IP Related International Treaties
IP Related Organizations in the World
Copyright Offices in the World
Industrial Property Offices in the World
IP Related Offices, Organizations in Vietnam

IP RELATED ORGANIZATIONS IN THE WORLD

• AIPPI - International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property.
• BSA - Business Software Alliance.
• FICPI - Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle
  (International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys).
• Formalities Bureau - specialist outsourced service, administering IP rights & formalities around the world.
• GACG - Global Anti-Counterfeiting Group.
• IID - The Institute for International Development.
• IILP - The Institute of International Licensing Practitioners.
• IAHC - Internet International Ad Hoc Committee (Domain Name Policies)
• IFRRO - International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisation.
• IIPA - International Intellectual Property Alliance.
• IIPI - International Intellectual Property Institute.
• INFOPAT - Association for the Study of International & Foreign Patent & Trademark Laws & Practice.
• INTA - The International Trademark Association.
• ISF - International Seed Federation.
• LES Groups - Licensing Executives Society Regional Member Societies.
• LES - Licensing Executives Society.
• LESI - Licensing Executives Society International.
• LIMA - International Licensing Industry Merchandisers' Association.
• Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law (or here).
• PIUG - Patent Information Users Group (or here).
• WIPLF - World Intellectual Property Law Forum
• WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organization (or here).
• WTO - Wolrd Trade Organization with reference to TRIPs (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property).
• Young Inventors International.
• Young Inventors Network - helping kids to develop and market inventions

AFRICA

• ARIPO - African Regional Industrial Property Organization.
• OAPI - Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle.

ASIA

• APAA - Asian Patent Attorneys' Association.
• APIC - Asia-Pacific Industrial Property Center.
• APIPA - Asia Pacific Intellectual Property Association
  (Intellectual Property Information Service)
• APLI - Asia Pacific Legal Institute.
• IPEG - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation: Intellectual Property Rights.

ARGENTINA

• ASA - Asociación Semilleros Argentinos (Plant Breeders' Association).

AUSTRALIA

• The Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia.
• IPRIA - Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia.
• Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc.
• Licensing Executives Society of Australia and New Zealand.

AUSTRIA

• ÖPAK - Österreichischen Patentanwaltskammer - Austrian Patent Bar Association.

BENELUX

• LES Benelux.

BRAZIN

• ABAPI - Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents.

CANADA

• Canadian Innovation Centre.
• Canadian Seed Trade Association.
• CIII - Centre International Invention Innovation / The International Invention and Innovation Centre
• IPIC - Intellectual Property Institute of Canada / l'Institut de la Propriété Intellectuelle du Canada.
• LES USA and Canada.
• The Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada.

CZECH REPUBLIC

• Komora patentovych zastupcu - Chamber of Patent Attorneys of Czech Republic.
• LES Czech Republic.

DENMARK

• KonkurrenceStyrelsen - Danish Competition Council.
• DIP - Dansk Forening for Industriens Patent- og Varemærkespecialister - Association of Danish Industrial Property Executives.

ESTONIA

• The Association of Estonian Patent Attorneys.

EUROPE

• EPO - European Patent Office
• EAPO - Eurasian Patent Organization
• AIM - Association des Industries de Marque - European Brands Association.
• Anti Trust Commission of the European Union.
• BEDA - Bureau of European Designers' Associations: Barcelona.
• CTM AI - Community Trade Mark Advisory Initiative.
• ECTA - European Communities Trade Mark Association.
• EPI - Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office
  (or here).
• European Seed Association.
• Intellectual Property Law Foundation - copyright, trademarks and patents in Europe.
• MARQUES - Association of European Brand Owners.
• SNB React - European Anti-Counterfeiting Network.

FILAND

• The Association of Finnish Patent Attorneys - Suomen Patenttiasiamiesyhdistys ry.
• Keksinnöillä Uusia Tuotteita Markkinoille - Foundation For Finnish Inventions.

FRANCE

• AACEIPI - L'association des Amis du Centre d'Etudes Internationales pour la Propriété Industrielle.
• CNCPI - Compagnie National des Conseils en Propriété Industrial - French Institute of Industrial Property Attorneys.
• IRPI - Institut de Recherche en Propriété Intellectuelle (or here).
• LES France.

GEORGIA

• Association of the Georgian Patent Attorneys.

GERMANY

• BundesKartellamt - German Anti Trust Office.
• BMBF - Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie.
• Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie.
• BdP - Bundesverband Deutscher Patentanwälte - Federal Association of German Patent Attorneys.
• Deutschland innovativ - Informationsdienst des Instituts der deutschen Wirtschaft.
• INSTI - Innovationsstimulierung der deutschen Wirtschaft durch Wissenschaftlich-technische Information.
• LES Germany.
• PAK - Patentanwaltskammer - Chamber of Patent Attorneys.
• PAVIS - Service Organization for German Patent Attorneys.
• Max Planck Institute for International patent Copyright and Competition Law.
• Patentanwalt Suche - Patent Attorney Search.
• VPP - Vereinigung von Fachleuten des Gewerblichen Rechtsschutzes: Association of German Patent Engineers.

HAITI

• HAIPA - The Haitian-American Intellectual Property Association.

HONG KONG

• APAA - Asian Patent Attorneys Association Hong Kong Group.
• The Hong Kong Institute of Trade Mark Practitioners Limited.

