Join our Lunch Webinar: Tuesday, 28 April 2026 | 12:00 – 13:00 CET

BELAIPA is proud to announce its very first lunch webinar on design law: “The EU Design Package: Turning Pitfalls into Practical Filing Opportunities.”
While patents remain our core, we are expanding our horizons. With this session, we aim to bridge the gap with the trademark paralegal community and spark the interest of our patent paralegal members in the fascinating world of designs.

Expert Insights

The webinar will be presented by Johan Dedeckel from the IP law firm Calysta. Johan is a highly sought-after speaker and a qualified Benelux & EU Trademark & Design Attorney with over 25 years of experience. He specializes in the full lifecycle of IP rights – from creation and registration to monetization and enforcement- and is among others a lecturer at the Benelux Association for Trademark and Design Law (BMM) both for paralegals and trademark attorneys.
During this session, Johan will offer practical insights into the new EU Design Package, analyzing his own practical issues of the past and showing opportunities to insert some improvements into your own practice.

Practical Information

• Language: English
• Cost: Free of charge
• Capacity: Limited to 100 participants (BELAIPA members receive priority)

Register Now

Interested? Enrolment is open until Thursday, 16 April 2026 via email to info@belaipa.be, mentioning below information:
• Name:
• Email Address:
• Company:
• BELAIPA Member: yes/no
You will receive the webinar link in the week leading up to the event.

• 21 April 2026 @1.30PM CET

Join EPIPA and Ben Hoyle for a follow-up on the three-part webinar series designed to demystify AI in intellectual property practice from last year. This webinar provides a refresher on AI for Paralegals and looks at what has changed with AI in the last year or so. We’ll remind ourselves of the main points when working with AI and touch on practical topics such as: new cutting-edge models, agents, IP-specific tools and companies, DIY projects, new possibilities and new risk areas.

Speakers:
– Ben Hoyle, Hoyle IP Services Ltd
– Dolinda de Proost, AOMB

The webinar is arranged in cooperation with CIPA and is free of charge.

You can register via the CIPA event page.

• 19 March 2026 @11AM

Our sister organisation, the Dutch Plaform for Formalities Officers, will organize a free of charge Webinar “US Formalities”.

The webinar will be held in English and is open to our members.

Registration and information on: Meetings – Platform Formalities Officers

• 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 how APIs can help to improve your workflows.

• Free of charge

The speakers:

Richard Schiettekatte (moderator)
Customer Services Expert, European Patent Office

Martin Adu
Key Account Manager, European Patent Office

Dolinda de Proost
Manager IP support, AOMB, and Chairperson, EPIPA

Maurice Jansen
Business analyst, V.O. Patents & Trademarks Read more and enroll here: MyEPO B2B interfaces: how paralegals can save time and improve efficiency | epo.org

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:
✨ Marie Rassart delivered a brilliant presentation on the complex and terrifying topic 😱 “Loss of rights and remedies”, with remarkable clarity and engagement – her interactive approach kept everyone captivated throughout.
✨ Adrien Lemoine (LL.M, Ir) Lemoine showcased the groundbreaking tool he developed, which will undoubtedly transform how we integrate artificial intelligence into our daily workflows.

We had the unique opportunity to:
🔬 Tour the laboratories and witness glass sample manufacturing in action
🧪 Observe glass resistance testing procedures
🔇 Explore the anechoic chamber – truly a remarkable facility!

The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, and the enthusiasm from all participants is giving us tremendous energy and motivation.
Thank you to every attendee for your active participation and engaging discussions. Your involvement made this event truly special.
The excitement is already building – we’re looking forward to our next event in 2026!

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 details on the EPO website.

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 the PCT procedure.

All information can be found in our invitation and map.

Please find the presentation here.

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 in the autumn of 2022 by means of the online tool called WISEflow. The latter has been used before at the official exam for becoming a Certified Formalities Officer organized by the Dutch Platform.

We are pleased to announce the creation of the Belgian Association for Intellectual Property Administrators
(BELAIPA).