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21.02.11 Power Point Otto Swens 'Patent Litigation in the Netherlands and recent developments' 23.03.10 AIPPI Questionniare Q123: The person skilled in the art 19.02.10 Presentation by Otto Swens at Biotech & Pharma Patenting Conference, 17-18 February 2010, Munich 23.11.09 Presentation by Otto Swens at Telecardiology conference 07.10.09 Impact of the EU Enforcement Directive on Dutch IP Litigation 28.07.09 Recouping damages after patent infringement 24.07.09 First experiences in the NL, UK, GER and FR with the new European enforcement rules 27.11.08 Damages as a result of patent infringement 20.11.08 Protection of know how, inventions and clients in employer - employee relations 23.10.08 Assessment of Inventive Step: the Netherlands vs the UK 27.04.08 The relation between European law, national law and the TRIPS trreaty 31.12.07 You can make a change! 17.06.03 Commentary to CGR Committee decision dated 6 February 2003 in Eli Lilly / Janssen-Cilag 25.02.03 Comment to Dutch Supreme Court judgment dated 15 October 2002 in OM / GlaxoSmithKline (Zyban)
Otto Swens founded Vondst Advocaten with Tjeerd Overdijk. Otto's practice deals with all aspects of intellectual property, but it has a strong focus on patents. Otto advises and litigates in national and international patent cases, particularly in the field of pharmaceuticals & life sciences, chemistry, medical devices and mechanical engineering. Currently, Otto is, amongst others, involved in patent litigation relating pharmaceutical patents, room atmosphere conditioning units, CTP lithographic printing plates, bicycle baskets, meat processing machines and insect repellent permethrin compositions for army overalls.
Further, Otto is active in the practice of pharmaceuticals & life sciences. He advises on Supplementary Protection Certificates, regulatory issues, pricing, parallel imports, reimbursements, product liability and promotion.
Otto is recognized internationally as patent and life sciences specialist. Chambers recommends Otto as follows: "Focusing on patent litigation, Otto Swens is regularly called upon in pharmaceutical, chemistry and mechanical engineering cases. "He can make a quick assessment of the feasibility of a project and he always delivers on his promises," say clients." Legal500 states: "Patents head Otto Swens ‘sees the big picture and is thorough, precise and top quality’.Also, Otto is recommended by the Practical Law Company, the IAM Guides "The World's Leading Life Sciences Patent Litigators 2010" and "The World's Leading Patent litigators 2011" and Managing Intellectual Property 2011.
Otto regularly lectures and publishes on patent law and pharmaceuticals & life sciences, at conferences and in national en international journals, such as IER, Patent World, European Intellectual Property Review and Pharmaceutical Law Insight. Otto is co-author of Oxford University Press handbook 'Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Chemical Inventions: World Protection and Exploitation', which was published in April 2011.
Also, Otto is member of the board of the Dutch Farma Marketing Group and member of the Advisory Committee of the Netherlands Heart Rhythm Association. Otto is a member of various professional associations, including the Dutch Association of Pharmacy and Law, the International Trademarks Association, AIPPI and PTMG.