On 30 July, the Court of Appeal of The Hague ruled on the formal entitlement to priority following from a US provisional patent application. The attack on priority in this case is part of a recent trend by parties in patent...more
8/16/2019
/ Appeals ,
Entitlements ,
EU ,
European Patent Convention ,
Genentech ,
Hoffman LaRoche ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventions ,
Joint Ownership ,
Life Sciences ,
Netherlands ,
Paris Convention ,
Patent Cooperation Treaty ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Priority Patent Claims ,
The Hague
In a recent trademark case, the Court of Appeal of The Hague set up a confidentiality club in order to create a possibility for the alleged infringer to submit confidential information in the proceedings. This mechanism was...more
8/1/2019
/ Appeals ,
Confidential Information ,
EU Trade Secrets Directive ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Misappropriation ,
Netherlands ,
The Hague ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademarks
The new Trade Secret Protection Act came into force recently in the Netherlands. The Act is an implementation of the EU Trade Secrets Directive, which seeks to improve and harmonise the standards of protection of trade...more