We will be attending the Dutch Life Sciences Conference in Leiden on 24 Nov 2016

DeltaPatents has a stand (number 4) at the Dutch Life Sciences Conference in the ECC Leiden (next to the Holiday Inn). It is an event voor biotech, high-tech en med-tech companies to meet each other, find investors and also to learn something. Tanja la Cour, Romano Beitsma, Pete Pollard & Jolanda Pudelko will be present, so please drop by with your questions on patents, trade secrets or trade marks. Or visit us anytime at our office in the Poortgebouw of the Leiden Bio Science Park.

Presentation on "The Strategic Use of Patents" at the EPO in Munich

On 20th October 2016, one of our patent attorneys, Pete Pollard, will give a presentation on The Strategic Use of Patents to 60-80 patent examiners from the European Patent Office (EPO) in Munich.
By covering what users of the EPC and PCT patent systems want to accomplish and how they view a granted patent, Pete will try to explain the "strange" behavior frequently witnessed by examiners in their dealings with applicants.
We are always happy to do this - engaging with examiners whenever possible improves mutual understanding, and promotes co-operation when handling future patent cases.
   

DeltaPatents succesfully defends FEI's patent in opposition & appeal - T1123/10

Congratulations to our Opposition and Appeal section for successfully maintaining FEI's European patent EP1394834 following lengthy opposition and appeal proceedings.
The patent was granted in 2007 for a very gentle method of milling a biological sample using sublimation. An opposition was filed later the same year at the European Patent Office (EPO), requesting a complete revocation.
After 3 years, the Opposition Division agreed that the patent was valid. However, the opponent filed appeal T1123/10.
After an oral hearing in July 2016, the Board of Appeal confirmed that the decision was correct and the patent was maintained as granted.
FEI was represented in the written and oral proceedings by Pete Pollard, who has many years of experience in both oppositions and appeals. The other members of our Opposition and Appeal section are Sander van Rijnswou, Tanja la Cour Hoekstra, Karel Riem, Roel van Woudenberg and Jelle Hoekstra. Some of them are also tutors helping EQE candidates pass the C (Opposition) and D (Legal) papers.
P.S. The EPO is currently taking steps to speed up the opposition process to avoid such long delays in the future.

We have a booth at the HI-ZIE event in Delft on 22 March 2016

DeltaPatents has a booth at the HI-ZIE 2016. It is an event giving high-tech entrepreneurs, researchers, teachers and investors from South-Holland (and further away) the chance to meet. Angelique van de Ven, Pete Pollard & Romano Beitsma will be present, so drop by with your question about patents, industrial designs or trademarks. Romano is representing our office in Leiden.

Registratiion for HI-ZIE is free of charge.

Ask us about high-tech patents at the High-Tech Systems Event in Eindhoven (24 March 2016)

We will have a booth at the High-Tech Systems Conference & Exhibition in Eindhoven on 24 March 2016. The conference focusses on high-end system development for markets where smart engineering and technology make a difference. The programme aims at developers, technical managers and decision makers in the advanced mechanical engineering. At the exhibition floor you can meet people and companies that can help you with the development, production and marketing of complex systems. The location is the Van der Valk Hotel, Aalsterweg 22 close to the HTC (High-Tech Campus).

Angelique van de Ven, Pete Pollard & Guido Paola will be attending. If you have any questions about patent, industrial design or trademark protection, feel free to visit us at stand nr. 26.

Registration is free if you do it before 22 March. See you there!

TUSExpo 2016 - 2 to 4 of February in The Hague

Next week is the European Unmanned Systems trade show & conference in The Hague.

Pete Pollard and Alex Hogeweg will be visiting from DeltaPatents on Wednesday & Thursday.

Visiting the exhibition is free - you can register here