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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…

My BOIP

IMPORTANT: check the email address in your account

In the near future, you will no longer receive any letters from us for the majority of your applications or requests. Instead…

1819.brussels/en

1819, the very first point of contact for entrepreneurs in Brussels

1819 is the “leading information service for anyone who is starting or developing a business in the Brussels-Capital Region". As…

E-learning module ThatsIP now also available in English

Last week the English version of ThatsIP.be went live. ThatsIP.be is the free e-learning module about intellectual property for…

Appointment Ragnar Gustafsson

Appointment new Director General of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property

Ragnar Gustafsson was appointed as the new Director General of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) by its…

Collectief of certificeringsmerk

Choosing a collective or a certification mark

As of 1 March 2019, the laws on trademarks in the Benelux will change. One of the changes concerns the collective mark: as of 1…

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