Intellectual Property is seen as “the oil of the 21^st century”. It is the biggest asset of all businesses: from global corporations like Coca Cola® to independent advisors whose value lies in their trademarks, copyrights, designs, patents, and knowledge.

As an entrepreneur: Are you protecting your knowledge and innovation? Is there a way to better exploit your intellectual property? How can intellectual property enhance your market value?

And if you are in the corporate arena: What happens to your intellectual creation? To what extent are you the owner of your own work? How can you protect yourself?

More Female Partners at the top 10 lawfirms

Breaking news: finally there seems be an increase in the number of female partners at the large law firms in the Netherlands. The total number of female partners has increased at the top 10 law firms from 57 last years to 61 this year, whereas the total number of partners decreased in that top 10 from 450 to 430. These data are published in De Stand van de Advocatuur 2010. On 26 March the first copy of this document will be handed over to Saskia Stuiveling, president of the general Court of Auditors and member of the Council of recommendation of the Dutch order of lawyers.

There is also less good news for the champions of diversity: at the top 10 last year  a total of 865 female lawyers worked, this year that number has decreased to 808. Also the number of male lawyers decreased, from 1,211 to 1,168. In terms of percentage the proportion male and female lawyers now amounts to at the top 10 of offices 59.4% for 40.6%, in contrast to last year 58.9% and 41.1%.

This text has been translated from: http://www.advocatie.nl