Alphabetical List of Intellectual Property Offices
| Country | Contact Details | Office | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Copyright Office | Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Afghanistan Central Business Registry and Intellectual Property
Ministry of Commerce and Industry | Web site | |
| Albania | Copyright Office | Albanian Copyright Office
Ministry of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sports Sector of Monitoring the Collective Management Societies | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | General Directorate of Patents and Trademarks
Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Industry | Web site | |
| Algeria | Copyright Office | National Office of Copyrights and Related Rights (ONDA)
Ministry of Communication and Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Algerian National Institute of Industrial Property (INAPI)
Ministry of Industry, Small and Medium Sized Entreprises and Investment Promotion | Web site | |
| Andorra | Copyright Office | Trademarks Office of the Principality of Andorra
Department of Economy Ministry of Economy and Land Management | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Trademarks Office of the Principality of Andorra
Department of Economy Ministry of Economy and Land Management | Web site | |
| Angola | Copyright Office | National Institute for Cultural Industries (INIC)
National Directorate of Entertainment and Copyright Ministry of Culture | |
| Industrial Property Office | Angolan Institute of Industrial Property
Ministry of Geology, Mines and Industry | ||
| Antigua and Barbuda | Intellectual Property Offices | Antigua and Barbuda Intellectual Property & Commerce Office (ABIPCO)
Ministry of Legal Affairs | Web site |
| Argentina | Copyright Office | National Directorate of Copyright
Ministry of Justice and Human Rights | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Institute of Industrial Property | Web site | |
| Armenia | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Agency of the Republic of Armenia
Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia | |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Agency of the Republic of Armenia
Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia | Web site | |
| Australia | Copyright Office | Commercial and Administrative Law Branch
Attorney-General's Department | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | IP Australia
Department of Industry | Web site | |
| Austria | Copyright Office | Federal Ministry of Justice | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | The Austrian Patent Office
Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology | Web site | |
| Azerbaijan | Copyright Office | The Copyright Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | State Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Patent of the Republic of Azerbaijan | Web site | |
| Bahamas | Copyright Office | Registrar General's Department | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Registrar General's Department | Web site | |
| Bahrain | Copyright Office | Press and Publications Directorate
Information Affairs Authority Ministry of Information | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Directorate of Industrial Property
Ministry of Industry and Commerce | Web site | |
| Bangladesh | Copyright Office | Copyright Office Bangladesh
Ministry of Cultural Affairs | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (DPDT)
Ministry of Industries | Web site | |
| Barbados | Intellectual Property Offices | Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (CAIPO)
Ministry of International Business and International Transport | Web site |
| Belarus | Copyright Office | National Center of Intellectual Property (NCIP)
State Committee on Science and Technologies | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Center of Intellectual Property (NCIP)
State Committee on Science and Technologies | Web site | |
| Belgium | Intellectual Property Offices | Office of Intellectual Property
Directorate General Regulation and Market Organisation | Web site |
| Belize | Intellectual Property Offices | Belize Intellectual Property Office (BELIPO) | Web site |
| Benin | Copyright Office | Beninese Copyright Office (BUBEDRA)
Ministry of Culture and Communication | |
| Industrial Property Office | National Industrial Property Agency (ANaPI)
Ministry of Industry, Trade and small and medium enterprises | ||
| Bhutan | Intellectual Property Offices | Industrial Property Division (IPD)
Ministry of Economic Affairs | Web site |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Copyright Office | Servicio Nacional de Propiedad Intelectual (SENAPI)
Ministerio de Desarrollo Productivo y Economía Plural | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Servicio Nacional de Propiedad Intelectual (SENAPI)
Ministerio de Desarrollo Productivo y Economía Plural | Web site | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Copyright Office | Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Web site | |
| Botswana | Copyright Office | Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property
Ministry of Trade and Industry | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property
Ministry of Trade and Industry | Web site | |
| Brazil | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture
Executive Secretary | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Institute of Industrial Property
Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (INPI) | Web site | |
| Brunei Darussalam | Copyright Office | Attorney General's Chambers | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Brunei Darussalam Intellectual Property Office (BruIPO)of The Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB) | Web site | |
| Bulgaria | Copyright Office | Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Directorate
Ministry of Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria (BPO) | Web site | |
| Burkina Faso | Copyright Office | Burkinabé Copyright Office (BBDA)
Ministry of Culture, Arts and Tourism | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | General Directorate of Industrial Property (DGPI)
Ministry of Industrie, Trade and Craft | Web site | |
| Burundi | Copyright Office | Department of Arts and Culture
Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture | |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism | Web site | |
| Cabo Verde | Copyright Office | Institute of Intellectual Property of Cabo Verde
Installation Committee | |
| Industrial Property Office | Institute of Intellectual Property of Cabo Verde
Installation Committee | ||
| Cambodia | Copyright Office | Department of Copyright and Related rights | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Industrial Property (DIP)
Ministry of Industry and Handicraft (MIH) | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Department (IPD)
Ministry of Commerce | Web site | |
| Cameroon | Copyright Office | Justice Section
Ministry of Culture | |
| Industrial Property Office | Directorate of Technological Development and Industrial Property (MINMIDT)
Ministry of Industry, Mines and Technological Development | ||
| Canada | Copyright Office | Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) Industry Canada | Web site Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
Industry Canada | Web site Web site Web site | |
| Central African Republic | Copyright Office | Centralafrican Copyright Office
(BUCADA) Ministry of Tourism, the Arts and Culture | |
| Industrial Property Office | National Industrial Property Service
Directorate of Industrial Development and Handicraft Ministry of Industry, Commerce, SME-SMI | ||
| Chad | Copyright Office | Chadian Copyright Office (BUTDRA)
Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports | |
| Industrial Property Office | National Liaison Office with OAPI (SNL / OAPI)
Ministry of Commerce and Industry | ||
| Chile | Copyright Office | Ministry of Education
Intellectual Rights Department (DDI) Directorate of Libraries, Archives and Museums | Web site Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Institute of Industrial Property
Ministry of Economy | Web site | |
| China | Copyright Office | National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Patent Office
State Intellectual Property Office of the P.R.C (SIPO) | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Trademark Office
State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the People's Republic of China (SAIC) | Web site Web site | |
| Colombia | Copyright Office | Copyright Offices
Competent administration of the National Directorate of Copyright Special Administrative Unit Ministry of the Interior | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio
Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Turismo | Web site | |
| Comoros | Copyright Office | Ministry of Home Affairs, Information and Press | |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Office (OCPI)
Ministry of Energy, Mines, Industry and Handicrafts | ||
| Congo | Copyright Office | Congolese Copyright Office (BCDA)
Ministry of Culture and the Arts | |
| Industrial Property Office | National Industrial Property Unit
Directorate General of Industry (ANPI) Ministry of Industrial Development and Promotion of Private Sector | ||
| Costa Rica | Copyright Office | Register of Copyright and Related Rights
National Register Ministry of Justice and Peace | Web site Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Register of Industrial Property
National Register Ministry of Justice and Peace | Web site Web site | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Copyright Office | Ivorian Copyright Office
Ministry of French Language and Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Ivorian Office of Intellectual Property (OIPI)
Ministry for Industry and the Promotion of the Private Sector | Web site | |
| Croatia | Copyright Office | State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia (SIPO) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia (SIPO) | Web site | |
| Cuba | Copyright Office | National Copyright Center (CENDA)
Ministry of Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Cuban Industrial Property Office (OCPI)
Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment | Web site | |
| Cyprus | Copyright Office | Department of Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism | Web site | |
| Czech Republic | Copyright Office | Copyright Law Department
Ministry of Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Office | Web site | |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Copyright Office | Copyright Office of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea | |
| Industrial Property Office | Invention Office of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea | ||
| Industrial Property Office | Trademark, Industrial Design and Geographical Indication Office (TIDGIO) of the DPR Korea
