorney. Lydia, who graduated in engineering in 2020 (Delft University of Technology), has been working in the Utrecht office of V.O., for the Engineering section.
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Recently, Managing IP announced which patent specialists may call themselves a Patent Star in 2025.
Continue readingV.O. is proud of the obtained Tier 3 ranking ‘Trademark prosecution - patent & trademark attorney firms (2025)’.
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For 2025, IAM Patent 1000 has honored our practice in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany with a gold, silver and bronze recommendation, respectively. We also have a bronze recommendation for the EPO category.
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It is with great sadness that we have received the news of the passing, on 14 April, of our dear colleague and partner, Mark Einerhand.
Mark joined V.O. in 1998 and has made a lasting contribution to the success of our firm.
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As of 1 April 2025, the validation agreement between the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Lao PDR has entered into force. As a result, granted European patents can now be validated in Laos according to that country's national patent law.
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In my work as a patent attorney, I notice that there is a lot of confusion among inventors about the requirements for a patent. Many inventors seem to be under the impression that patents are only granted for “breakthrough inventions”, such as the mRNA technology underlying – among others - the Covid vaccines, or novel battery technologies.
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On 26 March, Leen Beller was registered as a Dutch patent attorney. Leen, who holds a doctorate in biomedical sciences, has been working in the Leuven office of V.O. since 2021, for the Life Sciences section.
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We are proud to announce that we have received another silver recognition this year from World Trademark Review 1000 (WTR 1000) for our trademarks and designs services. Trademark and design attorneys Noëlle Wolfs en Raquel Alvarez are mentioned as 'recommended individuals'.
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Help restore damaged reefs with 3D printed artificial reefs. That's Coastruction's mission. Not for nothing did this ambitious startup receive the prestigious V.O. Patents & Trademarks Innovation Award during the NL Startup Competition. We spoke with Josine Beets, Project & Business Development Manager at Coastruction.
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