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IPR

How do you protect your invention? Or the new name that you have devised for your product? Dutch law offers you various options to achieve this. Legislation provides legal protection for inventions and innovations. Thanks to intellectual property, you can actually turn your new, inventive product or idea into your own property.

If you are a regular visitor to our site you will see how rapidly global developments are taking place in the field of legislation and new technology. Some recent interesting inventions in the automotive industry in The Netherlands include a new type of seatbelt and a fully robotised gas station.
 

For more information on IPR read this quick guide (only available in Dutch) or select one of the next websites: these sites provide you with a means of quickly obtaining full information on relevant topics in the field of intellectual property. Of course, you will also find the familiar information that will serve as a guide to the complex subject matter of intellectual property, such as links to the relevant authorities and tips on applying for a patent.

Netherlands Patent Office: http://en.octrooicentrum.nl

Esp@cenet in Dutch http://nl.espacenet.com

Esp@cenet in English, French or German http://www.espacenet.com/access/index.en.htm

Nederlandsch Octrooibureau http://www.octrooibureau.nl/en/