State Administration for Quality Management of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (SAQM) | ||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Copyright Office | Secretariat General of Culture
Directorate of Research, Planning and International Cultural Relations Ministry of Culture and the Arts | |
| Industrial Property Office | Directorate of Industrial Property
Secretariat for industry and small and medium enterprises (IPMEA) Ministry of Industry and SMEs | ||
| Denmark | Copyright Office | Copyright Division
Ministry of Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Danish Patent and Trademark Office
Ministry of Trade and Industry | Web site | |
| Djibouti | Copyright Office | Ministry of Communication and Culture, responsible for Posts and Telecommunications
Copyright Office | |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Office of Industrial Property and Commerce (ODPIC) | Web site | |
| Dominica | Intellectual Property Offices | Companies and Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of Tourism and legal Affairs | |
| Dominican Republic | Copyright Office | National Copyright Office (ONDA)
Ministry of Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Office of Industrial Property (ONAPI)
State Secretariat for Industry and Commerce | Web site | |
| Ecuador | Copyright Office | Ecuadorian Institute of Intellectual Property (IEPI)
National Directory of Copyrights and Related Rights | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Ecuadorian Institute of Intellectual Property
National Directory of Industrial Property | Web site | |
| Egypt | Copyright Office | Permanent Office for the Protection of
Copyright Supreme Council of Culture Ministry of Culture | |
| Industrial Property Office | Egyptian Patent Office
Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) Ministry of Scientific Research | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Trademarks and Industrial Designs Office
Ministry of Trade and Industry | Web site | |
| El Salvador | Copyright Office | National Center of Registries (CNR) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Center of Registries (CNR) | Web site | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Copyright Office | Council of Scientific and Technological Research
Presidency of the Government | |
| Industrial Property Office | Council of Scientific and Tecnological Research
Presidency of the Government | ||
| Eritrea | Copyright Office | Department of Culture Ministry of Information and Culture | |
| Industrial Property Office | Domestic Trade and Intellectual Property
Ministry of Trade and Industry | ||
| Estonia | Copyright Office | Estonian Ministry of Justice | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | The Estonian Patent Office | Web site | |
| Ethiopia | Intellectual Property Offices | Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office (EIPO) | Web site |
| Fiji | Intellectual Property Offices | Office of the Attorney-General
Ministry of Justice | Web site |
| Finland | Copyright Office | Copyright Council
Ministry of Education | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Finnish Patent and Registration Board | Web site | |
| France | Copyright Office | Office of Literacy and Artistic Property
Under-Directorate of Legal Affairs Directorate of General Administration Ministry of Culture and Francophone Affairs | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Institute of Industrial Property | Web site | |
| Gabon | Copyright Office | National Agency for the Promotion of the Arts and Culture (ANPAC) | |
| Industrial Property Office | Center of Industrial Property of Gabon
(CEPIG) Ministry of Industry and Mines | Web site | |
| Gambia | Copyright Office | National Centre for Arts and Culture
Ministry of Culture | |
| Industrial Property Office | Office of the Registrar General
Attorney General’s Chambers Ministry for Justice | ||
| Georgia | Copyright Office | National Intellectual Property Center
(Sakpatenti) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Intellectual Property Center
(Sakpatenti) | Web site | |
| Germany | Copyright Office | Unit Copyright and Publishing Law
Directorate IIIB Directorate-General III: Commercial and Economic Law Federal Ministry of Justice | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) | Web site | |
| Ghana | Copyright Office | Copyright Department
Ministry of Justice | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Registrar General's Department
Ministry of Justice | ||
| Greece | Copyright Office | Hellenic Copyright Organization
Ministry of Culture | Web site |
| Intellectual Property Offices | Patent Office
Industrial Property Organization (OBI) | Web site | |
| Intellectual Property Offices | Trademark Office
Directorate of Commercial and Industrial Property General Secretary for Commerce | ||
| Grenada | Intellectual Property Offices | Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (CAIPO)
| |
| Guatemala | Copyright Office | Register of Intellectual Property
Ministry of Economic Affairs | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Registry of Intellectual Property
Ministry of Economic Affairs | Web site | |
| Guinea | Copyright Office | Guinean Copyright Office
Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture | |
| Industrial Property Office | National Service of Industrial Property
Ministry of Trade, Industry, Small and Medium Enterprises | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | Copyright Office | Guinean Copyright Society
