Since October 17, V.O. can proudly call itself “Netherlands Patent Attorney Firm of the Year. On behalf of our firm, Sjoerd Postma and Marijke Westra received this honorable award from IAM and WTR in London, where all winners of the 2024 Global IP Award were announced.
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A research exemption is a provision in patent law that allows researchers to perform Research and Development (R&D) on patented inventions without infringing on the patent holder's rights. In Belgium, the research exemption was one of the broadest in Europe until 31 May 2023.
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We are again proud of our recent recognitions by IP STARS (Managing IP) as a Tier 1 firm and for Belgium as a Tier 2 firm. And a Tier 3 listing for Trademark Prosecution. Individual recommendations as ‘IP Stars 2024’ are for Tamara Elmore, Bettina Hermann, Annemie Jaeken, Leo Jessen, Bernard Ledeboer, Marco Molling, Otto Oudshoorn and Herman Witmans.
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In the recently published JUVE Patent Netherlands ranking 2024, our firm once again receives a very prominent place. This ranking was compiled after a thorough survey of all leading Dutch patent firms, patent attorneys and litigators.
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We are starting again brand new versions of the two IE courses Basic and Advanced under the name IP Academy. The Basic course is scheduled on November 5 and the Advanced course on December 10, 2024.
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On 6 September Raimondo Cau was registered as a European patent attorney. Raimondo has a background in Mechanical Engineering (PhD), and is specialized in robotics, (opto)mechatronics, precision engineering and medical devices, and vehicle engineering.
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Having signed the UPC agreement on 31 May this year, Romania officially joined as of 1 September.
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Intellectual property plays an important role, especially in an environment where the emphasis is so much on creating technological capabilities and solutions. That connects V.O. to Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). It is therefore obvious that V.O., long established at the High Tech Campus Eindhoven, also feels right at home on the TU/e university campus.
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Eco-Runner Team Delft broke the world record in 2023 by traveling 2488.5 kilometers in one of their cars, on a single tank of just 950 grams of hydrogen. The student team is now turning that winning mentality into an ambition that will benefit the whole of the Netherlands: designing an efficient hydrogen car that paves the way for further developments in this field.
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In many situations patent law may require that translations be made, for example of patents or prior art documents. Among other things, the advent of the unitary patent added new translation requirements. In this regard, it is notable that computer translations are expressly not allowed. Good to be aware of this.
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