Directory of Intellectual Property Offices
National IP offices
| Country | Contact Details | Office | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Copyright Office | Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC) | |
| Industrial Property Office | Afghanistan Central Business Registry & Intellectual Properties
Ministry of Industry and Commerce (ACBR-IP) | Web site Web site | |
| Albania | Copyright Office | Copyright Directorate
Ministry of Culture Republic of Albania | Web site Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | General Directorate of Industrial Property (GDIP)
Ministry of Finances and Economy | Web site | |
| Algeria | Copyright Office | National Office of Copyrights and Related Rights
Ministry of Culture (ONDA) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Algerian National Institute of Industrial Property
Ministry of Industry (INAPI) | Web site | |
| Andorra | Copyright Office | Trademarks Office of the Principality of Andorra
Secretary of State of Tourism and Trade Ministry of Tourism and Trade | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Trademarks Office of the Principality of Andorra
Secretary of State of Tourism and Trade Ministry of Tourism and Trade | Web site | |
| Angola | Copyright Office | National Service for Copyrights and Related Rights
Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Environment | |
| Industrial Property Office | Angolan Institute of Industrial Property
Ministry of 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 Author’s Right Office
Ministry of Justice and Human Rights | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) | Web site | |
| Armenia | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia | Web site | |
| Australia | Copyright Office | Attorney-General’s Department | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | IP Australia | Web site | |
| Austria | Copyright Office | Federal Ministry of Justice | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Austrian Patent Office | Web site | |
| Azerbaijan | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Agency 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 | Ministry of Information Affairs
Directorate of Media Administration | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Patent Office
Directorate of Foreign Trade & Industrial Property Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism | Web site | |
| Bangladesh | Copyright Office | Copyright Office Bangladesh
Ministry of Cultural Affairs | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks
Ministry of Industries (DPDT) | Web site | |
| Barbados | Intellectual Property Offices | Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of International Business and Industry (CAIPO) | Web site |
| Belarus | Copyright Office | National Center of Intellectual Property (NCIP) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Center of Intellectual Property (NCIP) | Web site | |
| Belgium | Intellectual Property Offices | Belgium Intellectual Property Office
Federal Public Service Economy, SMEs, Self-employed and Energy (OPRI) | Web site |
| Belize | Intellectual Property Offices | Belize Intellectual Property Office (BELIPO) | Web site |
| Benin | Copyright Office | Beninese Copyright Office (BUBEDRA)
Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Arts | |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Industry and Trade | ||
| Bhutan | Intellectual Property Offices | Department of Intellectual Property
Ministry of Economic Affairs | Web site |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Copyright Office | National Intellectual Property Service, Ministry of Productive Development and Plural Economy (SENAPI) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Intellectual Property Service, Ministry of Productive Development and Plural Economy (SENAPI) | 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 | Intellectual Property Offices | Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA)
Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry | Web site |
| Brazil | Copyright Office | Secretariat of Copyright and Intellectual Rights
Ministry of Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)
Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services (MDIC) | Web site Web site Web site | |
| Brunei Darussalam | Intellectual Property Offices | Brunei Darussalam Intellectual Property Office (BruIPO)
Attorney General’s Chambers | Web site |
| Bulgaria | Copyright Office | Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Directorate
Ministry of Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Patent Office of Republic of Bulgaria | Web site | |
| Burkina Faso | Copyright Office | Burkinabé Copyright Office (BBDA)
Ministry of Culture, Arts and Tourism | |
| Industrial Property Office | National Center for Industrial Property
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (CNPI) | Web site | |
| Burundi | Copyright Office | Burundian Office of Copyright and Neighboring Rights
Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture (OBDA) | |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Commerce, Transport, Industry and Tourism | ||
| Cabo Verde | Intellectual Property Offices | Institute for Quality Management and Intellectual Property (IGQPI) | Web site |
| Cambodia | Copyright Office | Department of Copyright and Related rights
Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Industrial Property (DIP)
Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation (DIP/MISTI) | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Intellectual Property
Ministry of Commerce | Web site | |
| Cameroon | Copyright Office | Ministry of Arts and Culture | |
| Industrial Property Office | Directorate of Technological Development and Industrial Property
Ministry of Mines, Industry and Technological Development (MINMIDT) | Web site | |
