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 (WIPO)
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African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (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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German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR e. V.)
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Institute of Patentees and Inventors
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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 (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
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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
* United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property (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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