LES BENELUX
NEWSLETTER
TWENTY SEVENTH ISSUE - SEPTEMBER 1999
This quarterly newsletter is written specifically for LES Benelux members and others with a professional or business interest in all aspects of technology transfer and the licen-sing of intellectual property. Further copies are available on request. Unless indicated as author's copyright and subject to acknowledgement of the Society, all material may be used freely in other publications. Unless otherwise agreed, acceptance of any submission for publication in this Newsletter is on the understanding that the author also consents to publication in the same or edited form on the LES Europe site at http://www.les-europe.org/. Editorial insert, advertising enquiries and contributions should be addressed to Saskia van Dijk-Struyk, LES Benelux, P.O. Box 6050, NL-2600 JA DELFT; phone +31 15 269 49 23; fax +31 15 261 24 03; e-mail saskia.dijk@wxs.nl
Dear Members,
Most of you will by now have returned from holiday and hopefully have dealt with the usual pile of work on your desk! I hope, that you are ready for new activities of LES Benelux.
Topic Meetings
For those of you who were unable to attend the topic meeting of June 23, 1999 in Rotterdam concerning "Recent Trends in Biotech en IP Rights", please note that a copy of the Program and speakers' information as well as the transparencies used during the Conference is available. You will find a report on this meeting on page four of this Newsletter. The Board and the organizing committee were pleased to receive so many enthusiastic reactions. Nearly one hundred participants is indeed one of the largest LES Benelux Topic Meetings ever! The next meeting is planned on October 15, 1999 in Brussels. This meeting will be organized by the Belgium Group of AIPPI, but members of LES and BMM will enjoy a reduced member fee. One of the topics is "Character Licensing in the Benelux". The other topics deal with the protection of software under patent law and the relationship between trademarks and appellations of origin. Detailed information will be sent to you in due course. The last Topic Meeting in 1999 will be held together with our Annual General Meeting on November 24 in Rotterdam.The topic of this meeting will be "Tax aspects of International Licensing".
The LES International Conference 2000
The full program of the Conference and all other relevant details will be published in the September issue of les Nouvelles. Early registration for the conference is possible - the reduced early registration fee is applicable if registration and payment is received before February 1, 2000. For non-members originating from one of the Benelux-countries, the non-member fee also includes an offer for a free membership of LES Benelux for the year 2000. I hope that many will use this rare opportunity to attend an international LES Conference within the Benelux countries! It is also still possible to sponsor the Amsterdam 2000 Conference. If you or your company would be interested in participating as a sponsor, please contact me at +31 10 408 17 67 or e-mail Vanoosterom@oos.eur.nlThe LES European Conference in Venice, September 22-25, 1999
On the international level, another opportunity for networking and gathering up-to-date information on IP and licensing subjects will be the European Conference organized by LES Italy. The theme of the Conference is "Business and Licensing, a challenge for European Companies in a changing world". I trust to see a good attendance there, for what promises to be a very pleasant and well organized event. I look forward to seeing you at the upcoming meetings; please do not hesitate to contact me or one of the other Board members in case you would have any questions or suggestions.Emma van Oosterom
President LES Benelux
e-mail: Vanoosterom@oos.eur.nl
New members
- Marina Benassi, Van der Steenhoven Lawyers, Amsterdam (NL);
- Carine van den Brink, Pharming Group N.V., Leiden (NL);
- Gilles Capart, UCB SA, Brussels (B);
- Giordano Cardini, Soremartec SA, Arlon-Schoppach (B);
- Piet De Vos, Innogenetics N.V., Zwijnaarde (B);
- Patrick Di Stefano, ULB, Charleroi (B);
- Arjen J.W. Hooiveld, Arnold & Siedsma, Amsterdam (NL);
- Marleen H.J. van den Horst, Barents & Krans, The Hague (NL);
- Bart Klein, Royal KPN N.V., The Hague (NL);
- Ruby Nefkens, Van der Steenhoven Lawyers, Amsterdam (NL);
- Daniel Radoux, Euroscreen SA, Brussels (B);
- Linda Stienstra, Zernike Goup B.V., Groningen (NL);
- J.H. Drenth, ATO-DLO, Wageningen (NL);
- Clea Witteman, Nederlandsch Octrooi Bureau, The Hague (NL);
For information on membership, please contact Wil van der Voorde: phone +31 70 3906873; fax +31 70 3909113 or e-mail prsnl@euronet.nl
Professional Administration for LES Benelux
Since 1990 LES Benelux is a growing society with at present 240 members. To run this Society in a good way, a lot of effort is needed. Today most of the work is done by board members, who are working voluntarily for LES. The greatest burden is the Membership Secretariat, which has been run by Wil van der Voorde and her company Polyresearch Service for almost 10 years. The administration takes about 4-8 hours per week. This work is caused by the steady growth of the number of members and all kinds of mutations: such as resigning members, members that move to another office, requests concerning admini-strative or financial procedures and so on. Furthermore LES Benelux organizes 4-5 meetings per year. One of these meetings is a full-day conference and one is combined with the Annual General Meeting. These meetings have to be well-organized. Besides this, there is a need for one-site management, which cannot be provided by board members. In view of the above, the board will present a proposal to members during the next AGM, concerning the appointment of a professional Administrative Consultant for the running of the day-to-day membership administration and for the administrative organization of topic meetings.Any person or company interested in this task is invited to send a proposal and cost estimate to the undersigned. A full description of the work and further information will of course be available at Emma van Oosterom, President of LES Benelux. P.O. Box 1738, NL-3000 DR Rotterdam E-mail: VanOosterom@oos.eur.nl, fax +31 10 452 63 26.
