Intellectual property organizations are organizations that are focused on

copyright A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, educatio ...

trademark A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign, design, or expression that identifies products or services from a particular source and distinguishes them from ot ...

patent A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A ...

s, or other

intellectual property Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The best-known types are patents, co ...

law concepts. This includes international intergovernmental organizations that foster governmental cooperation in the area of

s and

s (such as organizations based on or founded by

treaty A treaty is a formal, legally binding written agreement between actors in international law. It is usually made by and between sovereign states, but can include international organizations, individuals, business entities, and other legal per ...

), as well as non-governmental, non-profit organizations, lobbying organizations,

think tank A think tank, or policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture. Most think tanks are non-govern ...

s, notable committees, and professional associations.

International, general organisations

World Intellectual Property Organization The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO; french: link=no, Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI)) is one of the 15 specialized agencies of the United Nations (UN). Pursuant to the 1967 Convention Establishi ...

(WIPO) *

African Regional Intellectual Property Organization The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), formerly African Regional Industrial Property Organization, is an intergovernmental organization for cooperation among African states in patent and other intellectual property matter ...

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Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle The ''Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle'' or OAPI ( en, African Intellectual Property Organization) is an intellectual property organization, headquartered in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The organisation was created by Bangui Agree ...

'' (OAPI) or African Intellectual Property Organization

National patent offices

Regional, patent-related organisations

* Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) * European Patent Organisation (EPO or EPOrg) * Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)

Regional, trademark- and design-related organisations

European Union Intellectual Property Office The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO; french: links=no, Office de l'Union européenne pour la propriété intellectuelle), founded in 1994, is the European Union Agency responsible for the registration of the European Union trad ...

(EUIPO) * Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP)

Think tanks, committees, institutes, non-profit and professional organizations

* AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law (SCRIPT) * Alliance for American Innovation (AAIUSA) *

American Bar Association The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. Founded in 1878, the ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of aca ...

(Section of Intellectual Property Law or ABA-IPL) *

Association of Intellectual Property Firms Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal * Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry * Voluntary associat ...

(AIPF) * American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) * Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA) * Arab Society for Intellectual Property (ASIP) * Association française des Spécialistes en Propriété industrielle de l'Industrie (ASPI) * Boston Patent Law Association (BPLA) *

Centre for International Industrial Property Studies The Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies, or ''Centre d'Études Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle'' (CEIPI) in French (formerly the "Centre for International Industrial Property Studies", or "''Centre d'Études Inter ...

(CEIPI) * Center for Intellectual Property Studies (CIP) * Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) *

China Trademark Association China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones ...

(CTA) *

National Company of Industrial Property Attorneys National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ...

(CNCPI) *

European Federation of Industrial Property Agents in Industry European, or Europeans, or Europeneans, may refer to: In general * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe ** Ethnic groups in Europe ** Demographics of Europe ** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe ...

(FEMIPI) * European Intellectual Property Institutes Network (EIPIN) * European Patent Institute (epi) *

European Patent Lawyers Association The European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW, formerly EPLA) is a professional association of patent lawyers, with a registered office in Brussels, Belgium. Its claimed object is "the promotion of efficient and fair handling of patent litiga ...

(EPLAW) * European Round Table on Patent Practice (EUROTAB) *

Federation Against Copyright Theft The Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) is an organisation established in 1983 to protect and represent the interests of its members' intellectual property (IP). FACT also investigates fraud and cybercrime, and provides global due diligenc ...

(FACT) * German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR e. V.) *

Institute of Patentees and Inventors The Institute of Patentees and Inventors is a United Kingdom-based non-profit making association. It provides support to individuals on all aspects of inventing. See also * Intellectual property organization Intellectual property organizations ...

Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys The Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA) was founded in 1934 as the British professional body for trade mark attorneys. It received a Royal Charter in 2016 which saw its name change from ITMA. CITMA is a professional organisation s ...

(ITMA) * Intellectual Property Institute (IP Institute) * Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) *

Intellectual Property Regulation Board The Intellectual Property Regulation Board (IPReg) is a body regulating the patent attorney and trademark attorney professions in the United Kingdom (UK). It was set up by the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) and the Institute of Tr ...

(IPReg) * International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP) *

International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property The International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property or AIPPI, an acronym for ''Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle'' in French (formerly ''International Association for the Protection ...

(AIPPI) * International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI) *

International Intellectual Property Alliance The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), formed in 1984, is a private sector coalition of seven trade associations representing U.S. companies that produce copyright-protected material, including computer software, films, televisi ...

(IIPA) * International Intellectual Property Commercialization Council (IIPCC) * International Intellectual Property Institute (IIPI) * International Intellectual Property Society (IIPS) * International Intellectual Property Law Association (IIPLA) *

International Trademark Association The International Trademark Association is a global association of brand owners and professionals dedicated to trademarks and complementary intellectual property to foster consumer trust, economic growth, and innovation, and committed to building ...

(INTA) * InventorEd (InvEd) * Inventors Network of the Capital Area (INCA) * IP Federation (formerly the "Trade Marks, Patents and Designs Federation" or TMPDF) *

Japan Intellectual Property Association The Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization representing "industries and users of the intellectual property (IP) system".JIPA web site''Introduction'' Consulted on May 1, 2009. It was established ...

(JIPA) *

Japan Patent Attorneys Association The (JPAA), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is the only one national, professional bar association of Japanese patent attorneys ( Benrishi) with approximately 10,000 members. History The Japanese Patent Attorney System was established on July 1, ...

(JPAA) * Licensing Executives Society International (LESI or LES Int.) *

Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition The Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (german: Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb) is a Munich, Germany, based research institute, which is part of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science, which ma ...

* Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC) * National Association of Patent Practitioners (NAPP) *

New York Intellectual Property Law Association The New York Intellectual Property Law Association, also known as NYIPLA, is a professional association composed primarily of experienced lawyers interested in intellectual property law. NYIPLA has a membership base of more than 1,500 intellectual ...

(NYIPLA) * Patent Commons * Patent Office Practitioners Association (POPA) * Patent Information Users Group (PIUG) *

Pirate Party Pirate Party is a label adopted by political parties around the world. Pirate parties support civil rights, direct democracy (including e-democracy) or alternatively participation in government, reform of copyright and patent law, free shari ...

* Professional Inventors Alliance (PIAUSA) * Public Interest Intellectual Property Advisors (PIIPA)PIIPA
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Public Knowledge Public Knowledge is a non-profit Washington, D.C.-based public interest group. Founded in 2001 by David Bollier and Gigi Sohn, Public Knowledge is primarily involved in the fields of intellectual property law, competition and choice in the dig ...

(PK) *

Public Patent Foundation In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichke ...

(PUBPAT) *

Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute , mottoeng = With united powers , established = 1785 – The London Hospital Medical College1843 – St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College1882 – Westfield College1887 – East London College/Queen Mary College , type = Public resea ...

* Software Patent Institute (SPI) * Standing Advisory Committee before the European Patent Office (SACEPO) * The Intellectual Property Lawyers' Organisation (TIPLO) * UNION of European Practitioners in Intellectual Property (UNION-IP) *

Universities Allied for Essential Medicines Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) is a student-led organization working to improve access to and affordability of medicines around the world, and to increase research and development of drugs for neglected tropical diseases. Suppo ...

(UAEM)

Defunct organisations

* International Patent Institute (IIB) * The United States Patent Association *

United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property The United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property (BIRPI) was an international organization. It was set up in 1893 to administer the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and the Paris Convent ...

(BIRPI)

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