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Raquel Alvarez

Raquel Alvarez

  • European and Benelux Trademark and Design Attorney
“Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it (Benjamin Franklin)”
Bettina Hermann

Bettina Hermann

  • European and German Patent and Trademark Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“IP is an essential asset of a company having many different facets - always worth to work for it.”
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.”
Jasper Groot Koerkamp

Jasper Groot Koerkamp

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“IP protection puts you in control of your innovation and provides freedom to share it at your own terms.”
Annemie Jaeken

Annemie Jaeken

  • European, Dutch and Belgian Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“IP strategy and business strategy go hand in hand.”
Patrick Decrock

Patrick Decrock

  • European and Belgian Patent Attorney
“Thinking together with the inventor in terms of the key features of the invention strengthens patent potential.”
Peter de Lange

Peter de Lange

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“My technical thoroughness and legal understanding make for strong patents.”
Philipp Reichl

Philipp Reichl

  • European and German Patent and Trademark Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“My task is to optimize the process of building a company’s IP portfolio so that it can get the foothold it needs in the industry to secure its future.”
Marlon Blood

Marlon Blood

  • European Patent Attorney
“Different parts of patent law seem to a certain extent to conflict. I enjoy exploring the fault lines that such conflicts create. I am mindful of such fault lines when obtaining patents for my clients and strive to exploit them when defending my clients.”
Gijs de Iongh

Gijs de Iongh

  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator
“The best inventions are often obvious, in retrospect.”

News

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UPC Court of Appeal on territorial scope, late claim amendments and proportionality of injunctions in a life-sciences dispute 

In its decision of 25 November 2025 in Edwards Lifesciences vs. Meril (APL_2205/2025), the UPC Court of Appeal addressed procedural discipline in framing remedies (especially territorial scope) and refined how proportionality may shape injunctive relief in a medical-device case. The decision forms part of a combined judgment in the wider Meril v Edwards / Edwards v Meril appeals package.  

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Camera-based “display visibility” as a technical security measure in remote gaming: T 2030/22 (Board 3.4.03)

In T 2030/22 (Board of Appeal 3.4.03, 27 November 2025) the Board overturned a refusal for lack of inventive step and addressed, in the same context, an examining division’s concerns that a key feature had no technical effect or was insufficiently disclosed. The decision is of practical interest where image-based recognition is used to control access to a physical device operated remotely.

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Patents as tickets to tax benefits

Both in the Netherlands and Belgium, innovation deductions offer significant tax benefits for companies investing in R&D. The Dutch Innovation Box works through a reduced tax rate on profits from innovation, while Belgium uses the innovation deduction to fully exempt a percentage of these profits. It pays for innovative companies to explore these opportunities.

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Events

NCCC 2026

Hotel NH Noordwijk Conference Centre Leeuwenhorst, Langelaan, Noordwijkerhout

The 27th edition of the NCCC (Netherlands Catalysis and Chemistry Conference) takes place from Monday 2 to Wednesday 4 March in Noordwijkerhout.

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