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, education ...

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 oth ...

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 disclo ...

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, cop ...

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 perso ...

), 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-governmental ...

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 Establishin ...

(WIPO) * African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) * ''

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 Agreem ...

'' (OAPI) or African Intellectual Property Organization

National patent offices

Regional, patent-related organisations

Eurasian Patent Organization The Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) is an international organization set up in 1995 by the Eurasian Patent Convention (EAPC) to grant Eurasian patents. The official language of the EAPO is Russian and its current president is Saule Tlevlesso ...

(EAPO) *

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 organisation created in 1977 by its contracting states ...

(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) *

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(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 An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or sovereign state, states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alli ...

(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 acad ...

(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 associatio ...

(AIPF) *

American Intellectual Property Law Association The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), headquartered in Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia, is a U.S., voluntary bar association constituted primarily of lawyers in private and corporate practice, in government service, and ...

(AIPLA) *

Asian Patent Attorneys Association Asian may refer to: * Items from or related to the continent of Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares ...

(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 Inte ...

(CEIPI) * Center for Intellectual Property Studies (CIP) *

Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) is the British professional body of patent attorneys. History The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) was founded in 1882 as the ''Chartered Institute of Patent Agents'' and incorp ...

(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 and ...

(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, ce ...

(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 Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right becaus ...

(FEMIPI) *

European Intellectual Property Institutes Network The European Intellectual Property Institutes Network (EIPIN) is a cooperation network of intellectual property (IP) institutions, organizing conferences.European Patent Institute The Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office, also known as European Patent Institute (epi), is a professional association of European patent attorneys and an international non-governmental public law corporation. ...

(epi) *

European Patent Lawyers Association The European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW, formerly EPLA) is a professional association of 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 invent ...

(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 * Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (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 Tra ...

(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 Protectio ...

(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, television ...

(IIPA) * International Intellectual Property Commercialization Council (IIPCC) *

International Intellectual Property Institute The International Intellectual Property Institute (IIPI) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation founded in 1999 and located in Washington, DC. An international advocacy organization and think tank, IIPI is dedicated to increasing awareness a ...

(IIPI) *

International Intellectual Property Society The International Intellectual Property Society (IIPS) is an organization of intellectual property (IP) lawyer A lawyer is a person who practices law. The role of a lawyer varies greatly across different legal jurisdictions. A lawyer c ...

(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 (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 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 technolo ...

(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 mana ...

Munich Intellectual Property Law Center The Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC) is a center for both research and education in intellectual property and competition law, founded in 2003 and based in Munich, Germany.MIPLC web site''About MIPLC''. Consulted on March 21, 2008. ...

(MIPLC) *

National Association of Patent Practitioners The National Association of Patent Practitioners (NAPP) is a United States non-profit organization of patent attorneys and patent agents and those working in the patent field.Intellectual Property Today''NAPP Announces New Slate of Officers'' July ...

(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 sharin ...

Professional Inventors Alliance A professional is a member of a profession or any person who works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the particular knowledge and sk ...

(PIAUSA) *

Public Interest Intellectual Property Advisors In public relations Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing and disseminating information from an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) to the public in order to infl ...

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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 digi ...

(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 ''Öffentlic ...

(PUBPAT) * Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute *

Software Patent Institute Software Patent Institute (established 1992 in Ann Arbor Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names inc ...

(SPI) * Standing Advisory Committee before the European Patent Office (SACEPO) *

The Intellectual Property Lawyers' Organisation The Intellectual Property Lawyers' Organisation or The Intellectual Property Lawyer's OrganisationTIPLO web siteHome page Consulted on June 14, 2007. (TIPLO) is a United Kingdom-based association of intellectual property lawyer A lawyer is ...

(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 The International Patent Institute (IIB) (French: ''Institut International des Brevets'') was an intellectual property organisation established on June 6, 1947 in The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a list of cities in the Nether ...

(IIB) *

The United States Patent Association The United States Patent Association was a non-governmental organization active in the United States in the late 19th century. Their purpose was to promote the benefits of patents for society. Association membership comprised US patent examin ...

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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