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Multi-jurisdictional advertising of medical devices – UK, Netherlands and Germany

16 Mar 2011, Erik Vollebregt Advertising and promotion of medical devices are not harmonised under the EU medical devices directive, resulting in a fragmented legal landscape that differs from one EU member state to the other. To…

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EU IP developments relevant to medical devices

29 Jan 2011, Erik Vollebregt There are at least two IP developments going on in the EU presently that are of great importance to the medical devices industry. First, there are the developments toward a single EU…

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Internet sales, parallel imports, repacks of medical devices

09 Dec 2010, Erik Vollebregt I often run into questions that are a mixture of problems relating to parallel imports of medical devices, repackaging/relabelling, trademark law and internet sales. Obviously, manufacturers do not like it when another…