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Patents
From invention to patent
Conditions of patentability
Rights arising from the patent
Limitations and exceptions to the rights of the patent holder
Period of validity of a patent
Patent applications
Patent costs
Biotechnological inventions
Who does an invention or patent belong to?
Restoration procedure for maintaining a patent
First aid for Patent application
Bulletin of patents
List of patent requests
Copyright and related rights
Copyright
Rights related to copyright
Legal protection of databases
Sanctions and legal actions
Plant breeders' rights
The Belgian protection system
Conditions of protection
Scope of protection
Exceptions and restrictions
To whom do plant breeders' rights belong?
Period of validity, lapse and annulment
How do I obtain plant breeders' rights
Procedure for the restoration of plant breeders' rights
Marketing of a new plant variety
Modifications of granted plant variety rights
Bulletins of Plant Breeders' Rights
National DUS examination protocols
Trademarks
Conditions of protection
Scope of protection
Limitations and exceptions to the rights
Types of marks
Before registering
Registering a trademark
Protection end
Administrative formalities
Designs
What do design rights protect?
Conditions of protection
Scope of protection
Limitations to design right
Cumulation of design protection
Prior to registering
Design registrations
Expiration of design rights
Administrative formalities
Holders
Specific protection regimes
Protection of topographies of semiconductor products
Protection by secrecy
Trade name and company name
Domain names
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20 October 2021
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