Countries: the Netherlands

Map of the Nederland

Having first abolished all its IP laws in the late 19th century, which were not reintroduced until the early 20th when national industry began to take off, the Kingdom of the Netherlands (local name: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden) is now a member to most intellectual property-related treaties. Due to the huge success of the European Patent Convention and the associated drop in national patent applications, its own highly praised patent office was replaced by a registration system in 1995. The Netherlands, together with Belgium and Luxembourg, share a single trademark and design protection law.

For general country information, see the Netherlands in the CIA World Factbook.

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