Patent Offices Worldwide
Directory of Intellectual Property Offices
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Country
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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 | Web site | |
| Ministry of Commerce and Industry | |||
| Albania | Copyright Office | Albanian Copyright Office | Web site |
| Ministry of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sports | |||
| Sector of Monitoring the Collective Management Societies | |||
| Industrial Property Office | General Directorate of Patents and Trademarks | Web site | |
| Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Industry | |||
| Algeria | Copyright Office | National Office of Copyrights and Related Rights (ONDA) | Web site |
| Ministry of Communication and Culture | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Algerian National Institute of Industrial Property (INAPI) | Web site | |
| Ministry of Industry, Small and Medium Sized Entreprises and Investment Promotion | |||
| Andorra | Copyright Office | Trademarks Office of the Principality of Andorra | Web site |
| Department of Economy | |||
| Ministry of Economy and Land Management | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Trademarks Office of the Principality of Andorra | Web site | |
| Department of Economy | |||
| Ministry of Economy and Land Management | |||
| 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 | Web site | |
| Ministry of Geology, Mines and Industry | |||
| Antigua and Barbuda | Intellectual Property Offices | Antigua and Barbuda Intellectual Property & Commerce Office (ABIPCO) | Web site |
| Ministry of Legal Affairs | |||
| Argentina | Copyright Office | Directorate General of Copyright | 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 | Web site | |
| Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia | |||
| Australia | Copyright Office | Commercial and Administrative Law Branch | Web site |
| Attorney-General's Department | |||
| Industrial Property Office | IP Australia | Web site | |
| Department of Industry | |||
| Austria | Copyright Office | Federal Ministry of Justice | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | The Austrian Patent Office | Web site | |
| Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology | |||
| Azerbaijan | Copyright Office | The Copyright Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | State Committee on Standardization, Metrology and Patents of the Republic of Azerbaijan | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | State Committee on Standardization, Metrology and Patents of the Republic of Azerbaijan | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Objects Examination Center (AzPatent) | |||
| 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 | Web site |
| Information Affairs Authority | |||
| Ministry of Information | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Directorate of Industrial Property | Web site | |
| Ministry of Industry and Commerce | |||
| Bangladesh | Copyright Office | Copyright Office Bangladesh | Web site |
| Ministry of Cultural Affairs | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (DPDT) | Web site | |
| Ministry of Industries | |||
| Barbados | Intellectual Property Offices | Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (CAIPO) | Web site |
| Ministry of International Business and International Transport | |||
| Belarus | Copyright Office | National Center of Intellectual Property (NCIP) | Web site |
| State Committee on Science and Technologies | |||
| Industrial Property Office | National Center of Intellectual Property (NCIP) | Web site | |
| State Committee on Science and Technologies | |||
| Belgium | Intellectual Property Offices | Office of Intellectual Property | Web site |
| Directorate General Regulation and Market Organisation | |||
| 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 Center (CENAPI) | ||
| Ministry of Industry and Commerce | |||
| Bhutan | Intellectual Property Offices | Industrial Property Division (IPD) | Web site |
| Ministry of Economic Affairs | |||
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Copyright Office | Servicio Nacional de Propiedad Intelectual (SENAPI) | Web site |
| Ministerio de Desarrollo Productivo y Economía Plural | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Servicio Nacional de Propiedad Intelectual (SENAPI) | Web site | |
| Ministerio de Desarrollo Productivo y Economía Plural | |||
| 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 | Web site |
| Ministry of Trade and Industry | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property | Web site | |
| Ministry of Trade and Industry | |||
| Brazil | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Institute of Industrial Property | Web site | |
| Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (INPI) | |||
| Brunei Darussalam | Copyright Office | Attorney General's Chambers | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Brunei Intellectual Property Office (BruIPO) | Web site | |
| The Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB) | |||
| Bulgaria | Copyright Office | Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Directorate | Web site |
| Ministry of Culture | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria (BPO) | Web site | |
| Burkina Faso | Copyright Office | Burkinabé Copyright Office (BBDA) | Web site |
| Ministry of Culture, Arts and Tourism | |||
| Industrial Property Office | General Directorate of Industrial Property (DGPI) | Web site | |
| Ministry of Industrie, Trade and Craft | |||
| 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) | Web site | |
| Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Department (IPD) | Web site | |
| Ministry of Commerce | |||
| 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) | Web site | |
| Industry Canada | 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 | Web site |
| Intellectual Rights Department (DDI) | |||
| Directorate of Libraries, Archives and Museums | |||
| Industrial Property Office | National Institute of Industrial Property | Web site | |
| Ministry of Economy | |||
| China | Copyright Office | National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Patent Office | Web site | |
| State Intellectual Property Office of the Peoples' Republic of China (SIPO) | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Trademark Office | Web site | |
| State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the People's Republic of China (SAIC) | Web site | ||
| Colombia | Copyright Office | Dirección Nacional de Derecho de Autor | Web site |
| Unidad Administrativa Especial | |||
| Ministerio del Interior y de Justicia | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio | Web site | |
| Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Turismo | |||
| 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 | Web site |
| National Register | Web site | ||
| Ministry of Justice and Peace | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Registro de la Propiedad Industrial | Web site | |
| Registro Nacional | Web site | ||
| Ministerio de Justicia y Paz | |||
| Côte d'Ivoire | Copyright Office | Ivorian Copyright Office | Web site |
| Ministry of French Language and Culture | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Ivorian Office of Intellectual Property (OIPI) | Web site | |
| Ministry for Industry and the Promotion of the Private Sector | |||
| 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) | Web site |
| Ministry of Culture | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Cuban Industrial Property Office (OCPI) | Web site | |
| Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment | |||
| Cyprus | Copyright Office | Department of Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver | Web site |
| Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver | Web site | |
| Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism | |||
| Czech Republic | Copyright Office | Copyright Law Department | Web site |
| Ministry of Culture | |||
| 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 | Web site |
| Ministry of Culture | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Danish Patent and Trademark Office | Web site | |
| Ministry of Trade and Industry | |||
| Djibouti | Copyright Office | Ministry of Communication and Culture, responsible for Posts and Telecommunications | |
| Copyright Office | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Commerce and Industry | Web site | |
| Office of Industrial Property and Commerce (ODPIC) | |||
| Dominica | Intellectual Property Offices | Companies and Intellectual Property Office | |
| Ministry of Tourism and legal Affairs | |||
| Dominican Republic | Copyright Office | National Copyright Office (ONDA) | Web site |
| Ministry of Culture | |||
| Industrial Property Office | National Office of Industrial Property (ONAPI) | Web site | |
| State Secretariat for Industry and Commerce | |||
| Ecuador | Copyright Office | Ecuadorian Institute of Intellectual Property (IEPI) | Web site |
| National Directory of Copyrights and Related Rights | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Ecuadorian Institute of Intellectual Property | Web site | |
| National Directory of Industrial Property | |||
| Egypt | Copyright Office | Permanent Office for the Protection of | |
| Copyright | |||
| Supreme Council of Culture | |||
| Ministry of Culture | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Egyptian Patent Office | Web site | |
| Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) | |||
| Ministry of Scientific Research | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Trademarks and Industrial Designs Office | Web site | |
| Ministry of Trade and Industry | |||
| 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 | Copyright Office | Office of the Attorney-General | Web site |
| Ministry of Justice | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Office of the Attorney-General | Web site | |
| Ministry of Justice | |||
| Finland | Copyright Office | Copyright Council | Web site |
| Ministry of Education | |||
| Industrial Property Office | National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland | Web site | |
| France | Copyright Office | Office of Literacy and Artistic Property | Web site |
| Under-Directorate of Legal Affairs | |||
| Directorate of General Administration | |||
| Ministry of Culture and Francophone Affairs | |||
| 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 | Web site | |
| (CEPIG) | |||
| Ministry of Industry and Mines | |||
| 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 | Web site |
| (Sakpatenti) | |||
| Industrial Property Office | National Intellectual Property Center | Web site | |
| (Sakpatenti) | |||
| Germany | Copyright Office | Unit Copyright and Publishing Law | Web site |
| Directorate IIIB | |||
| Directorate-General III: Commercial and Economic Law | |||
| Federal Ministry of Justice | |||
| Industrial Property Office | German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) | Web site | |
| Ghana | Copyright Office | Copyright Department | Web site |
| Ministry of Justice | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Registrar General's Department | ||
| Ministry of Justice | |||
