BELAIPA VZW

27 November 2025 @10-11:30 AM (CET) Targeting patent paralegals and support staff on a subject that is usually restricted to IT staff, this webinar aims to explain, from a paralegal’s perspective, what APIs are and how you can benefit from them.Concrete examples will be given… Read More »Webinar – MyEPO B2B interfaces: how paralegals can save time and improve efficiency

Dear Members, We are pleased to share with you our 2025 Newsletter (see below). Stay tuned for more updates from the board and upcoming events.

On June 24, 2025, we organized our annual seminar in collaboration with the Technovation Centre of AGC Glass Europe. A very special thanks to Christophe Cornu who provided outstanding support throughout the event organization and exceeded all expectations. Special appreciation goes to our outstanding speakers:✨… Read More »General meeting and event – 24 June 2025

On November 23, 2023 we are organizing our second member event of the year at the Belgian Intellectual Property Office in Brussels. All information can be found here. Enrolment is open until November 13, 2023.

On September 28, 2023, we are organizing together with the EPO an online seminar about MyEPO Portfolio. All information can be found here. We are happy to share with you the link to the recorded webinar:  (194) MyEPO Portfolio seminar for BELAIPA – YouTube

We are happy to share one of our member’s article about EPAC.  Thanks to Monika for sharing her experience with us.  This summary and personal feeling about EPAC 2022 are very interesting ! You can find more information about EPAC, dedicated EPEC courses and enrolment… Read More »EPAC 2022 – 2023

On Tuesday 18 April 2023 our Dutch sister organisation is having their Annual General Meeting and Conference in Eindhoven. Members of BELAIPA have free access to this event. More information about the agenda and how to register can be found on their website.

Meeting on the 16th of March at Janssen Pharmaceutica NV. During this event, addressed specifically at IP paralegals, we will discuss the most recent developments in the PCT systems, followed by an in-depth discussion of specific topics of both the international and the national phase of… Read More »Annual meeting and Member event (PCT Procedures)

EPIPA has announced more details regarding the preparation of the European Examination for Formalities Officers, called EPAC (European Patent Administrators Certificate). A support group with representatives from EPO, EPI and EPIPA will be set up shortly. The goal is having the first exam take place… Read More »EPAC (European Patent Administrators Certificate)