Intellectual property
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Contact information
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Aspects institutionnels et pratiques
- The Belgian Office for Intellectual Property (OPRI)
- Patent Agent Accreditation Commission
- Conseil de la Propriété intellectuelle
- Le Conseil du droit d’obtention végétale
- Les Commissions “droit d’auteur”
- International organisations
- Need an expert?
- Fees
- Patent information databases
- Enseignements et formations à la propriété intellectuelle
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Innovation et propriété intellectuelle
- What is intellectual property?
- How to determine which intellectual property right is applicable
- Propriété intellectuelle, innovation et subsides
- Protection of intellectual property: the fight against counterfeit goods, piracy and other violations of intellectual rights
- Intellectual property in public contracts
- Créations réalisées dans le cadre d’une relation de travail ou sur commande
- Protection of ideas and know-how
- Protection of inventions, know-how or information through secrecy
- Proof of the date of existence of a creation
- La propriété intellectuelle et le libre accès aux créations
- Priority rights
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Copyright
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Propriété intellectuelle des logiciels
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Database law
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Patents
- De l’invention au brevet
- Conditions of patentability
- Quels droits résultent du brevet : l’étendue de la protection
- Limitations et exceptions aux droits du titulaire du brevet
- Belgian patents
- European patents
- Réforme du système européen des brevets
- List of patent requests filed with the Intellectual Property Office
- International patent requests
- A qui sont reconnus l’invention et le droit au brevet ?
- Durée de validité, déchéance et annulation du brevet
- Patent costs
- Compendium of patents
- Patent information service
- Biotechnologie
- Supplementary protection certificates (SPC) for medicines and phytopharmaceutical products
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Trademarks
- Exemples de marques
- Conditions of protection
- Quels droits procure la marque Benelux: l'étendue de la protection
- Limitations et exceptions aux droits du titulaire de la marque
- Before registering a trademark
- Benelux registration
- Community trademark
- International trademark registration request
- Comment la protection de la marque s’éteint-elle?
- Researching trademarks: databases
- Les marques collectives
- Trade name and legal name
- Geographical indications, traditional speciality guaranteed and other quality labels
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Les noms de domaine
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Designs
- Que protège le droit des dessins ou modèles?
- Conditions de protection
- Which rights grant Benelux designs: scope of protection
- Exceptions et limitations au droit de dessin ou modèle
- Préalablement au dépôt
- Benelux registration
- Community designs
- International registration
- Les titulaires
- Comment s'éteint le droit des dessins ou modèles?
- Design rights databases
- Formalités administratives
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Droit d’obtention végétale
World Intellectual Property Day - April 26, 2013
For more information: http://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/2013/
European Patent Convention
As part of the EPC's 40th anniversary celebrations, the European Patent Office is staging an Innovation Contest for students in the European Patent Organisation's member states.
The contest is open to students of all disciplines who are at least 18 years old, enrolled at a university, college or equivalent academic institution in one of the Organisation's member states. There is no entry fee.
The winner in each of the five categories will be awarded a prize of EUR 5 000.
More information (PDF, 173.5 Kb) and http://www.epo.org/learning-events/40epc/competition.html
EPO Innovation Contest - Selection criteria OPRI (PDF, 214.98 Kb)
Intellectual property
This site dedicated to intellectual property is designed to give you an overall look at regulations for different intellectual property rights: copyrights, related rights, rights for patents, trademarks, designs or models, databases, plant varieties, geographical indications and protected designations of origin, topographies of semiconductor products.
This site also informs you of practical tools to help you manage your intellectual property rights as well as your innovation projects: contact information for institutions which can provide advice or financial assistance, information on subsidies and tax reductions for innovation, databases of existing patents, prices, forms, etc.
Intellectual property rights
Intellectual property protects intellectual creations such as innovative works, trademarks, inventions, software, etc. Different rules apply to each of these objects (copyrights, patent rights, trademark rights, etc.).
Below, there are links where you will find information on provisions related to specific intellectual property rights (copyrights, patent rights, trademarks, design rights, plant variety rights, etc.).
Topographies of semiconductor products (integrated circuits)
Geographical indications and protected designations of origin
If you would like to determine, in advance, which intellectual property rights are potentially applicable to a musical, audiovisual or literary work, to photographs, technical inventions, websites, object designs, software, designs, clothing lines, computer games, domain names, databases, etc., you will find a sample list of different objects likely to be protected and related rights.
Questions common to more than one intellectual property right
Creations resulting from an employment relationship or from a placed order
Protection of intellectual property: the fight against counterfeiting and piracy
Intellectual property and free access to creations; open access