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Code of Economic Law (updated on April 21, 2022), Belgium

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Details Details Year of Version 2022 Dates Amended up to: May 1, 2022 Entry into force: December 12, 2013 Promulgated: February 28, 2013 Type of Text Main IP Laws Subject Matter Patents (Inventions), Industrial Designs, Trademarks, Geographical Indications, Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits, Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets), Plant Variety Protection, Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights) Subject Matter (secondary) Competition, Enforcement of IP and Related Laws, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Domain Names, Genetic Resources, IP Regulatory Body Notes This consolidated version of the Code of Economic Law, updated on April 21, 2022, incorporates amendments up to the "Law of April 1, 2022, on the Transposition of Directive (EU) 2019/789 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 laying down rules on the exercise of copyright and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions of broadcasting organizations and retransmissions of television and radio programs, and amending Council Directive 93/83/EEC." This law was published in the Belgian Official Gazette (Moniteur Belge) on April 21, 2022, and entered into force on May 1, 2022.

Book XI (Titles I to X) of this consolidated version of the Code of Economic Law provides the legal framework for all types of intellectual property rights and trade secrets.

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