Ministry of Education, Culture, Science, Youth and Sports | |
| Industrial Property Office | General Directorate of Industrial Property
Ministry of Energy, Industry and Natural Resources | ||
| Guyana | Intellectual Property Offices | The Deeds Registry
Ministry of Legal Affairs | |
| Haiti | Copyright Office | Haitian Copyright Office (BHDA)
Ministry of Culture and Communication | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Service
Ministry of Trade and Industry | Web site | |
| Holy See | Copyright Office | Judicial Office
Central Offices | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Judicial Office
Central Offices | Web site | |
| Honduras | Intellectual Property Offices | Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DIGEPIH) | Web site |
| Hungary | Copyright Office | Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO)
Copyright Department | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO) | Web site | |
| Iceland | Copyright Office | Office of Legal Affairs
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Icelandic Patent Office
Ministry of Economic Affairs | Web site | |
| India | Copyright Office | Copyright Division
Department of Higher Education Ministry of Human Resource Development Government of India | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Office of the Controller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks
Department of Industrial Policy Promotions Ministry of Commerce and Industry Government of India | Web site | |
| Indonesia | Copyright Office | Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights
Ministry of Law and Human Rights | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights
Ministry of Law and Human Rights | Web site | |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance,
Registrar of Copyright, Center for Cultural Studies and Research (CCSR) | |
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property General Office
State Organization for Registration of Deeds and Properties | Web site Web site | |
| Iraq | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture | |
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Department
Central Organization for Standardization & Quality Control (COSQC) Ministry of Planning | ||
| Ireland | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Unit
Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Patents Office
Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation | Web site | |
| Israel | Copyright Office | The Director General
Ministry of Justice | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Israel Patent Office
Ministry of Justice | Web site | |
| Italy | Copyright Office | Service III - Copyright and supervision over S.I.A.E.
General Direction for Library Heritage, Cultural Institutes and Copyright Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Italian Patent and Trademark Office
Directorate General of Combating Counterfeiting Ministry of Economic Development | Web site | |
| Jamaica | Copyright Office | Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) | Web site | |
| Japan | Copyright Office | Japan Copyright Office (JCO)
Agency for Cultural Affairs Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Japan Patent Office (JPO),
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) | Web site | |
| Jordan | Copyright Office | Department of the National Library
Ministry of Culture | |
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Protection Directorate Ministry of Industry and Trade | Web site | |
| Kazakhstan | Intellectual Property Offices | Committee of Intellectual Property Rights
Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan | Web site |
| Kenya | Copyright Office | The Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO)
The State Law Office (Office of the Attorney General) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI)
Ministry of Trade and Industry | Web site | |
| Kiribati | Intellectual Property Offices | Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism | |
| Kuwait | Copyright Office | Ministry of Commerce and Industry | |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Trade and Industry
Trademarks and Patents Department | ||
| Kyrgyzstan | Copyright Office | State Service of Intellectual Property and Innovation under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzpatent) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | State Service of Intellectual Property and Innovation under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzpatent) | Web site | |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | Industrial Property Office | Department of Intellectual Property,
Ministry of Science and Technology | Web site |
| Latvia | Copyright Office | Copyright Unit
Ministry of Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia | Web site | |
| Lebanon | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Office of Intellectual Property
Department of Intellectual Property Directorate General of Economy and Trade Ministry of Economy and Trade | Web site | |
| Lesotho | Copyright Office | Ministry of Law and Constitutional Affairs
Registrar General's Office | |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Law and Constitutional Affairs
Registrar General's Office | ||
| Liberia | Copyright Office | Liberia Copyright Office | |
| Industrial Property Office | Liberia Industrial Property Office (LIPO)
