{"id":499,"date":"2026-02-23T11:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T11:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belgiumpatent.be\/law-regulation\/rules-and-regulations\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T18:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:50:12","slug":"rules-and-regulations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/belgiumpatent.be\/en\/law-regulation\/rules-and-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules and Regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Institute of Patent Attorneys is the professional organization of all Belgian patent attorneys. Both the Institute and its members are subject to laws and regulations that strive for a high level of professionalism of the Institute and its members.<\/p>\n

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Law establishing the Institute of Patent Attorneys<\/span><\/h4>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]The Institute was established by the law of 8 July 2018 (OJ 19.07.2018) \u2013 Law containing provisions for the protection of the title of patent attorney, amended by the law of 5 November 2023 (OJ 11.12.2023) \u2013 law containing various provisions relating to economic matters.<\/span> [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Regulations of the Institute of Patent Attorneys: Code of Economic Law, Book XI, Title 1, Chapter 3, Section 5: Link<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Fixing the amount of the annual membership fee (2025): Link<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Royal Decree on representation in patent matters (second phase of the reform of the profession)<\/h4>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Royal Decree of 30 September 2020 on representation in patent matters (OJ 04.11.2020), amended by the Royal Decree of 19 October 2023 on the implementation of the second phase of the reform of the profession of patent attorney (OJ 01.12.2023) \u2013 consolidated version: Dutch <\/a><\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Internal regulations of the Institute<\/h4>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Internal regulations of the Institute of Patent Attorneys, version 27.05.2024, approved by ministerial decree of 30 September 2024 (OJ 09.10.2024) \u202f Link<\/a><\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Rules for the members of the Institute<\/h4>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Rules of Conduct<\/span><\/p>\n

Version 30 September 2021, approved by royal decree of 19 December 2021 (OJ 19.01.2022) : Link<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Disciplinary regulations<\/span><\/p>\n

Royal Decree of 30 September 2020 establishing the disciplinary regulations applicable to patent attorneys (OJ 04.11.2020), amended by Royal Decree of 19 October 2023 (OJ 01.12.2023)\u202f: Link<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Regulation on continuing education<\/span><\/p>\n

Regulations on the organization of continuing education for members of the Institute of Patent Attorneys.Version 17 December 2021, approved by ministerial decree of 27 January 2022 : Link<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Qualifying Examination for registration on the list of professional representatives<\/h4>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Examination regulations <\/span><\/p>\n

March 2026 \u2013 Regulation on the examination and the proficiency test (OJ 9.03.2026) : dutch version<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Enrolment <\/span><\/p>\n

Ministerial decree on the establishment of the initial dates of the examination (OJ 9.03.2026 Link<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Appointment of the Government Commissioner to the Institute<\/h4>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Royal Decree of 6 December 2020 appointing the Government Commissioner and his deputy to the Institute of Patent Attorneys (OJ 16.12.2020) Link<\/a><\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Establishment of the term of office for members of the council and chairing the general assembly of the Institute<\/h4>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]The term of office for members of the council and chairing the general assembly of the Institute were established in article 122 of the law of 5 NOVEMBER 2023 (Law containing various provisions on economy). Link <\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]New Free Database of Belgian Intellectual Property Case Law<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Federal Public Service Economy has launched a free online database of Belgian judicial decisions in the field of intellectual property. It covers copyright, patents, trademarks, designs, plant variety rights, and other IP protection regimes, organized by year and by topic.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Database of Belgian case law in intellectual property – Home page | BPP – Benelux Patent Platform<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=””] The Institute of Patent Attorneys is the professional organization of all Belgian patent attorneys. Both the Institute and its members are subject to laws and regulations that strive for a high level of professionalism of the Institute and its members. [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text css=””] Law establishing the Institute of Patent Attorneys… View Article<\/a>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":493,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-499","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/belgiumpatent.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/belgiumpatent.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/belgiumpatent.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belgiumpatent.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belgiumpatent.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/belgiumpatent.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2221,"href":"https:\/\/belgiumpatent.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/499\/revisions\/2221"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belgiumpatent.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/belgiumpatent.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}