| Greece | Copyright Office | Hellenic Copyright Organization | Web site |
| Ministry of Culture | |||
| Intellectual Property Offices | Patent Office | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Organization (OBI) | |||
| 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 | Web site |
| Ministry of Economic Affairs | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Registry of Intellectual Property | Web site | |
| Ministry of Economic Affairs | |||
| 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) | Web site |
| Ministry of Culture and Communication | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Service | Web site | |
| Ministry of Trade and Industry | |||
| Holy See | Copyright Office | Judicial Office | Web site |
| Central Offices | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Judicial Office | Web site | |
| Central Offices | |||
| Honduras | Intellectual Property Offices | Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DIGEPIH) | Web site |
| Hungary | Copyright Office | Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO) | Web site |
| Copyright Department | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO) | Web site | |
| Iceland | Copyright Office | Office of Legal Affairs | Web site |
| Ministry of Education, Science and Culture | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Icelandic Patent Office | Web site | |
| Ministry of Economic Affairs | |||
| India | Copyright Office | Copyright Division | Web site |
| Department of Higher Education | |||
| Ministry of Human Resource Development | |||
| Government of India | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Office of the Controller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks | Web site | |
| Department of Industrial Policy Promotions | |||
| Ministry of Commerce and Industry | |||
| Government of India | |||
| Indonesia | Copyright Office | Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights | Web site |
| Ministry of Law and Human Rights | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights | Web site | |
| Ministry of Law and Human Rights | Web site | ||
| 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 | Web site | |
| State Organization for Registration of Deeds and Properties | 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 | Web site |
| Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Patents Office | Web site | |
| Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation | |||
| Israel | Copyright Office | The Director General | Web site |
| Ministry of Justice | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Israel Patent Office | Web site | |
| Ministry of Justice | |||
| Italy | Copyright Office | Service III - Copyright and supervision over S.I.A.E. | Web site |
| General Direction for Library Heritage, Cultural Institutes and Copyright | |||
| Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Italian Patent and Trademark Office | Web site | |
| Directorate General of Combating Counterfeiting | |||
| Ministry of Economic Development | |||
| 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) | Web site |
| Agency for Cultural Affairs | |||
| Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Japan Patent Office (JPO), | Web site | |
| Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) | |||
| Jordan | Copyright Office | Department of the National Library | |
| Ministry of Culture | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Protection Directorate | Web site | |
| Ministry of Industry and Trade | |||
| Kazakhstan | Intellectual Property Offices | Committee of Intellectual Property Rights | Web site |
| Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan | |||
| Kenya | Copyright Office | The Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) | Web site |
| The State Law Office | |||
| (Office of the Attorney General) | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI) | Web site | |
| Ministry of Trade and Industry | |||
| 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, | Web site |
| Ministry of Science and Technology | |||
| Latvia | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture, Legal Division | 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 | Web site | |
| Department of Intellectual Property | |||
| Directorate General of Economy and Trade | |||
| Ministry of Economy and Trade | |||
| 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 | Cooperation and Innovation Department | |
| Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research | |||
| National Authority for Scientific Research (NASR) | |||
| Liechtenstein | Copyright Office | Bureau of Intellectual Property | Web site |
| Office of Economic Affairs | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Bureau of Intellectual Property | Web site | |
| Office of Economic Affairs | |||
| 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 | Web site |
| Ministry of Information, Culture and Communication | |||
| 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 | Web site | |
| Ministry of Economic Development | |||
| Mali | Copyright Office | Malian Copyright Office (BUMDA) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Malian Centre for the Promotion of Industrial Property (CEMAPI) | Web site | |
| Ministry of Trade and Industry | |||
| Malta | Copyright Office | The National IP Office of Malta | Web site |
| Commerce Department | Web site | ||
| Ministry for Fair Competition, Small Business and Consumers | |||
| Industrial Property Office | The National IP Office of Malta | Web site | |
| Commerce Department, | Web site | ||
| Ministry for Fair Competition, Small Business and Consumers | |||