INDIA

• CIPRA - The Centre for Intellectual Property Rights, Research and Advocacy.
• CIPROM - The Centre for Intellectual Property Management: dissemination, proficiency creation, policy making advisory services, etc.
• EIPR - Enforcers of Intellectual Property Rights.
• ILA - Indian Licensing Association
• NIPO - National Intellectual Property Organization; Association of Intellectual Property Rights Owners of India.
• TIFAC - Technology Information Forecasting & Assessment Council: Patent Facilitating Cell.
• TIFAC - Patent Facilitating Centre

IRELAND

• APTMA - Association of Patent and Trademark Attorneys - Ireland

ISRAEL

• The Spinoza Project - Organization for Information on Israel Intelectual Property Law.

ITALY

• AICPI - Association of Italian Corporate Patent Professionals.
• Intellectual Property Centre - Italian Centre of IP Research and Education.
• Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato - Italian Competition Office.
• LES Italy
• Ordine dei Consulenti in Proprietà Industriale - Order of Industrial Property Attorneys.

JAPAN

• AIPPI - Japanese Group.
• APIC - Asia-Pacific Industrial Property Centre.
• IIP - Institute of Intellectual Property.
• IPCC - Industrial Property Cooperation Centre.
• JASTA - Japan Seed Trade Association.
• JPAA - Japan Patent Attorneys Association (or here).
• JAPIO - Japan Patent Information Organisation.
• JDPA - Japan Design Protection Association.
• JFPC - Japan Foods Patent Centre.
• JIII - Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation.
• JIPA - Japan Intellectual Property Association.
• JTM The Japan Technomart Foundation
• Patent Attorneys Cooperation Association of Japan

KOREA

• KIPRIC - Korea Industrial Property Rights Information Centre.
• KPAA - Korean Patent Attorneys Association.

MALAYSIA

• MINDS - Malaysian Invention & Design Society.

MEXICO

• AMPPI - Asociación Mexicana para la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual.

MIDDLE EAST

• ASIP - Arab Society for Intellectual Property.
• Licensing Executives Society - Arab Countries.

NETHERLANDS

• Netherlands Institute of Patent Agents - Orde Van Octrooigemachtigden.
• NVZP - Nederlandse Vereniging voor Zaaizaad en Plantgoed
• Plantum - horticultural association.

NEW ZEALAND

• Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc.
• Licensing Executives Society of Australia and New Zealand.

PHILIPPINES

• Intellectual Property Foundation of the Philippines.

POLAND

• Polska Izba Rzeczników Patenowych - Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys.
• Polska Akademia Nauk - Polish Academy of Sciences.
• Instytut Badañ Systemowych - Systems Research Institute.

SINGAPORE

• IP Hub - Singapore as IP Management base.

SLOVAKIA

• Chamber of Patent Agents of the Slovak Republic.

SOUTH AFRICA

• SAIIPL - The South African Institute of Intellectual Property.

SWEDEN

• Association of Patent Attorneys in Swedish Industry.
• SPOF - Svenska Patentombudsföreningen - Association of Swedish Patent Attorneys.

SWITZERLAND

• VESPA/ACSOEB - Verband der beim Europäischen Patentamt eingetragenen freiberuflichen schweizerischen Patentanwälte / Association of Swiss Patent Attorneys registered before the EPO.
• Verband Schweizerischer Patentanwälte & Association Suisse des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle - Association of Swiss Patent Attorneys.
• LES Switzerland.

UNITED KINGDOM

• ACG - Anti-Counterfeiting Group - fighting fakes.
• ALCS - Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society.
• The British Copyright Council.
• CIPA - Chartered Institute of Patent Agents.
• CLA - Copyright Licensing Agency.
• Inside Careers - Career advice on the Patent Attorney profession
• Institute of Patentees and Inventors.
• ITMA - The Institute of Trade Mark Agents.
• Intellectual Property Forum - researchers in patent law etc.
• IPLA - Intellectual Property Lawyers Association.
• LES Britain and Ireland.
• PATMG - Patent and Trade Mark Group (British Institute of Information Scientists).
• IPI - The Institute of Patentees & Inventors.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

• ACPC - Association of Corporate Patent Counsel.
• AIPLA - American Intellectual Property Law Association.
• American Bar Association: Intellectual Property Law Section.
• APLF - Association of Patent Law Firms.
• ASCAP - American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
• ASTA - American Seed Trade Association.
• Austin Intellectual Property Law Association.
• Authors' Registry - royalty collecting service.
• BNEF - Brand Names Education Foundation: NY.
• BMI - Broadcast Music Inc., songwriters' licensing agency.
• BPLA - Boston Patent Law Association.
• CASRIP - Centre for Advanced Study and Research on Intellectual Property.
• CPLA - Connecticut Patent Law Association
• CCC - Copyright Clearance Centre.
• HIPLA - Houston Intellectual Property Law Organization.
• IIPA - International Intellectual Property Alliance - U.S. copyright-based industries.
• IPLAC - Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago.
• Interagency Edison - US government-funded inventions (or here).
• LES USA and Canada.
• NAPP - National Association of Patent Practitioners.
• NCIPLA - National Council of Intellectual Property Associations
• NPA - National Patent Association
• NYIPLA - The New York Intellectual Property Association.
• PTDLA - Patent and Trademark Depository Library Association.
• PTOS - Patent & Trademark Office Society.
• PIPLA - Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association.
• RIPLA - Rochester Intellectual Property Association.
• SPI - Software Patent Institute.
• U.S. Committee for the World Intellectual Property Organization.