Intellectual property organizations are organizations that are focused on
copyright
A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive legal 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, ...
s,
trademark
A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a form of intellectual property that consists of a word, phrase, symbol, design, or a combination that identifies a Good (economics and accounting), product or Service (economics), service f ...
s,
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 sufficiency of disclosure, enabling discl ...
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
copyright
A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive legal 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, ...
s,
trademark
A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a form of intellectual property that consists of a word, phrase, symbol, design, or a combination that identifies a Good (economics and accounting), product or Service (economics), service f ...
s and
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 sufficiency of disclosure, enabling discl ...
s (such as organizations based on or founded by
treaty
A treaty is a formal, legally binding written agreement between sovereign states and/or international organizations that is governed by international law. A treaty may also be known as an international agreement, protocol, covenant, convention ...
), as well as non-governmental, non-profit organizations, lobbying organizations,
think tank
A think tank, or public 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-governme ...
s, notable committees, and professional associations.
International, general organisations
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World Intellectual Property Organization
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO; (OMPI)) is one of the 15 specialized agencies of the United Nations (UN). Pursuant to the 1967 Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO was created to pr ...
(WIPO)
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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 ...
(ARIPO)
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Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle'' (OAPI) or African Intellectual Property Organization
National patent offices
Regional, patent-related organisations
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Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO)
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European Patent Organisation
The European Patent Organisation (sometimes abbreviated EPOrg in order to distinguish it from the European Patent Office, one of the two organs of the organisation) is a public international intellectual property organisation, organisation create ...
(EPO or EPOrg)
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Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
Regional, trademark- and design-related organisations
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European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
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Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP)
Think tanks, committees, institutes, non-profit and professional organizations
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AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law (SCRIPT)
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Alliance for American Innovation (AAIUSA)
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American Bar Association
The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary association, voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students in the United States; national in scope, it is not specific to any single jurisdiction. Founded in 1878, the ABA's stated acti ...
(Section of Intellectual Property Law or ABA-IPL)
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Association of Intellectual Property Firms (AIPF)
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American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
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Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA)
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Arab Society for Intellectual Property (ASIP)
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Association française des Spécialistes en Propriété industrielle de l'Industrie (ASPI)
* Boston Patent Law Association (BPLA)
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Centre for International Industrial Property Studies (CEIPI)
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Center for Intellectual Property Studies (CIP)
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Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA)
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China Trademark Association (CTA)
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National Company of Industrial Property Attorneys (CNCPI)
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European Federation of Industrial Property Agents in Industry (FEMIPI)
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European Intellectual Property Institutes Network (EIPIN)
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European Patent Institute (epi)
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European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW)
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European Round Table on Patent Practice (EUROTAB)
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Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT)
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(GRUR e. V.)
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Institute of Patentees and Inventors
The Institute of Patentees and Inventors is a United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mai ...
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Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (ITMA)
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Intellectual Property Institute (IP Institute)
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Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)
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Intellectual Property Regulation Board (IPReg)
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International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP)
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International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
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International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)
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International Intellectual Property Alliance
The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) is a coalition of five trade associations representing American companies that produce copyright-protected material, including computer software, films, television programs, music, books, and ...
(IIPA)
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International Intellectual Property Commercialization Council (IIPCC)
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International Intellectual Property Institute (IIPI)
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International Intellectual Property Society (IIPS)
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International Intellectual Property Law Association (IIPLA)
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International Trademark Association (INTA)
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InventorEd (InvEd)
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Inventors Network of the Capital Area (INCA)
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IP Federation (formerly the "Trade Marks, Patents and Designs Federation" or TMPDF)
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Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA)
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Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)
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Licensing Executives Society International
The Licensing Executives Society International, or LES International (LESI, or formally "LES International, Inc."), is a not for profit, non-political, umbrella organization having 33 national and regional member societies, interested in technol ...
(LESI or LES Int.)
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Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
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Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC)
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National Association of Patent Practitioners (NAPP)
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New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA)
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Patent Commons
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Patent Office Practitioners Association (POPA)
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Patent Information Users Group (PIUG)
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Pirate Party
Pirate Party is a label adopted by various Political party, political parties worldwide that share a set of values and policies focused on Civil and political rights, civil rights in the digital age. The fundamental principles of Pirate Partie ...
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Professional Inventors Alliance (PIAUSA)
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Public Interest Intellectual Property Advisors (PIIPA)
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* Public Knowledge (PK)
* Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT)
* Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute
* 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 (UAEM)
Defunct organisations
* International Patent Institute (IIB)
* The United States Patent Association
* (BIRPI)
See also
* Patent attorney
* Patent examiner
A patent examiner (or, historically, a patent clerk) is an employee, usually a civil service, civil servant with a scientific or engineering background, working at a patent office.
Duties
Due to a long-standing and incessantly growing backlog of u ...
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