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Due to maintenance works the following online services will be unaccessible Wednesday Ocober 5, from 17.00 till 20.00: Register a trademark Renew a trademark registration…

The SME voucher enables entrepreneurs to recuperate part of the application fee for intellectual property rights. This popular offer is aimed at supporting businesses wishing to…

BOIP is increasingly receiving trademark applications with terms relating to virtual goods and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). We also regularly receive queries about them from our…

News Release Rule DG 13/9/2022 In opposition and cancellation proceedings on relative grounds, the defendant may request the opponent/ applicant to prove genuine use of the invoked…

What can you remember from 2021? You most certainly remember the COVID-19 pandemic and the various lockdowns. Perhaps you can also recall the European football championship that…

Trademark applications are a good indicator of innovation and trends in technology. That is the conclusion of a European study by the EUIPO. The European Union Intellectual…

Commissioned by BOIP and the FPS Economy, the Catholic University of Leuven and research agency IDEA Consult investigated the characteristics of Belgian companies seeking to…

Today, on World IP Day 2022, we are launching the new digital platform for intellectual property: Create, Protect & Benefit. There are more than three million SMEs in the…

Covid-19 restrictions in the Netherlands have recently to a large extent been lifted. We have therefore returned to our offices in Bordewijklaan in The Hague, which means you can…