Ministry of Commerce and Industry | ||
| Libya | Industrial Property Office | National Authority for Scientific Research (NASR)
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research | Web site |
| Liechtenstein | Copyright Office | Bureau of Intellectual Property
Office of Economic Affairs | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Bureau of Intellectual Property
Office of Economic Affairs | Web site | |
| Lithuania | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania,
Copyright Division | |
| Industrial Property Office | State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania | Web site | |
| Luxembourg | Copyright Office | Ministère de l'économie et du Commerce extérieur, Direction de la propriété intellectuelle | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministère de l'économie et du Commerce extérieur, Direction de la propriété intellectuelle | Web site | |
| Madagascar | Copyright Office | Malagasy Copyright Office
Ministry of Information, Culture and Communication | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Malagasy Industrial Property Office | Web site | |
| Malawi | Copyright Office | Copyright Society of Malawi (COSOMA)
Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Culture | |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of the Registrar General
Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs | ||
| Malaysia | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia | Web site | |
| Maldives | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Unit
Ministry of Economic Development | |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Unit
Ministry of Economic Development | Web site | |
| Mali | Copyright Office | Malian Copyright Office (BUMDA) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Malian Centre for the Promotion of Industrial Property (CEMAPI)
Ministry of Trade and Industry | Web site | |
| Malta | Copyright Office | The National IP Office of Malta
Commerce Department Ministry for Fair Competition, Small Business and Consumers | Web site Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | The National IP Office of Malta
Commerce Department, Ministry for Fair Competition, Small Business and Consumers | Web site Web site | |
| Mauritania | Copyright Office | Cultural Cooperation and Intellectual Property Department
Directorate of Culture and Arts Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports | |
| Industrial Property Office | Directorate of Industry
Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Handicraft and Tourism | ||
| Mauritius | Copyright Office | Mauritius Society of Authors (MASA)
Ministry of Arts and Culture | Web site Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Office (IPO)
Regional Integration and International Trade Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Web site | |
| Mexico | Copyright Office | National Institute of Copyright (INDAUTOR) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Mexican Institute of Industrial Property | Web site | |
| Monaco | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Division
Directorate of Economic Expansion Department of Finance and Economy | Web site |
| Mongolia | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Office of Mongolia | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Office of Mongolia | Web site | |
| Montenegro | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Office of Montenegro | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Office of Montenegro | Web site | |
| Morocco | Copyright Office | Copyright Office of Morocco | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Moroccan Industrial and Commercial Property Office | Web site | |
| Mozambique | Copyright Office | Department of Copyright
National Institute of Book and Records Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports | |
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Institute (IPI)
Ministry of Industry and Commerce | Web site | |
| Myanmar | Copyright Office | Ministry of Information and Culture | |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Technical and Vocational Education
Ministry of Science and Technology | ||
| Namibia | Copyright Office | Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT)
Copyright Services | |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Trade and Industry
Trade and Commerce Department | ||
| Nauru | Copyright Office | Department of Justice Office of the Registrar of Patents, Trade Marks and Copyright | |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Justice Office of the Registrar of Patents, Trade Marks and Copyright | ||
| Nepal | Copyright Office | Nepal Copyright Registrar's Office
Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Industry
Ministry of Industry | Web site | |
| Netherlands | Copyright Office | Ministry of Justice Directorate of Legislation | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Bureau of Intellectual Property Aruba | ||
| Industrial Property Office | Bureau of Intellectual Property Curaçao | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Netherlands Patent Office
Netherlands Enterprise Agency Ministry of Economic Affairs | Web site | |
| New Zealand | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Policy Group
Competition and Consumer Environment Branch Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Office for Tokelau Affairs | ||
| Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ)
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment | Web site | |
