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1. Intellectual property

Belgian Office for Intellectual Property (OPRI)	The OPRI is a public service of the federal government and is part of the Federal Public Service Economy. The website provides practical information about regulations relating to various types of intellectual property rights, as well as management thereof.
Cepani	Cepani is the Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation. As such, Cepani offers parties in dispute assistance for their arbitration and mediation proceedings.
Customs	To avoid counterfeiting on the Belgian market, you can ask customs to hold counterfeit products at the border.
Economic Inspectorate	If you encounter counterfeit on the Belgium market you can report this to the Economic Inspectorate.
Federal Public Service Justice	On its website, the Federal Public Service Justice offers a theme file on mediation.
IdeaSCAN	The online ideaSCAN gives a first indication on how to protect your product or service via intellectual property rights.
Tech Transfer Offices (TTO)	Every Flemish higher education association has a tech transfer service that promotes the valorisation of the research results of the association and promotes cooperation with companies and society. As a student or teacher you can go to this service with all your questions about intellectual property. The contact details of the tech transfer service per association can be found on the website of TTO Flanders.

2. Copyright

Belgian legislation	The legal provisions regarding copyright in Belgium are set out in Title 5 “Copyrights and related rights” and Title 6 “Computer programs” of Book XI “Intellectual Property” of the Code of Economic Law (WER).
Belgian Office for Intellectual Property (OPRI)	The OPRI is a public service of the federal government and is part of the Federal Public Service Economy. The website provides practical information about regulations relating to various types of intellectual property rights, as well as management thereof.
SABAM	Belgian Association of Authors, Composers and Publishers. Its goal is the collection and distribution, administration and management (in the broadest sense of the word) of all authors’ rights in Belgium.
SACD	Copyright management company specialising in television and radio (drama), film, theatre, dance, stage music and multimedia fiction.
SOFAM	Management company specialising in the visual arts. As a non-profit company, it has been managing and defending the rights of its members on grounds of ethics specific to authors since 1979.

3. Trade name right

Belgian Office for Intellectual Property (OPRI)	The OPRI is a public service of the federal government and is part of the Federal Public Service Economy. The website provides practical information about regulations relating to various types of intellectual property rights, as well as management thereof.
CBE Public Search	This search engine displays the public data (including the trade name, if it was included at registration) of all enterprises and their business units registered in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE).

4. Trademark right

Belgian Office for Intellectual Property (OPRI)	The OPRI is a public service of the federal government and is part of the Federal Public Service Economy. The website provides practical information about regulations relating to various types of intellectual property rights, as well as management thereof.
Benelux Association for Trademark and Design Law (BMM)	Association of trademark and design attorneys in the Benelux.
Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP)	The official office for trademark registration in the Benelux.
BOIP Trademark register	Register of all valid trademarks in the Benelux (Benelux trademarks, EU trademarks and international trademarks with validity in the Benelux).
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)	A European Union agency responsible for registering EU marks.
Legislation in the Benelux	The statutory provisions concerning the Benelux trademark law are laid down in Title 2 “Trademarks” of the Benelux Convention on intellectual property (BCIP).
Madrid Monitor	Register of the international trademarks: this register contains only the trademarks that have been applied for via the international system of Madrid (WIPO) and not the national trademarks of the individual countries.
TMclass	Tool for classifying products and services (terms) needed to apply for trademark protection. TMclass is based on the NICE classification, a system for the classification of products and services that is used when registering trademarks.
TMview	Database of national trademark registers, EU trademarks and international trademarks. In addition to the registers of all European member states, it also contains trademark registers from various countries outside Europe.
Trademark Clearinghouse	By registering a trademark with the Trademark Clearinghouse, the trademark holder will be notified when new domain name extensions are launched (sunrise period).
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)	An agency of the United Nations where international applications for trademarks can be submitted.

5. Drawing or design right

Belgian Office for Intellectual Property (OPRI)	The OPRI is a public service of the federal government and is part of the Federal Public Service Economy. The website provides practical information about regulations relating to various types of intellectual property rights, as well as management thereof.
Benelux Association for Trademark and Design Law (BMM)	Association of trademark and design agents in the Benelux.
BOIP Designs register	Register of all drawings or designs registered in the Benelux that were validly registered on 1 January 2012 or thereafter. In contrast to the BOIP Trademark register, this database does not contain data from the EUIPO or WIPO registers.
Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP)	The official office for design registration in the Benelux.
Designclass	Tool for classifying products in design protection. Design classification is based on the Locarno classification, an international product classification for designs.
Designview	This is a database of national design registers, Community designs and international designs. In addition to the registers of almost all European member states, it also contains design registers from various countries outside Europe.
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)	A European Union agency responsible for registering Community designs.
Hague Express	Register of international designs: this register contains only the designs that have been applied for via the international system of The Hague (WIPO) and not the national designs of the individual countries.
Legislation in the Benelux	The statutory provisions concerning the Benelux design law are laid down in Title 3 “Drawings or designs” of the Benelux Convention on intellectual property (BCIP).
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)	An agency of the United Nations where international applications for designs can be filed.