| 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) | Web site |
| Ministry of Arts and Culture | Web site | ||
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Office (IPO) | Web site | |
| Regional Integration and International Trade | |||
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |||
| Mexico | Copyright Office | National Copyrights Institute (INDAUTOR) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Mexican Institute of Industrial Property | Web site | |
| Monaco | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Division | Web site |
| Directorate of Economic Expansion | |||
| Department of Finance and Economy | |||
| 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) | Web site | |
| Ministry of Industry and Commerce | |||
| 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 | Web site |
| Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Industry | Web site | |
| Ministry of Industry | |||
| Netherlands | Copyright Office | Ministry of Justice | Web site |
| Directorate of Legislation | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Bureau of Intellectual Property Aruba | ||
| Industrial Property Office | Bureau of Intellectual Property Curaçao | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | NL Patent Office | Web site | |
| NL Agency | |||
| Ministry of Economic Affairs | |||
| New Zealand | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Policy Group | Web site |
| Competition and Consumer Environment Branch | |||
| Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Office for Tokelau Affairs | ||
| Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) | Web site | |
| Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment | |||
| Nicaragua | Copyright Office | Office Nacion de Derechos de Autor y Derechos Conexos | Web site |
| Registro de la Propiedad Intelectual (RPI) | |||
| Ministerio de Formento, Industria y Comercio (MIFIC) | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Registry (RPI) | Web site | |
| Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade (MIFIC) | |||
| Niger | Copyright Office | Niger Copyright Office (BNDA) | Web site |
| Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture | |||
| 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) | Web site |
| Federal Ministry of Information and Culture | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Trademarks, Patents and Designs Registry | ||
| Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment | |||
| Norway | Copyright Office | Norwegian Ministry of Cultural Affairs | Web site |
| Department of Media and Copyright | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Patentstyret (Norwegian Industrial Property Office) | Web site | |
| Oman | Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Department | Web site |
| Ministry of Commerce and Industry | |||
| 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 | Web site | |
| Ministry of Commerce and Industries | 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 | Ministry of Industry and Trade | Web site |
| Directorate General of Intellectual Property | |||
| Peru | Intellectual Property Offices | Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM), | Web site |
| National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection (INDECOPI) | |||
| Philippines | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office of Philippines (IPOPHIL) | Web site |
| Poland | Copyright Office | The Intellectual Property and Media Department | Web site |
| Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, | |||
| Legal Office | |||
| 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 | Web site | |
| Ministry of Justice | |||
| Qatar | Copyright Office | Copyright Office, | |
| Competent administration Intellectual Property Center, | |||
| Ministry of Justice | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Office Trademarks, Industrial Designs & G.I. Competent administration Ministry of Business and Trade, Department of Commercial Registration and Licensing | ||
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Center | ||
| Patents and Intergrated Circuits | |||
| Competent administration Intellectual Property Center, | |||
| Ministry of Justice | |||
| Industrial Property Office | 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 | Web site |
| Rwanda Development Board (RDB) | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Rwanda Development Board (RDB) | Web site | |
| Office of the Registrar General | |||
| 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) | Web site |
| Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (MCIL) | |||
| 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 | Web site |
| Arts and Entertainment Promotion Center | |||
| Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property National Service (SENAPI) | Web site | |
| Directorate of Industry | |||
| Ministry of Planning and Development | |||
| Saudi Arabia | Copyright Office | General Administration of Copyright | |
| Ministry of Culture and Information | |||
| Intellectual Property Offices | The general Directorate of Industrial Property grants protection documents 1st innovation, layout designs and integrated circuits, plant varieties and industrial designs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | ||
| King Abdul-Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) | |||
| 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) | Web site | |
| Ministry of Trade, Industry and Handicraft | |||
| Serbia | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia | Web site |
| Department for Copyright and Related Rights and International Cooperation | |||
