01 januari 1970

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW OF MAGAZINE STERCK MERCK WITH CEO BART LAENEN

We zijn trots om dit interview met oprichter en CEO van LC Patents, Bart Laenen , over zijn gedurfde carrièrepad, met jullie te delen. Bart licht in deze editie van Magazine Sterck Merck, gekend als speerpunt van de externe communicatie naar de doelgroep van ondernemers, zelfstandigen en vrije beroepers, toe waarom hij voor zo’n inhoudelijk rijke carrièrepad gekozen heeft, waar zijn keuze...
01 januari 1970

​CONGRATULATIONS SARA

We are pleased to announce that Sara has become qualified as Belgian Patent Attorney and successfully passed the exam. Please join us in congratulating Sara in this important professional career step.

01 januari 1970

CONGRATULATIONS LIEVE!

We are pleased to announce that Lieve passed the full European Qualifying Examination with great success to become a Registered European Patent Attorney. Please join us in congratulating Lieve in this important achievement in her professional career!

01 januari 1970

NEW PATENT CANCELLATION SYSTEM FOR SOUTH-KOREA

In South-Korea, the validity of a patent can be challenged regardless of an infringement litigation. A granted patent can be revoked only by the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), and not by the infringement court. Therefore, KIPO is one of the most important venues in the Korean patent litigation system. In a typical patent infringement litigation, an accused infringer...
01 januari 1970

DECISION AGAINST DUTCH FIRM IS KEY VICTORY FOR BRAND IN LONG-RUNNING TRADEMARK BATTLE

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Christian Louboutin’s battle to protect the distinctive red soles on the shoes he designs got a boost on Tuesday when the European Union’s top court said their red color was separate from the shape of the soles, which is usually not protected under EU trademark law. The judges at the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) did not follow the advice of the advocate...
01 januari 1970

TOMATOES II AND BROCCOLI II - PATENTABILITY OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS

The Regulations of the European Patent Office will be amended with immediate effect and will exclude the patentability of plants and animals exclusively obtained by an essentially biological breeding process. This will remove the possibilities created by G2/12 and G2/13 (also known as Tomatoes II and Broccoli II). At this very moment the amended Regulations (Rule 27 or 28?) are apparently not...
01 januari 1970

BOARD OF APPEAL - DECISION MARCH 22, 2017 - ASSIGNMENT OF PRIORITY RIGHT

Board of Appeal sends reminder that assigning a priority right in time is not to be considered lightly. Retroactive assignment between companies from the same corporate group six days after the filing of the international application deemed insufficient. In a decision published on 22 March 2017 (T 577/11), the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office again send a reminder to applicants...
01 januari 1970

​SUPPLEMENTARY PROTECTION CERTIFICATES (SPCS)

Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) are governed by EU law and provide an extension of the patent term for medicaments and plant protection products. It is intended to compensate for delays due to regulatory approval. After a relatively calm period, the last few weeks saw several referrals from national courts to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), seeking...
01 januari 1970

A FEW MORE DAYS OF PATENT PROTECTION FOR PHARMACEUTICALS

The lengthy procedure for obtaining a regulatory approval to introduce a new drug on the European market significantly affects the effective duration of patent protection for these drugs. In order to compensate for that loss and to stimulate innovation in the pharmaceutical field, the European Union provides Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs). These extend patent protection with a...
01 januari 1970

OPENING LEUVEN BRANCH

You may have noticed it on the contact page of our website, but starting this week, Stijn will man our Leuven branch at Officenter in Haasrode. Leuven being a hotspot of start-up companies in Flanders, and already serving a number of clients in the area we felt it the right moment to open a Leuven Branch now Stijn qualified as EPA. To start, Stijn wil be in Leuven twice weekly, but with a...
01 januari 1970

CONGRATULATIONS - EQE 2015

We are pleased to announce that Stijn passed the European Qualifying Examination with great success to become a Registered European Patent Attorney. Not only for Stijn, but also for our company this is an important milestone in the continuity of our office. Please join us in congratulating Stijn in this important achievement in his professional career.