6. Patent right

Belgian legislation	The legal provisions regarding patent right in Belgium have been recorded in Title 1 “Invention Patents” and Title 2 “Supplementary Protection Certificates” of Book XI “Intellectual Property” of the Code of Economic rights (WER).
Belgian Office for Intellectual Property (OPRI)	The OPRI is a public service of the federal government and is part of the Federal Public Service Economy. The OPRI issues Belgian patents and supplementary protection certificates and oversees monitoring of their continuance.
Belgian patent attorneys	List of Belgian patent attorneys.
European patent attorneys	List of European patent attorneys.
European Patent Office (EPO)	The main activity of the EPO is to grant European patents, after having thoroughly examined them. The EPO is also responsible for examining oppositions filed against granted European patents.
Espacenet	A handy and free internet database to search for patents (from more than 90 countries worldwide).
InnovAccess	Contact details of the national authorities in Europe for applying for a national patent can be found here.
PATLIB (PATent LIBrary) centra	Provide basic information on patents and support SMEs with a preliminary investigation into the existence (already patented) of certain technologies.
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	International applications for patents (PCT procedure) can be submitted via WIPO.

7. Database right

Belgian legislation	The legal provisions regarding database right in Belgium have been recorded in Title 7 “Databases” of Book XI “Intellectual Property” of the Code of Economic Rights (WER).
Belgian Office for Intellectual Property (OPRI)	The OPRI is a public service of the federal government and is part of the Federal Public Service Economy. The website provides practical information about regulations relating to various types of intellectual property rights, as well as management thereof.

8. Plant variety right

Belgian legislation	The legal provisions regarding plant breeders’ rights in Belgium have been recorded in Title 3 “Plant Breeders’ rights” of Book XI “Intellectual Property” of the Code of Economic Rights (WER).
Belgian Office for Intellectual Property (OPRI)	The OPRI is a public service of the federal government and is part of the Federal Public Service Economy. The OPRI issues Belgian plant variety right certificates.
Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO)	The Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) is an agency of the European Union and grants the Community plant variety rights.
Department of Agriculture & Fisheries	The Department of Agriculture & Fisheries is responsible for the management of the national catalog of agricultural and vegetable crops.
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants	Here you will find the contact details of the national authorities worldwide for applying for a national plant variety right.
Register Belgian plant variety right	To know which plant varieties are protected, you can consult the list of current Belgian plant variety rights and the Bulletin of Breeding Products.
Register Community plant variety	The CPVO provides a database in which you can look up Community plant variety rights.

9. Semi-conductor topography right

Belgian legislation	The legal provisions regarding semi-conductor topography right in Belgium are laid down in Title 8 “Topographies of semiconductor products” of Book XI “Intellectual Property” of the Code of Economic Rights (WER).
Belgian Office for Intellectual Property (OPRI)	The OPRI is a public service of the federal government and is part of the Federal Public Service Economy. The website provides practical information about regulations relating to various types of intellectual property rights, as well as management thereof.

10.1 Related topics - Fixed date

Bailiffs	Find a bailiff to make a determination of your creation.
i-DEPOT	With an i-DEPOT, you get legal proof of creation on a certain day.
i-DEPOT – NDA	Create a Non-Disclosure Agreement online linked to your i-DEPOT.
i-D Space	Publish your i-DEPOT via i-D Space.
Notaries	Find a civil-law notary to draw up a notarial deed concerning your creation.
Registration offices	Find a registration office to provide a date stamp for your creation.

10.2 Related topics - Domain names

Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (Cepani)	The application for the alternative dispute resolution to settle a dispute about domain names can be made at the Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (Cepani).
DNS Belgium	The official management body for the .be, .vlaanderen and .brussels domain names.
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)	Via Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) you can look up which authority is the administrator for all existing domain name extensions.

10.3 Related topics - Confidentiality

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