| Nicaragua | Copyright Office | Office Nacion de Derechos de Autor y Derechos Conexos
Registro de la Propiedad Intelectual (RPI) Ministerio de Formento, Industria y Comercio (MIFIC) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Registry (RPI)
Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade (MIFIC) | Web site | |
| Niger | Copyright Office | Niger Copyright Office (BNDA)
Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Direction of Innovation and Industrial property
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Promotion of young entrepreneurs | ||
| Nigeria | Copyright Office | Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC)
Federal Ministry of Information and Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Trademarks, Patents and Designs Registry
Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment | ||
| Niue | Intellectual Property Offices | Crown Law Office | |
| Norway | Copyright Office | Norwegian Ministry of Cultural Affairs
Department of Media and Copyright | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Patentstyret (Norwegian Industrial Property Office) | Web site | |
| Oman | Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Department
Ministry of Commerce and Industry | Web site |
| Pakistan | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan) | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan) | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan) | Web site | |
| Palau | Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Resources and Development | |
| Panama | Copyright Office | Directorate General of Copyright
Ministry of Commerce and Industries | |
| Industrial Property Office | Directorate General of the Industrial Property Registry
Ministry of Commerce and Industries | Web site Web site | |
| Papua New Guinea | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Office of Papua New Guinea (IPOPNG) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Office of Papua New Guinea (IPOPNG) | Web site | |
| Paraguay | Intellectual Property Offices | National Directorate of Intellectual Property
Ministry of Industry and Trade | Web site |
| Peru | Intellectual Property Offices | Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM),
National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection (INDECOPI) | Web site |
| Philippines | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office of Philippines (IPOPHIL) | Web site |
| Poland | Copyright Office | The Intellectual Property and Media Department
Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Legal Office | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Polish Patent Office | Web site | |
| Portugal | Copyright Office | Bureau for Cultural Strategy,
Planning and Assessment (GEPAC) | |
| Industrial Property Office | Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property
Ministry of Justice | Web site | |
| Qatar | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Department
Ministry of Economy and Commerce | |
| Industrial Property Office | Patents and Integrated Circuits
Intellectual Property Department Ministry of Economy and Commerce | ||
| Industrial Property Office | Trademarks, Industrial Designs, Geographical Indication, Commercial Registration and Licensing
Intellectual Property Department Ministry of Economy and Commerce | ||
| Republic of Korea | Copyright Office | The Copyright Bureau of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) | Web site | |
| Republic of Moldova | Intellectual Property Offices | State Agency on Intellectual Property (AGEPI) | Web site |
| Romania | Copyright Office | Romanian Copyright Office (ORDA) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | State Office for Inventions and Trademarks | Web site | |
| Russian Federation | Copyright Office | Federal Service for Intellectual Property (ROSPATENT) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Federal Service for Intellectual Property (ROSPATENT) | Web site | |
| Rwanda | Copyright Office | Office of the Registrar General
Rwanda Development Board (RDB) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Rwanda Development Board (RDB)
Office of the Registrar General | Web site | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office
The Registrar of IP | |
| Saint Lucia | Copyright Office | Registry of Companies and Intellectual Property | |
| Industrial Property Office | Registry of Companies and Intellectual Property | ||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Copyright Office | Commerce and Intellectual Property Office | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Commerce and Intellectual Property Office | Web site | |
| Samoa | Copyright Office | Registration of Companies and Intellectual Property Division (RCIP)
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (MCIL) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Registrar of Patents, Trade Marks and Industrial Designs
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (MCIL) | ||
| San Marino | Copyright Office | Directorate of Economic and Social Affairs
Department of External Affairs | |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of External Affairs State Office for Patents and Trademarks | ||
| Sao Tome and Principe | Copyright Office | Directorate General of Culture
Arts and Entertainment Promotion Center Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property National Service (SENAPI)