| Canada | Copyright Office | Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) | Web site Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) | Web site Web site | |
| Central African Republic | Copyright Office | Central African Copyright Office
Ministry of Arts, Culture and Tourism (BUCADA) | |
| Industrial Property Office | Direction de la propriété industrielle; Direction générale de l’industrie du développement industriel
Ministère de l'industrie, du commerce et des PMEs | ||
| Chad | Copyright Office | Chadian Copyright Office (BUTDRA)
Ministry of Tourism Development, Culture and Handicrafts | |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Commerce and Industry (SNL-OAPI-TCHAD) | ||
| 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 (INAPI) | Web site | |
| China | Copyright Office | National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA)
Trademark Office | ||
| Industrial Property Office | State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) | ||
| Colombia | Copyright Office | National Directorate of Copyright | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Superintendence of Industry and Commerce
Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism | Web site | |
| Comoros | Copyright Office | Ministry of Youth, Employment, of the Workforce Development, Culture, and Sport | |
| Industrial Property Office | Comorian Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of the Economy, Planning, Energy, Industry, Handicrafts, Tourism, Investments, Private Sector and Land Affairs (OCPI) | ||
| Congo | Copyright Office | Congolese Copyright Office (BCDA)
Ministry of Culture and the Arts | |
| Industrial Property Office | Directorate of the National Industrial Property Office
Ministry of Industrial Development and Private Sector Promotion | Web site | |
| Cook Islands | Intellectual Property Offices | The Secretary
Ministry of Cultural Development | Web site |
| Costa Rica | Intellectual Property Offices | Registry of Intellectual Property | Web site |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Copyright Office | Ivorian Copyright Office
Ministry of French Language and Culture (BURIDA) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Ivorian Office of Intellectual Property
Ministry for Industry and the Promotion of the Private Sector (OIPI) | 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 | |
| Industrial Property Office | Cuban Industrial Property Office
Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (OCPI) | Web site | |
| Cyprus | Copyright Office | Department of Registrar of Companies
and Intellectual Property Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Registrar of Companies
and Intellectual Property Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry | Web site | |
| Czech Republic | Copyright Office | Copyright Law Department
Ministry of Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic | 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 | ||
| Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Administration (IPA) of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea | ||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Copyright Office | General Secretariat for Culture and the Arts
Ministry of Culture and 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 Department
Ministry of Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Danish Patent and Trademark Office
Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs | Web site | |
| Djibouti | Copyright Office | Djibouti Office of Copyright and Related Rights
Department of copyright and related rights Ministry of Muslim Affairs, Culture and property | |
| Industrial Property Office | Djiboutian Office of Industrial and Commercial Property (ODPIC) | Web site | |
| Dominica | Intellectual Property Offices | Companies and Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of Tourism and legal Affairs (CIPO) | Web site |
| Dominican Republic | Copyright Office | National Copyright Office
Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Mypimes (ONDA) | Web site Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Office of Industrial Property
Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Mypimes (ONAPI) | Web site | |
| Ecuador | Copyright Office | National Service of Intellectual Rights (SENADI) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Service of Intellectual Rights (SENADI) | Web site | |
| Egypt | Copyright Office | Intellectual property office in Egypt
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
Internal Trade Development Authority Ministry of Trade and Industry (ITDA) | 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 | Intellectual Property Offices | Scientific and Technological Research Council (CICTE) | |
| 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 | |
| Eswatini | 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 | |
| Ethiopia | Intellectual Property Offices | Ethiopian Intellectual Property Authority (EIPA) | Web site |
| Fiji | Intellectual Property Offices | Office of the Attorney-General | Web site |
| Finland | Copyright Office | Division for Copyright Policy and Audiovisual Culture
Ministry of Education and Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) | 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 | French Patent and Trademark Office (INPI) | Web site | |
| Gabon | Copyright Office | Copyright and Neighboring Rights Office of Gabon (BUGADA) | |
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Office
Ministry of Industry and National Entrepreneurship | ||
| Gambia (the) | Copyright Office | National Centre for Arts and Culture
Ministry of Culture (NCAC) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Registrar General’s Department
Ministry of Justice | Web site | |
