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Belgium


Category of IPR	Name of the law	Registration needed	Where to register
Copyright	Law on Copyright and Neighboring Rights of 1994	no	-
Patents	Patent Law of 1984	yes	The Belgian Office for Intellectual Property (OPRI)
Utility models	not protected	-	-
Trade marks	Benelux Convention on Intellectual Property (trademarks and designs)	information not available	The Benelux Office for the Intellectual Property (BOIP)
(Industrial) designs	Benelux Convention on Intellectual Property (trademarks and designs)	information not available	The Benelux Office for the Intellectual Property (BOIP)
Geographical Indications	Protected on EU-level - Regulations No 509/2006 and 510/2006	-	-
Know How	not protected	-	-
Plant Breeders Rights	Law on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants of 2011	yes	The Belgian Office for Intellectual Property (OPRI)
Topographies of Semiconductor Products	Law on the Legal Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products of 1990	no information available in English	no information available in English

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