Directorate of Industry Ministry of Planning and Development | Web site | |
| Saudi Arabia | Copyright Office | General Administration of Copyright
Ministry of Culture and Information | |
| Intellectual Property Offices | Saudi Patent Office
King Abdullaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) | Web site | |
| Intellectual Property Offices | Trade Mark Section
Ministry of Commerce and Industry | ||
| Senegal | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture, Gender and Living Environment
Senegalese Copyright Office | |
| Industrial Property Office | Senegalese Agency of Industrial Property and Innovation Techologique (ASPIT)
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Handicraft | Web site | |
| Serbia | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia
Sector for Copyright and Related Rights and International Cooperation | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia | Web site | |
| Seychelles | Copyright Office | Cultural Property and Copyright Unit / Seychelles Authors and Composers Society (SACS),
Ministry of Social Development and Culture, Department of Culture | |
| Industrial Property Office | Registration Division
Department of Legal Affairs President's Office | ||
| Sierra Leone | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Cultural Division),
Sierra Leone Intellectual Property Organisation (SLIPO) | |
| Industrial Property Office | Administrator and Registrar-General's Department | ||
| Singapore | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) | Web site | |
| Slovakia | Copyright Office | Media, Audiovisual and Copyright Department, Ministry of Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic | Web site | |
| Slovenia | Copyright Office | Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO)
Ministry of Economic Development and Technology | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO)
Ministry of Economic Development and Technology | Web site | |
| Solomon Islands | Copyright Office | Ministry of Police and Justice Registrar-General's Office | |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Police and Justice Registrar-General's Office | ||
| Somalia | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture and Higher Education,
Copyright Office | |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Industry,
Patents and Trade Marks Office | ||
| South Africa | Intellectual Property Offices | Department of Trade and Industry
Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) | Web site |
| Spain | Copyright Office | Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports
Directorate General of Cultural Industries, Policies and Books Deputy Directorate General for Intellectual Property | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism
Spanish Patent and Trademark Office | Web site | |
| Sri Lanka | Copyright Office | National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka | Web site | |
| Sudan | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture and Information
Protection of Copyright and Related Rights, Literary and Artistic Works Council | |
| Industrial Property Office | Registrar General of Intellectual Property
Ministry of Justice | Web site | |
| Suriname | Intellectual Property Offices | Bureau of Intellectual Property
Ministry of Justice and Police | |
| Swaziland | Copyright Office | Ministry of Commerce Industry and Trade
Intellectual Property Office | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Commerce Industry and Trade
Intellectual Property Office | Web site | |
| Sweden | Copyright Office | Division of Intellectual Property and Transport Law
Ministry of Justice | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Swedish Patent and Registration Office (SPRO) | Web site | |
| Switzerland | Copyright Office | Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property | Web site | |
| Syrian Arab Republic | Copyright Office | Copyright Office
Ministry of Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Directorate of Commercial and Industrial Property Protection (DCIP)
Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection | Web site | |
| Tajikistan | Copyright Office | Agency of Copyright and Related Rights,
Ministry of Culture | |
| Industrial Property Office | National Center for Patents and Information (NCPI)
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Tajikistan | Web site | |
| Thailand | Intellectual Property Offices | Department of Intellectual Property (DIP)
Ministry of Commerce | Web site Web site |
| the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | Copyright Office | Copyright and Related Rights Department,
Ministry of Culture (MoC) | |
| Industrial Property Office | State Office of Industrial Property (SOIP) | Web site | |
| Timor-Leste | Intellectual Property Offices | Department of the Legal and Treaties Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| Intellectual Property Offices | National Director of Human Rights and Citizenship
Ministry of Justice | Web site | |
| Togo | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport,
Togolese Copyright Office (BUTODRA) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Institute for Industrial Property and Technology (INPIT) Ministry of Trade, Industry, Transport and Development of the Free Zone | ||
| Tonga | Copyright Office | The Registry & Intellectual Property Office (RIPO)
Ministry of Labour, Commerce and Industries | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | The Registry & Intellectual Property Office (RIPO)
