Every second Friday of the month it is 2nd Friday. The VrijMiBo event for Dutch engineers.

A fixed recipe, with new people all the time. We are welcome in the beautiful building of Stichting Mikrocentrum in Veldhoven.

To break the ice, we kick off the evening with a lecture by a tech or business owner. They will share their successes and blunders, their strategy and experience. So plenty of material to discuss during the networking drinks!

Protect your idea!

An important part of an engineering career involves designing new products or systems. In this, protecting the design is one of the most important things. But where does this process start and how can you make it as optimal as possible?
In this September edition of 2nd Friday, you will find out all about patents and patents. How do you protect your idea, what are you entitled to and how can you make the patent register work for you, Twan Uijttewaal MSc. answers your questions!

About Twan Uijttewaal MSc.

Twan Uijttewaal MSc. works as a Patent and IP advisor at the Octrooicentrum Nederland, part of the RVO. After obtaining his engineering degree in Wageningen, Twan worked for almost 6 years at AOMB Intellectual Property where he worked his way up to Patent Information Specialist. Since the beginning of this year, he has been working for the RVO as Intellectual Property Advisor, providing information to start-ups, SMEs and students on Intellectual Property rights, such as: Trademarks, Designs, Copyrights and in particular Patents.

Twan has experience in patent information and searching and analysing patent documents. Patent information can also be a great tool to support you in business decisions!

2nd Friday is organised in cooperation with the Mikrocentrum.

Would you like to be on our 2nd Friday stage yourself to inspire others or do you have an idea for an interesting speaker? Then send an email to yke@kivi.nl.