| Georgia | Copyright Office | National Intellectual Property Center (SAKPATENTI) | Web site |
| Intellectual Property Offices | National Intellectual Property Center (SAKPATENTI) | Web site | |
| Germany | Copyright Office | Unit III B 3 (Copyright and Publishing Law)
Directorate IIIB Directorate-General III: Commercial and Economic Law Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) | Web site | |
| Ghana | Copyright Office | Copyright Department
Ministry of Justice | Web site Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Registrar General's Department
Ministry of Justice | ||
| Greece | Copyright Office | Hellenic Copyright Organization
Ministry of Culture (HCO) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Hellenic Industrial Property Organization (OBI) | Web site | |
| Grenada | Intellectual Property Offices | Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (CAIPO)
| |
| Guatemala | Copyright Office | Registry of Intellectual Property of Guatemala
Ministry of Economy | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Registry of Intellectual Property of Guatemala
Ministry of Economy | Web site | |
| Guinea | Copyright Office | Guinean Copyright Office (BGDA)
Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Handicrafts | |
| Industrial Property Office | National Service of Industrial Property
Ministry of Industry, SMEs and Promotion of the Private Sector (SPI) | ||
| 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 | Deeds and Commercial Registries
Ministry of Legal Affairs | Web site |
| 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 | ||
| Holy See | Copyright Office | Governorate of the Vatican City State | |
| Industrial Property Office | Governorate of the Vatican City State | ||
| Honduras | Intellectual Property Offices | Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DIGEPIH) | Web site |
| Hungary | Copyright Office | Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO)
Copyright Department | Web site Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO) | Web site | |
| Iceland | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture and Business Affairs | Web site |
| Intellectual Property Offices | Icelandic Intellectual Property Office (ISIPO) | Web site | |
| India | Copyright Office | Copyright Office
Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade Ministry of Commerce and Industry | |
| Industrial Property Office | Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade Ministry of Commerce and Industry | Web site | |
| Indonesia | Intellectual Property Offices | Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DGIP)
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 | Intellectual Property Center
of the Islamic Republic of Iran | ||
| Iraq | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture | |
| Industrial Property Office | Directorate of Patents and Industrial Designs
Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control (COSQC) | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Industry and Minerals
Industrial development and regulatory directorate | ||
| Ireland | Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Office of Ireland (IPOI) | Web site |
| Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Unit
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment | Web site | |
| Israel | Copyright Office | Director General
Ministry of Justice | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Israel Patent Office
Ministry of Justice | Web site | |
| Italy | Copyright Office | Service II - copyright
Directorate General for libraries and copyright Ministry of Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Directorate General for the Protection of Industrial Property
Italian Patent and Trademark Office Ministry of enterprises and Made in Italy | 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 | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Protection Directorate
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply | Web site Web site | |
| Kazakhstan | Copyright Office | National Institute of Intellectual Property,
Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan | Web site |
| Authorized Government Agency | Department for Intellectual Property Rights
Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | National Institute of Intellectual Property
Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan | Web site | |
| Kenya | Copyright Office | Kenya Copyright Board
Office of the Attorney General and Department of Justice | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI) | Web site | |
| Kiribati | Intellectual Property Offices | Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives | |
| Kuwait | Copyright Office | National Library of Kuwait | |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Trademarks and Patents Department | Web site | |
| Kyrgyzstan | Copyright Office | State Agency of Intellectual Property and Innovation
under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzpatent) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | State Agency of Intellectual Property and Innovation
under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzpatent) | Web site | |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | Intellectual Property Offices | Department of Intellectual Property,
Ministry of Industry and Commerce | Web site |
| Latvia | Copyright Office | Copyright Unit
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia | Web site | |
| Lebanon | Intellectual Property Offices | Office of Intellectual Property
Department of Intellectual Property Directorate General of Economy and Trade Ministry of Economy and Trade | Web site |
| Lesotho | Intellectual Property Offices | Registrar General's Office (RGO)
Ministry of Justice and Law | |
| Liberia | Copyright Office | Liberia Intellectual Property Office (LIPO) | |
