[Guest post] The Birkenstock saga continues: Dutch court acknowledges copyright protection in sandal designs By Eleonora Rosati at Sunday, November 23, 2025 Birkenstock Brompton Bycicle Cofemel copyright Guest post infringement Mio/konektra Netherlands originality Spyros Sipetas works of applied art +
[Guest post] Dutch court grants pan-European copyright injunction against Tripp Trapp chair look-a-like By Eleonora Rosati at Monday, July 28, 2025 C-580/23 C-795/23 copyright gues post Jan Jacobi Margot Vergeest Mio/konektra Netherlands Tripp Trapp works of applied art +
[Guest post] Dutch IP battle about the hyped “Crompouce®”- a croissant-tompouce hybrid By Eleonora Rosati at Wednesday, November 29, 2023 Annelotte Boot Crompouce food Guest post Netherlands Robbert Sjoerdsma trade marks +
[Guest post] Dutch Supreme Court: when due cause has already been established, no further assessment of (dis)honest practices is required By Eleonora Rosati at Monday, November 27, 2023 due cause honest practices Jan Jacobi Jarieke Timmerman Jiskefet Netherlands trade marks +
[Guest post] Court of appeal The Hague: free-riding not possible if reputed brand has suffered continuous decline By Eleonora Rosati at Friday, August 04, 2023 declining reputation free riding Guest post Jan Jacobi Mexx Netherlands trade marks +
Event Report: BIE Symposium raises questions on Arrow declarations in the UPC By Annsley Merelle Ward at Sunday, April 23, 2023 AmeriKat Arrow declarations central division conflicts of interest event report FRAND Netherlands sunrise period Unified Patent Court unitary patent upc +
[Guest post] How a chair makes the Berne Convention wobble: CJEU to answer questions on principle of reciprocity for works of applied art By Eleonora Rosati at Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Article 2(7) Berne Convention Berne Convention CJEU copyright Eames Guest post Jan Jacobi Netherlands RAAP Vitra v Kwantum works of applied art +
Dutch court rejects claims for sui generis database protection of national company register By Jan Jacobi at Monday, January 17, 2022 Access to information Database Directive Database ownership database rights databases Dutch law IP ownership Jan Jacobi legal databases Netherlands ownership of IP rights +
[Guest post] Flattery or freeloading? The use of look-a-likes within the context of image rights By Eleonora Rosati at Monday, November 29, 2021 Guest post Image rights Jan Jacobi Max Verstappen Netherlands +
Keeping up with Dutch patent litigation: second half-year case law review 2020 By Annsley Merelle Ward at Monday, May 17, 2021 #IPKat AmeriKat biogen cross-border Dutch law eli lilly equivalence Netherlands Novartis patent litigation pemetrexed samsung SPCs the hague +