Description

Applying for a patent is full of pitfalls but protection is a dire necessity!
Alfons Laudy, account manager at Octrooicentrum Nederland, shows that patents are a wonderful source of information.

Patents allow you to protect something. Everyone knows that. But that a patent is also a source of information turns out to be less well known. Using examples, Alfons Laudy shows that patents can provide a glimpse into the future.

An introduction to this source of information does not have to be via specialists. Free patent databases can be accessed on the internet, allowing anyone to become acquainted with patents. The protection offered by a granted patent is a reward for publishing the invention described. Such publication is also necessary, to show everyone what technology can (not) be freely applied. To facilitate familiarisation with this information, Octrooicentrum Nederland, in addition to its legal task of granting patents, provides information on how to search for and use patent information.

It also discusses how to apply for a patent abroad. Since the Netherlands is only a small country and exports a lot, it is important to know how to extend protection abroad.
The Patent Act is only one law of a number that regulates intellectual property. The lecture provides a clear overview of these different property rights (such as trademark and copyright), making it clear which aspects of products can receive the most effective protection.
The lecture will use an interactive connection to the internet with the aim of showing that a lot of information is available to everyone.

15.00 Reception
15:15 Lecture part 1: theoretical aspects of patent applications
16:00 Pause
16:15 Lecture part 2: practical examples and an interactive connection showing where the information can be found on the internet
17:00 Closure

Speaker(s)

Alfons Laudy, account manager at Octrooicentrum Nederland.

SPECIFICATIONS
Maximum number of participants: 50

Location

Hall centre Prinsenhof

Hoofdstraat 43, 5683 AC Best

Organiser

Region South

Name and contact details for information

Further information from ing. Gidi van Heijst, t: 06 557 44 063, or via the e-mail address below.

geveha@zonnet.nl