Patents and Intellectual Property Rights
Do you have a great, innovative idea that you want to protect from competitors? Or are you otherwise looking for information about patents and other intellectual property rights? Netherlands Patents Office offers you information, advice and tools to help you get and maintain a patent or other way to protect your new idea or product.
Patents and small and medium-sized businesses
Of course you want to protect a great, innovative idea from someone stealing it. We help you with information and advice on how to get and maintain a patent or other intellectual property right for your idea or product. We can also help you search in patent databases and registers.
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Patents and education
University students, teachers or researchers often work with new, innovative technological developments. We give you the information and tools to learn or teach more about patents and other intellectual property rights.
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Patents specialists
Netherlands Patent Office also helps patent professionals learn more about patent law. We give you lots of information on Dutch, European and worldwide patent laws, case law in patent rights and what patent literature and publications there are for you.
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