LES Benelux
Meetings in 199915 October, Brussels - Full day study day organized by the AIPPI Group Belgium and held in Brussels. LES Benelux members will receive an invitation within the next few weeks.
24 November, Rotterdam - Tax aspects of international licensing: a comparison between Dutch, Belgian and Luxembourg experiences. This meeting will be combined with the Annual General Meeting 1999.
Details of program, venue and registration will be sent to all members in due time.
For more information on meetings, please contact Bruno Vandermeulen, chair Program Committee, e-mail Bruno.Vandermeulen@twobirds.com
'Biotech and Intellectual Property Rights: Recent Trends' - 23 June 1999, Rotterdam
The transparencies used at this meeting are available for NLG 40,00 including mailing cost. If you want to receive a copy, please e-mail to saskia.dijk@wxs.nl or fax to +31 15 261 24 03 stating your name, invoice and mailing address. The booklet will be sent to you together with an invoice.
LES Europe
LES Germany organizes in Munich on 20 September a full-day seminar on License Trade with NAFTA countries. For program and registration, please contact Heinz Goddar, e-mail goddar@boehmert.deLES Italy organises the LES Pan-European Meeting in Venice which will be held on 22-25 September 1999. Theme of the conference is "Business and Licensing, a challenge for Euro-pean companies in a changing world". If you want to register, please contact immediately LES Italy, fax +39 11 5622102; e-mail info@studiotorta.it
LES France organises together with LES Arab Countries a meeting on 27 September 1999 in Paris (Hotel Ambassador). The theme of this meeting is ''Transfer of technologies between France and Arab Countries''. For information, please contact Florence Lazard, phone +33 1 44 51 1800; e-mail f.lazard@ordipat.fr
Other events for 1999
14-16 September: International Conference on Electronic Commerce and Intellectual Property. Organised by WIPO and to be held in Geneva, Switzerland. For more information, please phone +41 22 338 9164; e-mail ecommerce@wipo.int11-12 October: Trade Marks Europe '99. Orga-nised by EuroForum and to be held in London. For more information phone +44 171 878 6886.
18-20 October: Patinnova '99 and 20-22 October: Epidos Annual Conference. Both events will be held in Halkidiki, Greece. For more information please contact the European Patent Office in Venice, fax +43 1 52126 4192; e-mail dshalloe@epo.nl
23- 27 October: LES USA and Canada Annual Meeting, San Antonio - Licensing: the Profession of the New Millenium. For more information: phone +1 703 836 3106, e-mail leshq@aol.com
4-5 November: International Research & Development Agreements. Organised by Hawksmere and to be held in London. For more information phone +44 207 881 1858 or e-mail bookings@hawksmere.co.uk
3-6 November: FICPI's 5th Open Forum, Monaco with practical session on current issues. For information and registration, please phone FICPI at +39 055 240 275 or e-mail guendy@egr.it
8-10 November: International Commercial Agree-ments. Organised by Hawksmere and to be held in London. For more information phone +44 207 881 1858 or e-mail bookings@hawksmere.co.uk
18-19 November: Latest Developments in International Licensing. Organised by Hawksmere and to be held in Munich, Germany. For more information phone +44 207 881 1858 or e-mail bookings@hawksmere.co.uk
22-24 November 1999: Licensing contracts. Organised by ZfU and to be held in Zurich, Switzerland. For more information phone +41 1 720 88 88.
For your diary in the new millennium
LES International
Together with this Newsletter you will receive the third LES International Annual Report covering the year 1998-1999.News
According to Ingo Kober, president of the EPO at the Annual press conference 1999, the European Patent Organisation faces important changes and the number of patent applications continues to rise rapidly. In 1998 113.340 applications were filed (+ 13%).
In The Hague the 4th International Symposium on reduction of patent costs was held on 19 and 20 July. At this symposium, organised by AIPLA and FICPI, LES was represented by Heinz Goddar, president-elect LESI. A report on this symposium will be published in the September issue of les Nouvelles.
Next Newsletter Deadline for delivering a contribution to the next newsletter is 30 November 1999.
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