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Copyright and Related Rights
Copyright Act 30 June 1994 (NL|FR)
Computer Programs Act 30 June 1994 (NL|FR)
Semiconductor Designs Act 10 January 1990 (NL|FR)
Databases Act 31 August 1998 (NL|FR)
Directive 87/54 Council 16 December 1986 (Semiconductors)
Directive 91/250/EEC Council 14 May 1991 (Computer Programs)
Directive 93/98/EEC Council 29 October 1993 (Copyright Duration)
Directive 96/9/EC Council and Parliament 11 March 1996 (Databases)
Directive 2001/29/EC Council and Parliament 22 May 2001 (Copyright in the information society)
WIPO Copyright and Related Rights
Berne Convention
Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations
WIPO Copyright Treaty
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
Patents
Dienst voor de Intellectuele Eigendom (DIE) | OPRI
Old Patent Act 24 May 1854 (NL|FR)
Old Patent Act 28 March 1984 (NL|FR)
Code of Economic Law (NL|FR)
Royal Decree 2 December 1986 (NL|FR)
Royal Decree 12 May 2015 (NL|FR)
EPC 2000 Implementation Act 21 April 2007 (NL|FR)
Royal Decree 5 December 2007(NL|FR)
EPC 1973 Implementation Act 8 July 1977 (NL|FR)
Royal Decree 27 February 1981(NL|FR)
Databank | Base de Données
Strasbourg Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention

European Patent Organisation (EPO)
European Patent Convention (EPC 2000) (NL)
Implementing Regulations
EPOline Register
Esp@cenet

Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2012 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection
Council Regulation (EU) No 1260/2012 of 17 December 2012 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patents with regard to the applicable translation arrangements
Agreement on a Unified Patent Court

Directive 98/44/EC Parliament and Council 6 July 1998 (biotechnological inventions)
WIPO Patents Gateway
Paris Convention
Patent Law Treaty (not ratified)
Regulations under the PLT
Patent Cooperation Treaty
Regulations under the PCT
PatentScope
SPCs
Act on SPCs for medicinal products 29 July 1994 (NL|FR)
Act on SPCs for plant protection products 5 July 1998 (NL|FR)
Royal Decree 8 November 1998 (NL|FR)
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1768/92 of 18 June 1992 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products
Regulation (EC) No 1610/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products
 
Designs
Benelux Office for Intellectual Property
Benelux Intellectual Property Treaty 25 February 2005 (NL|FR)
Implementing Regulation (NL|FR)
Benelux Design Register
Office for the Harmonisation of the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
Council Regulation (EC) 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community Designs (CDR)
Implementing Regulation (CDIR)
Fee Regulation (CDFR)
Directive 98/71/EC Parliament and Council 13 October 1998
eSearch plus (OHIM)
DesignView
WIPO Designs Gateway
Paris Convention
Hague System
Hague Express
Trademarks
Benelux Office for Intellectual Property
Benelux Intellectual Property Treaty 25 February 2005 (NL|FR)
Implementing Regulation (NL|FR)
Benelux Trademark Register
Office for the Harmonisation of the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
Council Regulation (EC) 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark (CTMR)
Implementing Regulation (CTMIR)
Fee Regulation (CTMFR)
Directive 2008/95/EC Parliament and Council 22 October 2008
eSearch plus (OHIM)
TMview
WIPO Trademarks Gateway
Paris Convention
Trademark Law Treaty (not ratified)
Regulations under the TLT
Madrid Agreement
Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement
Common regulations under the Madrid Agreement
Madrid Express
Domain Names
DNS.BE
Cybersquatting Act 26 June 2003 (NL|FR)
Terms and Conditions Domain Registration .BE(NL|FR)
.be Domain Availability
 
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center for the resolution of domain name disputes
Plant Varieties
Belgian Ministery of Economic Affairs
Old Plant varieties protection act 20 May 1975 (NL|FR)
Royal Decree 22 July 1977 (NL|FR)
Code of Economic Law (NL|FR)
Royal Decree 12 May 2015 (NL|FR)
Community Plant Variety Office
Council Regulation (EC) no. 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety rights
Implementing Regulation
Fee Regulation
Article 14 Regulation
CPVO Applications and Titles In Force
International Convention for the Protection of new Varieties of Plants (UPOV 1991)
Enforcement and Common Provisions
Intellectual Property Jurisdiction Act 10 May 2007 (NL|FR)
Intellectual Property Enforcement Act 15 May 2007 (NL|FR)
Council Regulation (EC) No 1383/2003 of 22 July 2003 concerning customs action against goods suspected of infringing certain intellectual property rights and the measures to be taken against goods found to have infringed such rights
Implementing Regulation 1891/2004
Parliament/Council Directive 2004/48/EC of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights
WTO TRIPS Gateway
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)

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