Dr Stephan van der Vlugt
Sr Consultant | European Patent Atty
Duesseldorf

Dr Stephan van der Vlugt
Sr Consultant | European Patent Atty
Duesseldorf
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Stephan advises on the enforcement, assignment and licensing of intellectual property rights. He primarily oversees patent litigation for large domestic and foreign companies with a strong focus on pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.
In addition to his main practice, Stephan also advises clients on IP-related corporate transactions as well as IP-strategies outside the courtroom.
Stephan combines broad technical and business understanding with more than a decade of practical experience in the healthcare sector.
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Blog Post: 17 July 2023
When is the composition of a product on the market prior art?
G1/23 – EPO Enlarged Board of Appeals of the EPO “available” (referral from T 0438/19) Under which circumstances can the public prior use of a product constitute prior art for novelty or inventive…
Publications: 17 March 2022
