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17-08-2010 16:50
CE Marking Explained (Part 3): The Toy Safety Directive (Marieke Coumans)
In a series of weblogs entitled CE Marking Explained, De Gier | Stam & Advocaten devotes extra attention to CE...

12-08-2010 10:55
CE-marking Explained (Part 2): The Construction Products Directive (Marieke Coumans)
In a series of weblogs entitled CE-marking explained , De Gier | Stam & Advocaten devotes extra attention to...

11-08-2010 15:23
New Series of Weblogs: CE Marking Explained (Part 1) (Marieke Coumans)
In the weeks ahead De Gier | Stam & Advocaten will be presenting a series of weblogs entitled CE Marking...

11-08-2010 13:09
Publication: Producer holds database rights (Louise de Gier)
Who holds the rights to a database: the supplier or the client? Because there is a great deal of confusion a...

21-04-2010 14:14
‘NIJN-Eleven’ (Nine-Eleven): permissible and impermissible parodies of Miffy (Nijntje) (Evert van Gelderen)
On 22 December 2009 an interim relief judge of the District Court of Amsterdam handed down judgment in a matter...

13-04-2010 01:17
WIPO and FRAPA join forces regarding dispute resolution about TV formats (Evert van Gelderen)
WIPO’s Arbitration and Mediation Center (WIPO Center), and the Format Recognition and Protection...

12-04-2010 11:13
Reasons to protect your databases (Louise de Gier)
Introduction A database right is an intellectual property right which provides protection for the producer of a...

23-07-2008 11:23
Fatboy the Original and the copycat designer (Marieke Coumans)
Finally, the matter appears to have been resolved, Fatboy the bean bag is not protected by copyright. Fatboy is...

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24-06-2010 09:42
Judge sides with Google in Viacom Video Suit
In a major victory for Google in its battle with media companies, a federal judge in New York on Wednesday threw out...

11-05-2010 17:33
Nokia Adds iPad to Patent Suit Against Apple
The Finnish cellphone maker Nokia Corporation said on Friday that it had extended its patent-infringement claims...

15-03-2010 15:36
Apple's future won't be brought to you by the letter 'i'
Apple has been dealt a severe blow having been told that it no longer has a monopoly on the letter "i" as...

23-02-2010 12:25
Turning Patents Into ‘Invention Capital’
Nathan Myhrvold wants to shake up the marketplace for ideas. His mission and the activities of the company he heads,...

23-02-2010 12:18
U.S. Announces Intellectual Property Watchdog
The U.S. Justice Department is forming an intellectual property task force because of what some estimate to be...

11-02-2010 10:30
In Secret, Nations Work Toward Crackdown on Piracy
Behind a veil of secrecy, the United States, the European Union, Japan and other countries are forging ahead with...

11-02-2010 10:12
To 4,294,967,296 and Beyond - Under 10% of IPv4 Space Remains
History of IPv4 It has long been anticipated, but the available pool of unallocated Internet addresses using the...

13-01-2010 12:19
Google Apologizes to Chinese Authors
Google has agreed to hand over a list of books by Chinese authors that it has scanned in recent years, company...

11-11-2009 14:19
Justices Hear Patent Case on Protecting the Abstract
Supreme Court justices took up a case on Monday that could reshape the realm of what can be patented, and expressed...

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