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LAO PDR joins TMview and DesignView

As from last week LAO PDR Intellectual Property Office (LAO DIP) has made its trade mark and design data available to the TMview…

Cambodia joins DesignView

As from last week The Cambodian Ministry of Industry and Handicraft (MIH) has made its designs data available to the DesignView…

Nieuw vennootschapsrecht Belgie

Company forms to change in Belgium: is your information up to date?

On 1 May, a new company law will take effect in Belgium. In practical terms, the rules governing the lives of companies have…

brexit

Brexit and trademark and design law: update

We issued a brief on the state of play of Brexit negotiations about a year ago. Back then it was thought that the United Kingdom…

World IP Day 26 april

Why you should stop and think about intellectual property on 26 April

On April 26, it is Intellectual Property Day. On "World IP Day", rights to inventions, texts, brands and plant varieties are in…

illustratie

Trends in Trade in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods

The title concerns a study by the OECD and EUIPO. This study presents analysis of the value, scope and magnitude of world trade…

Increase in European patent applications

Increase in European patent applications from Belgium and the Netherlands

In 2018, a total of 174,317 European patent applications were filed, according to the 2018 annual report of the European Patent…

RFI Benelux Patent Platform

The Benelux Organisation for Intellectual Property and the Benelux countries explore possible further development of the Benelux Patent Platform

In consultation with the three Benelux countries, the Benelux Organisation for Intellectual Property has issued a Request for…

Benelux trademark law

Important changes to Benelux trademark law as of 1 March

Trademark law in the Benelux will change as of 1 March 2019. The changes are largely aimed at modernising and simplifying the…

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