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Protecting your product or idea

Do you have an idea for an innovative product or service? Find out how to protect your intellectual property with a trademark or patent and avoid plagiarism in the Netherlands.

  • Preparation

    • Preparatory research for your innovation
    • Check if your idea is already protected by intellectual property rights
    • Protecting your idea in an i-DEPOT
  • Patents and IP rights

    • Patents and how to apply for one
    • Protecting a product, service or invention, a step-by-step plan
    • Protecting your IP rights
    • Exporting your intellectual property product
    • Employees' inventions
    • Plagiarism and intellectual property violation
    • Cooperation agreement and intellectual property
    • Confidentiality statement
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