by Micheline Don & Parker Advocaten | 23 June 2020 | Intellectual Property
Under ‘portrait law’ the appearance of a person is protected and one should not simply use a recognizable image of someone else. If this does happen, then the person portrayed may oppose this, provided he has a reasonable interest in this.
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by Micheline Don & Parker Advocaten | 17 March 2020 | Intellectual Property
News A Jingle as Trademark? 17 March 2020 – Silvie Wertwijn, Micheline Don Last year we already informed in our Newsletter that since March 2019 registration of a mark no longer requires graphical representation. However, the condition that the mark... read more
by Parker Advocaten | 25 April 2019 | Intellectual Property, Pharma & Life Sciences
On 1 February 2019, the so-called pharmacist exemption in the Dutch Patent Act 1995 (DPA) has become effective.
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by Micheline Don & Parker Advocaten | 25 April 2019 | Intellectual Property
Based on the new European Trademark Directive and further harmonization of trademark law at EU level, the new Benelux Convention on Intellectual Property has been amended and entered into force on 1 March 2019. The main changes read as follows.
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by Tessa de Mönnink | 28 December 2018 | Employment law, Employee Participation, Franchise, Commercial contracts, Distribution & Agency, Intellectual Property, Privacy, IT & Internet, Pharma & Life Sciences, Mediation
News Announcement Parker Advocaten 28 december 2018 There’s so much we share. So why not share the same name? From 1 January 2019, De Grave De Mönnink Spliet Advocaten is joined by Scope Advocaten, continuing under the name Parker Advocaten. Taking a different... read more
by Parker Advocaten | 20 February 2018 | Intellectual Property
In the autumn of 2015, the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (“BOIP”) organized a marketing campaign. During the campaign, anyone depositing a logo with the BOIP would be presented with the logo as a painting on canvas.
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