Law and technology explained, for lawyers and engineers.
Ius mentis offers over 350 articles (in Dutch and English) about internet law and intellectual property. Some examples are How to get a patent, E-commerce, Web technology and passwords and security.
Author and site owner is IT-lawyer and patent attorney Arnoud Engelfriet (blog, contact).
Featured articles
![]() The scope of a patent is defined by the claims. These list all the essential elements of the invention. Only if a product has all these elements does it infringe the patent. The validity of a patent is judged by comparing the claims against the prior art. »» |
![]() Trade secret law protects information or know-how that is valuable because of its secrecy. The owner of a trade secret must take reasonable steps to keep it a secret. Misappropriation of trade secrets, including violation of a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) is a tort and sometimes even a criminal act. »» |
![]() There is a famous story (among patent attorneys, at least) about a Donald Duck story being used as prior art against a patent on a method of raising a sunken ship. A 1949 Donald Duck story used the same technique. »» |
![]() The TCP/IP protocols are the core protocols that make up the Internet. The packet-based design of TCP/IP has made the Internet very resilient. »» |
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Software,
in Europe,
Obviousness,
Crash course,
FAQ
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Open source,
Licenses,
Patents
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MP3,
Photos (Dutch),
Crash course,
Thuiskopie (Dutch)
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Viruses,
Hacking,
Passwords
Computercriminaliteit (Dutch),
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Crash course,
Domeinnamen (Dutch),
UDRP
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Privacy,
Legal issues,
Personal data (Dutch)
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Crash course,
In the USA,
In the Netherlands (Dutch)
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File sharing (Dutch),
Encryption,
Digital signatures,
TCP/IP
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Inventing, Trade secrets,
Open innovation (Dutch)
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Blogs (Dutch), Webdesign, Hyperlinks (Dutch), Providers (Dutch)
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What is IP/IPR,
Crash courses
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E-commerce,
Elektronic payment,
Distance selling (Dutch)
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