| 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) | Web site |
| Ministry of Economic Development and Technology | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) | Web site | |
| Ministry of Economic Development and Technology | |||
| 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 | Web site |
| Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) | |||
| Spain | Copyright Office | Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports | Web site |
| Directorate General of Cultural Industries, Policies and Books | |||
| Deputy Directorate General for Intellectual Property | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism | Web site | |
| Spanish Patent and Trademark Office | |||
| 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 Youth and Sports | |
| Federal Council for Literary and Artistic Works | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Registrar General of Intellectual Property | Web site | |
| Ministry of Justice | |||
| Suriname | Intellectual Property Offices | Bureau of Intellectual Property | |
| Ministry of Justice and Police | |||
| Swaziland | Copyright Office | Ministry of Commerce Industry and Trade | Web site |
| Intellectual Property Office | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Commerce Industry and Trade | Web site | |
| Intellectual Property Office | |||
| Sweden | Copyright Office | Division of Intellectual Property and Transport Law | Web site |
| Ministry of Justice | |||
| 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 | Web site |
| Ministry of Culture | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Directorate of Commercial and Industrial Property Protection (DCIP) | Web site | |
| 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) | Web site | |
| Ministry of Economic Development and Trade | |||
| Thailand | Copyright Office | Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) | Web site |
| Ministry of Commerce | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) | Web site | |
| Ministry of Commerce | 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 | Web site | |
| Ministry of Justice | |||
| Togo | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, | Web site |
| Togolese Copyright Office (BUTODRA) | |||
| 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) | Web site |
| Ministry of Labour, Commerce and Industries | |||
| Industrial Property Office | The Registry & Intellectual Property Office (RIPO) | Web site | |
| Ministry of Labour, Commerce and Industries | |||
| Trinidad and Tobago | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office | Web site |
| Ministry of Legal Affairs | |||
| Tunisia | Copyright Office | Tunisian Organism for the Protection of Authors' Rights | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Institute for Standardization and Industrial Property (INNORPI) | Web site | |
| Ministry of Industry and Technology | |||
| Turkey | Copyright Office | Directorate General for Copyright | Web site |
| Ministry of Culture and Tourism | 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 | 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 | Web site |
| Ministry of Economy | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Industrial Property | Web site | |
| Ministry of Economy | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Trademark Department | ||
| Ministry of Economy | |||
| United Kingdom | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Office | Web site |
| Information Centre | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Office | Web site | |
| Information Centre | |||
| United Republic of Tanzania | Copyright Office | Copyright Society of Tanzania (COSOTA) | Web site |
| Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA) | |||
| Ministry of Industry and Trade | |||
| Copyright Office | Copyright Society of Zanzibar (COSOZA), | ||
| Ministry of Constitutional Affairs and Good Governance | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA) | Web site | |
| Ministry of Industry and Trade | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Registrar General's Office | ||
| Ministry of Justice and Constitutional's Affairs | |||
| United States of America | Copyright Office | Library of Congress | Web site |
| Copyright Office | |||
| Industrial Property Office | United States Department of Commerce | Web site | |
| United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) | |||
| Uruguay | Copyright Office | Copyright Council | Web site |
| Ministry of Education and Culture | |||
| Industrial Property Office | National Directorate of Industrial Property | Web site | |
| Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining | |||
| 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) | Web site |
| Ministry of Popular Power for Trade | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Autonomous Service of Intellectual Property (SAPI) | Web site | |
| Ministry of Popular Power for Trade | |||
| Viet Nam | Copyright Office | Copyright Office of Viet Nam (COV) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP) | Web site | |
| Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment | |||
| 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) | Web site | |
| Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry | |||
| Zimbabwe | Copyright Office | Zimbabwe Intellectual Property Office (ZIPO) | |
| Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs | |||
| Industrial Property Office | Zimbabwe Intellectual Property Office (ZIPO) | ||
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| 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 |
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