| Industrial Property Office | Liberia Intellectual Property Office (LIPO) | ||
| Libya | Intellectual Property Offices | Libyan authority for research Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research | |
| 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 | Media and Copyright Policy Unit
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania | Web site | |
| Luxembourg | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of the Economy | Web site Web site |
| Madagascar | Copyright Office | Malagasy Copyright Office
Ministry of Communication and Culture (OMDA) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Malagasy Industrial Property Office
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Craft (OMAPI) | Web site | |
| Malawi | Copyright Office | Copyright Society of Malawi
Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Wildlife (COSOMA) | |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Registrar General
Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs | ||
| Malaysia | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO) | Web site | |
| Maldives | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Unit
Ministry of Economic Development | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Unit
Ministry of Economic Development | Web site | |
| Mali | Copyright Office | Malian Copyright Office
Ministry of Culture (BUMDA) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Malian Centre for the Promotion of Industrial Property (CEMAPI)
Ministry of Trade and Industry | ||
| Malta | Copyright Office | Industrial Property Registrations Directorate
Commerce Department Ministry for the Economy and Industry | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Registrations Directorate
Commerce Department Ministry for the Economy and Industry | Web site | |
| Marshall Islands | Intellectual Property Offices | Ministry of Culture and Internal Affairs | |
| 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 | Ministry of Arts and Cultural Heritage | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Office of Mauritius (IPOM)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade | Web site 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
Department of Economic Expansion | Web site |
| Mongolia | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office
Implementing Agency of the Government of Mongolia (IPOM) | Web site |
| Montenegro | Copyright Office | Directorate for Internal Market and Competition
Ministry of Economic Development and Tourism | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Directorate for Internal Market and Competition
Ministry of Economic Development and Tourism | Web site | |
| Morocco | Copyright Office | Copyright Office of Morocco | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Moroccan Industrial and Commercial Property Office (OMPIC) | Web site | |
| Mozambique | Copyright Office | National Institute of Culture and Creative Industries
Ministry of Culture and Tourism | |
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Institute (IPI)
Ministry of Industry and Commerce | ||
| Myanmar | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Department (IPD)
Ministry of Commerce | |
| Namibia | Copyright Office | Business and Intellectual Property Authority (BIPA)
Ministry of Industrialization and Trade (MIT) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Business and Intellectual Property Authority (BIPA)
Ministry of Industrialization and Trade (MIT) | Web site | |
| Nauru | Copyright Office | Secretary for Justice and Border Control
Registrar of Copyright, Trademarks and Patents, Department of Justice and Border Control | |
| Industrial Property Office | Secretary for Justice and Border Control
Registrar of Copyright, Trademarks and Patents, Department of Justice and Border Control | ||
| Nepal | Copyright Office | Nepal Copyright Registrar's Office
Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Industries
Department of Industry, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies | Web site | |
| Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | Copyright Office | Ministry of Justice and Security
Directorate of Legislation and legal affairs | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Bureau for Intellectual Property of Curaçao | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Bureau for Intellectual Property Sint Maarten | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Bureau of Intellectual Property Aruba | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Netherlands Patent Office
Netherlands Enterprise Agency | Web site | |
| New Zealand | Copyright Office | Corporate Governance and Intellectual Property Policy Team
Small Business, Competition and Consumer 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 | National Office of Copyright and Related Rights
Intellectual Property Registry (RPI) Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade (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 Cultural Revival, Arts and Social Modernization (BNDA) | |
| Industrial Property Office | National Agency for Industrial Property and Promotion of Innovation
Ministry of Mines and Industrial Development (AN2PI) | ||
| Nigeria | Copyright Office | Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC)
Federal Ministry of Information and Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Patents and Designs Registry
Commercial Law Department Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Trademark Registry
Commercial Law Department Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment | ||
| Niue | Intellectual Property Offices | Crown Law Office | |
| North Macedonia | Copyright Office | Normative and Administrative Affairs, Copyright and Related Rights,
Ministry of Culture (MoC) | |
| Industrial Property Office | State Office of Industrial Property (SOIP) | Web site | |
