WIPO Lex - International Intellectual Property Law Database

Access to legal information on intellectual property (IP) from around the world

WIPO Lex – A Global Intellectual Property (IP) Legal Database

Access information on IP legal data from around the world

WIPO Lex serves as the comprehensive, open and free gateway to more than 50,000 legal documents from 200 jurisdictions, spanning patents, copyrights, trademarks, designs, and other IP subject matters.

The WIPO Lex Database is organized into three collections, consisting of IP laws and regulations, WIPO-administered treaties and other IP‑related treaties, and IP judgments.

Browse by jurisdiction

List of members with IP laws and regulations/rules, IP treaties, and IP judgments

Search IP Laws

National and regional IP legislation

Search IP Treaties

WIPO-administered and other IP-related treaties

Search IP Judgments

Leading judicial decisions of national and regional courts on IP

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WIPO Lex serves as the comprehensive, open and free gateway to more than 50,000 documents from 200 jurisdictions, spanning patents, copyrights, trademarks, designs, and other IP subject matters.

The WIPO Lex Database is organized into three collections, consisting of intellectual property (IP) laws and regulations, WIPO-administered treaties and other IP‑related treaties, and IP judgments.

Browse by jurisdiction

List of members with IP laws and regulations/rules, IP treaties, and IP judgments

Access laws

National and regional IP legislation

Access treaties

WIPO-administered and other IP-related treaties

Access judgments

Leading judicial decisions of national and regional courts on IP

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WIPO Lex resources

An online resource comprising the written records generated during the negotiations for the WIPO-administered treaties including the WIPO Convention

WIPO provides an index of the national court systems of eighteen WIPO member states’ that are responsible for judging IP Disputes. 

WIPO's work with judiciaries

The WIPO Judicial Institute works with judges to provide open access to IP legal knowledge via the WIPO Lex database.
 
 
An online resource comprising the written records generated during the negotiations for the WIPO-administered treaties including the WIPO Convention.
Overview of civil, criminal and administrative court structures and competences for IP disputes.

WIPO Lex supported collections

Litigation surrounding standard essential patents (SEPs) has gradually increased over time and expanded into new jurisdictions.  The WIPO Lex SEP Case Law Collection provides access to noteworthy SEP rulings from around the world, enhancing global understanding of judicial approaches to the latest and most complex SEP legal issues.
Access all Hague legal texts, including related Regulations and Administrative Instructions, complete with historical versions.
Access all Madrid legal instruments, including related regulations and administrative instructions, complete with historical versions.
Find laws, treaties and regulations on the protection of traditional knowledge (TK), traditional cultural expressions (TCEs) and genetic resources (GRs).
UPOV Lex contains the legislation of members of the Union that has been notified in accordance with the UPOV Convention, the UPOV Convention notifications concerning individual members of the Union (e.g. accessions, ratifications) and the text of the UPOV Convention and its Acts.

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IP legal texts and case law

Legal texts and case law

WIPO IP databases

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Legal texts and case law

IP legal texts and case law

WIPO IP databases

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