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In 2015, the Chinese web shop Alibaba set up a supermarket chain in China using the name Hema. There are now thirteen Chinese ‘Hema’ supermarkets, the last three of which opened in July 2017. The question is whether the Dutch company Hema, having a chain of department stores with establishment throughout Europe, can oppose this.

Counterfeiting – or fraudulent imitation – creates many problems. But how extensive are these problems and where do they occur? A recent research report for the INTA and the BASCAP sheds light on the situation. The damage to industry is astronomical and increasing. However, that’s not the end of the story. The social impact of counterfeiting is equally damaging.

In 2015, the so-called Tomato-II and Broccoli-II cases (G 2/12 and G 2/13) reached decisions from the Enlarged Board of Appeal.

Managing IP has published the results of its annual IP Stars survey, covering the top-rated firms for patent and trademark work. Once again NLO and NLO Shieldmark have been rewarded a Tier 1 ranking in the field of patent prosecution and Trademark prosecution in The Netherlands.

The Dutch Chamber of Commerce presents the SMB Innovation Top 100 2017 on Tuesday June 27. We will find out who ranks as most innovative entrepreneur in the Netherlands for 2017.

The financial success of a life sciences company depends primarily on the scope, lifetime and strength of its patent portfolio. Successful life sciences companies by default have IP portfolios that are strong enough to withstand any challenge from competitors and have a lifespan that is long enough to capture the potential value of the products or technologies.

For quite some time now fake invoices have been sent out to cheat holders of intellectual property rights out of their money. Should you receive an invoice for maintaining your patent, trademark or design registration, please verify whether the invoice has indeed been sent out by an official authority.

The start of the Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court (UPC), has been delayed for an, as yet, undetermined period. The previous schedule set by the preparatory committee, in which the Unitary Patent Package would enter into effect on December 1, 2017, has been proven incompatible with the real world political and legal developments in the major European countries.

The IAM Patent 1000 2017: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals identifies the top patent practitioners in key jurisdictions around the globe. In this new edition, 8 patent attorneys of NLO have received a ‘highly recommended’ ranking for ‘Prosecution’.

Our partner BioVox published a White Paper on 'Cancer Immunotherapy'. NLO's Caroline Pallard joined the expert panel and discussed the IP issues. Download trhe White Paper for free.