MEDICAL DEVICE MAKERS based in Ireland are ramping up their
In this article, Donald Sweeney and Bill Stumpf, correctly point
The European New Approach Directives form the starting point of the CE marking (Conformité Européenne). In these directives manuals are also discussed extensively. What do the European New Approach Directives mean and what do they mean for you and the manuals of your products?
Maintaining a fruitful cooperation with your Chinese supplier can be challenging. Here are some interesting or useful articles that I found recently on how to get the most out of your Chinese supplier:
Most people know what patents are, and why they are necessary, why you should patent, when to file an application, what can be patented etc., or do they…?
When asking people in the street and even in business about patents, one quickly learns there are a lot of misconceptions. Therefore, let me list the 10 basic things you need to know about patents:
Have you been following the discussions about the antenna problems of the iPhone4? Yesterday, Apple responded during a special press conference and now also with a special page on their website. Being an Apple fanboy, of course I watched the recording of the press conference. And if you are interested in EMC and EMC testing, you should do the same…
Yesterday I received an interesting question from Graham Ritchie about how standards can be used to comply with the essential requirements from CE directives. I believe his question and my reply can be useful for others and so I post it here.
China is the single most important challenge for EU trade policy. EU-China trade has increased dramatically in recent years. China is now the EU’s 2nd trading partner behind the USA and the biggest source of imports. The EU is China’s biggest trading partner. China is set to be the biggest national exporter in the global economy in 2009. China now accounts for about 9% of world trade in goods. Total bilateral trade between the EU and China was worth €326 billion in 2008.