Om direct kennis met elkaar te kunnen delen in tijden waarin fysieke bijeenkomsten lastig zijn, heeft V.O. voor de komende maanden een serie van zes webinars gepland. Het eerste webinar is op donderdag 27 augustus en start om 15.00 uur. Het heeft als onderwerp: ‘Aan de slag met octrooien’. De spreker is octrooigemachtigde Henri van Kalkeren. Onder andere de volgende aspecten komen aan de orde:

• Wanneer kiest u voor octrooiering en wanneer voor geheimhouding?
• Waarom is een octrooi meer dan alleen bescherming?
• Hoe kan een octrooi uw innovatie laten renderen?
• Wat zijn de vereisten voor een octrooiaanvraag?
• Hoe ziet het proces eruit en wat zijn de kosten?

Het tweede webinar staat gepland voor dinsdag 29 september en heeft als onderwerp 'Aan de slag met merk- en modelbescherming'.

Due to the long waiting times, a considerable amount of time generally lapses between filing a patent application and the ultimate granting of the patent. The green light however could, unexpectedly, also be given quickly.

That is what happened to patent attorney Peter de Lange when he filed a patent application for a chemical installation for his client at the Australian patent office. In the previous international (PCT) stage, the European Patent Office had already given the same application a favourable assessment. Because that previous assessment could be used to accelerate the subsequent assessment in Australia, De Lange advised his client to opt for the ‘Patent Prosecution Highway’, an accelerated procedure that still normally takes a few months. He had a big surprise when one day after submitting the accelerated procedure he received a message that the patent would be granted. The client was happy with that. The strategy to make optimal use of the global ‘Patent Prosecution Highway’ system proved extremely successful.

May and June see the publication of the annual results of comparable examinations carried out by various authoritative international IP guides and trade magazines. V.O. is extremely proud to have attained several good rankings and awards. As such, JUVE Patent recommended V.O. in the categories of Patent Filing and Prosecution. Furthermore, Marco Box, Leo Jessen, Bernard Ledeboer, Otto Oudshoorn and Jetze Beeksma were named as “recommended individuals”.

Managing IP has acknowledged our Dutch patent practice as a “Tier 1 Patent Prosecution Firm” and has awarded individual distinctions as IP Stars to Bettina Hermann, Leo Jessen, Bernard Ledeboer, Otto Oudshoorn and Herman Witmans. For its trademark practice, V.O. is recognized as a “Tier 2 Trademark Prosecution Firm” in both the Netherlands as well as Belgium.

Furthermore, V.O. was awarded a silver ranking in Europe’s Leading Patent Law Firms 2020 rankings, drawn up by the Financial Times, in the category of Chemistry & Pharmaceuticals and a bronze ranking in the categories of Mechanical Engineering and Biotechnology & Food.