| Norway | Copyright Office | Section MA2
Department of Media and Arts Ministry of Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Norwegian Industrial Property Office (NIPO) | Web site | |
| Oman | Intellectual Property Offices | National Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion | 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 | Patent Office
Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan) | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Trademarks Office
Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan) | Web site | |
| Palau | Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Resources and Development | |
| Palestine | Authorized Government Agency | Business Innovation and Technology Hub at An-Najah National University | Web site |
| Panama | Copyright Office | National Directorate of Copyright
Ministry of Culture | |
| Industrial Property Office | Directorate General of the Industrial Property Registry
Ministry of Commerce and Industries (DIGERPI) | ||
| 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 (DINAPI) | Web site |
| Peru | Intellectual Property Offices | National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI)
Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM) | Web site |
| Philippines | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) | Web site |
| Poland | Copyright Office | Department of Intellectual Property and Media
Ministry of Culture and National Heritage | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Patent Office of the Republic of Poland | Web site | |
| Portugal | Copyright Office | Bureau for Cultural Strategy,
Planning and Assessment (GEPAC) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property
Ministry of Justice | Web site | |
| Qatar | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Department
Ministry of Commerce and Industry | |
| Industrial Property Office | Patents and Integrated Circuits
Intellectual Property Department Ministry of Commerce and Industry | ||
| Industrial Property Office | Trademarks, Industrial Designs, Geographical Indication, Commercial Registration and Licensing
Intellectual Property Department Ministry of Commerce and Industry | ||
| 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 (OSIM) | Web site | |
| Russian Federation | Intellectual Property Offices | 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 | Office of the Registrar General
Rwanda Development Board (RDB) | Web site | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office of St. Kitts and Nevis
Ministry of Justice, Legal Affairs | Web site |
| 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 | Registries of Companies and Intellectual Property Division (RCIP)
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (MCIL) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Registries of Companies and Intellectual Property Division (RCIP)
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (MCIL) | Web site | |
| San Marino | Copyright Office | Department of External Affairs | |
| Industrial Property Office | Department for Economy
State Office for Patents and Trademarks | Web site | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | Intellectual Property Offices | National Intellectual Property and Quality Service
Secretary of State, Trade and Industry Ministry of Tourism, Culture, Commerce and Industry (SENAPIQ-STP) | |
| Saudi Arabia | Intellectual Property Offices | Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP) | Web site |
| Senegal | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture | |
| Copyright Office | Société Sénégalaise du Droit d’Auteur et des Droits Voisins (SODAV) | ||
| Industrial Property Office | Senegalese Agency for Industrial Property and Technological Innovation (ASPIT) | ||
| Serbia | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia | Web site | |
| Seychelles | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office
c/o The Registrar General's Office Registration Division Department of Legal Affairs President's Office | |
| Sierra Leone | Copyright Office | National Registry for industrial property and copyright
Office of the Administrator and Registrar General (OARG) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Registry for industrial property and copyright
Office of the Administrator and Registrar General (OARG) | Web site | |
| 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 | Copyright Unit
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 the Economy, Tourism and Sport | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO)
Ministry of the Economy, Tourism and Sport | Web site | |
| Solomon Islands | Copyright Office | Registrar-General's Office
Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs | |
| Industrial Property Office | Registrar General's Office
Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs | ||
| Somalia | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture and Higher Education,
Copyright Office | |
| Industrial Property Office | Patents and Trademarks Office
Ministry of Commerce and Industry | Web site | |
| South Africa | Intellectual Property Offices | Companies and Intellectual Property Commission
Department of Trade and Industry (CIPC) | Web site |
| Spain | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture and Sports
Directorate General of Cultural Industries, Copyright and Cooperation Deputy Directorate General for Intellectual Property | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Spanish Patent and Trademark Office
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism (OEPM) | 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 | Copyright Department
Ministry of culture Council for protection of copyright and related rights | |
| Industrial Property Office | Registrar General of Intellectual Property Administration | Web site | |
