Intellectual Property Rights  (IPR):

First aid for innovation:

Protecting your ideas, trademark and designs is crucial. Therefore both the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) and the Netherlands Patent Office will be available at October 14th and October 17th at our stand to help you.

About BOIP:

The Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) is the official body for the registration of trademarks and designs in the Benelux. In addition, the BOIP offers the possibility to formally record the existence of ideas, concepts, designs prototypes and the like. Until 1 September 2006, the BOIP was known as the Benelux Trademarks Office and the Benelux Designs Office. For more information please visit the BOIP website: http://www.boip.int/

About the Netherlands Patent Office:

As an agency of the Ministry of Economic Affairs operating within an open world economy, the Netherlands Patent Office implements (inter)national patenting regulations within the Netherlands and promotes the use of patents as a source of information and inspiration. For more information please visit the website:www.octrooicentrum.nl/en/default.aspx.