Benelux Office for Intellectual Property

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The Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) (Dutch: Benelux-Bureau voor de Intellectuele Eigendom (BBIE), French: Office Benelux de la Propriété intellectuelle) is the registration office for trademarks and designs in the Benelux. The BOIP was previously known as the Benelux Trademarks Office (Dutch: Benelux Merkenbureau, French: Bureau Benelux des Marques) and the Benelux Designs Office (Dutch: Beneluxbureau voor Tekeningen en Modellen, French: Bureau Benelux des Dessins ou Modèles). The BOIP is based at The Hague, Netherlands.

The BOIP is part of the Benelux Organisation for Intellectual Property, established by the Benelux Convention on Intellectual Property, which was signed on February 25, 2005^[1] and entered into force on September 1, 2006. The Benelux Convention on Intellectual Property replaced the Benelux Convention on Trade Marks (1962) and the Benelux Convention on Designs (1966).

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^ diplomatie.be, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, List of Treaties of which Belgium is the depositary. Retrieved on November 19, 2006.