| Suriname | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office of Suriname
Ministry of Economic Affairs, Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation | |
| Sweden | Industrial Property Office | Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) | Web site |
| Intellectual Property Offices | Division of Intellectual Property and Transport Law
Ministry of Justice | 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 Industrial and Commercial 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
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Tajikistan (NCPI) | Web site | |
| Thailand | Intellectual Property Offices | Department of Intellectual Property (DIP)
Ministry of Commerce | Web site |
| Timor-Leste | Intellectual Property Offices | Permanent Mission of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste to the United Nations Office at Geneva | |
| Togo | Copyright Office | Togolese Office of Copyright and Neighboring Rights
Ministry of Culture and Tourism (BUTODRA) | |
| Industrial Property Office | National Institute for Industrial Property and Technology (INPIT) | ||
| Tonga | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Trade & Economic Development | |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of Trade & Economic Development | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | Intellectual Property Offices | Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs | Web site |
| Tunisia | Copyright Office | Tunisian Organism for the Protection of Copyrights and Related Rights (OTDAV) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Institute for Standardization and Industrial Property (INNORPI) | Web site | |
| Türkiye | Copyright Office | Directorate General for Copyright
Ministry of Culture and Tourism | Web site Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT) | Web site | |
| Turkmenistan | Intellectual Property Offices | State Service for Intellectual Property of Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan | Web site |
| Tuvalu | Intellectual Property Offices | Office of the Attorney-General
Ministry of Justice, Communications and Foreign Affairs | |
| Uganda | Copyright Office | Uganda Registration Services Bureau
Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs (URSB) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Uganda Registration Services Bureau
Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs (URSB) | Web site | |
| Ukraine | Copyright Office | National Intellectual Property Authority
State Organization Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations (UANIPIO) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Intellectual Property Authority
State Organization Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations (UANIPIO) | Web site | |
| United Arab Emirates | Copyright Office | Trademark & Intellectual works Department
Ministry of Economy | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | International Center for Patent Registration
Ministry of Economy | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Trademark & Intellectual works Department
Ministry of Economy | ||
| United Kingdom | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Office | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Office | Web site | |
| United Republic of Tanzania | Copyright Office | The Copyright Society of Tanzania
Ministry of Industry and Trade (COSOTA) | Web site |
| Copyright Office | The Office of The Copyright Society of Zanzibar
Ministry of Information, Youth, Culture and Sports (COSOZA) | 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)
Ministry of Industry and Trade | ||
| United States of America | Copyright Office | United States Copyright Office
Library of Congress | 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 (DNPI) | Web site | |
| Uzbekistan | Copyright Office | Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan | Web site | |
| Vanuatu | Copyright Office | Vanuatu Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of Tourism, Trade, Industry, Commerce, and Ni-Vanuatu Business | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Vanuatu Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of Tourism, Trade, Industry, Commerce, and Ni-Vanuatu Business | Web site | |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | Copyright Office | Autonomous Service of Intellectual Property (SAPI)
Ministry of Popular Power for National Commerce | Web site |
| Intellectual Property Offices | Autonomous Service of Intellectual Property
Ministry of the Popular Power of Industries and National Production (SAPI) | Web site | |
| Viet Nam | Copyright Office | Copyright Office of Viet Nam (COV)
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Office of Viet Nam
Ministry of Science and Technology of Viet Nam (IP Viet Nam) | Web site | |
| Yemen | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture | |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Intellectual Protection and Marks
Ministry of Industry and Trade | ||
| Zambia | Intellectual Property Offices | Patents and Companies Registration Agency
Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry (PACRA) | Web site |
| Zimbabwe | Intellectual Property Offices | Companies and Intellectual Property Office of Zimbabwe (CIPZ)
Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs |
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 Organization for Intellectual Property | Web site |
| EAPO | Regional Office | Eurasian Patent Organization | Web site |
| EPO | Regional Office | European Patent Organisation | Web site |
| EUIPO | Regional Office | European Union Intellectual Property Office | 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 | |
| GCC Patent Office | Regional Office | Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf | Web site |