Ministry of Labour, Commerce and Industries | Web site | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of Legal Affairs | Web site |
| Tunisia | Copyright Office | Tunisian Organism for the Protection of Authors' Rights | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Institute for Standardization and Industrial Property (INNORPI)
Ministry of Industry and Technology | Web site | |
| Turkey | Copyright Office | Directorate General for Copyright
Ministry of Culture and Tourism | Web site Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Turkish Patent Institute | Web site | |
| Turkmenistan | Intellectual Property Offices | State Service on Intellectual Property under the Ministry of Economy and Development of Turkmenistan | |
| Tuvalu | Industrial Property Office | Office of the Attorney-General
Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Public Corporations | |
| Uganda | Copyright Office | Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) | |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs
Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) | ||
| Ukraine | Copyright Office | State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine (SIPS) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | State Enterprise “Ukrainian Institute of Industrial Property” (SE UIPV) | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine (SIPS) | Web site | |
| United Arab Emirates | Copyright Office | Copyright Department
Ministry of Economy | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Industrial Property
Ministry of Economy | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Trademark Department
Ministry of Economy | ||
| United Kingdom | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Office
Information Centre | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Office
Information Centre | Web site | |
| United Republic of Tanzania | Copyright Office | Copyright Society of Zanzibar (COSOZA),
Ministry of Constitutional Affairs and Good Governance | |
| Copyright Office | The Copyright Society of Tanzania (COSOTA) | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA)
Ministry of Industry and Trade | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Zanzibar Business and Property Registration Agency (BPRA) | ||
| United States of America | Copyright Office | Library of Congress Copyright Office | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | United States Department of Commerce
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) | Web site | |
| Uruguay | Copyright Office | Copyright Council
Ministry of Education and Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Directorate of Industrial Property
Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining | Web site | |
| Uzbekistan | Copyright Office | Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Uzbekistan | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Uzbekistan | Web site | |
| Vanuatu | Copyright Office | The Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Vanuatu, Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Industry | |
| Industrial Property Office | The Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Vanuatu, Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Industry | ||
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | Copyright Office | Autonomous Service of Intellectual Property (SAPI)
Ministry of Popular Power for Trade | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Autonomous Service of Intellectual Property (SAPI)
Ministry of Popular Power for Trade | Web site | |
| Viet Nam | Copyright Office | Copyright Office of Viet Nam (COV) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP)
Ministry of Science and Technology | Web site | |
| Yemen | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture | |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Industry and Trade, General Department for Intellectual Property Protection | Web site | |
| Zambia | Copyright Office | Copyright Administration
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services (MIBS) | |
| Industrial Property Office | Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA)
Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry | Web site | |
| Zimbabwe | Copyright Office | Zimbabwe Intellectual Property Office (ZIPO)
Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Zimbabwe Intellectual Property Office (ZIPO)
Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs | Web site |
Regional Offices
| Acronym | Contact Details | Office | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| OAPI | Regional Office | African Intellectual Property Organization | Web site |
| ARIPO | Regional Office | African Regional Intellectual Property Organization | Web site |
| ASBU | Regional Office | Arab States Broadcasting Union | Web site |
| BOIP | Regional Office | Benelux Office for Intellectual Property | Web site |
| EAPO | Regional Office | Eurasian Patent Organization | Web site |
| EPO | Regional Office | European Patent Organisation | Web site |
| UPOV | Regional Office | International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants | Web site |
| ICPIP | Regional Office | Interstate Council on the Protection of Industrial Property | |
| OHIM | Regional Office | Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) | Web site |
| GCC Patent Office | Regional Office | Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf | Web site |