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'' (OAPI) or African Intellectual Property Organization

National patent offices

Regional, patent-related organisations

* Eurasian Patent Organization (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 (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 acad ...

(Section of Intellectual Property Law or ABA-IPL) * Association of Intellectual Property Firms (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 (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 (CIPA) * China Trademark Association (CTA) * National Company of Industrial Property Attorneys (CNCPI) * European Federation of Industrial Property Agents in Industry (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 (epi) * European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW) * European Round Table on Patent Practice (EUROTAB) * Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) * German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR e. V.) * Institute of Patentees and Inventors *

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 Intellectual Property Institute may refer to: * Intellectual Property Institute (United Kingdom) * Intellectual Property Institute, at the University of Richmond School of Law, Virginia, US * In ...

(IP Institute) * Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) * Intellectual Property Regulation Board (IPReg) *

International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property The International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP) was founded in 1981. It pursues only educational and scientific objectives to contribute to the advancement of teaching and research in the f ...

(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 (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 The IP Federation (formerly the "Trade Marks Patents and Designs Federation" or TMPDF) is a United Kingdom Industry (economics), industry intellectual property trade association. It was founded in 1920 as an industry organization that provides inp ...

(formerly the "Trade Marks, Patents and Designs Federation" or TMPDF) * Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA) * Japan Patent Attorneys Association (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 (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 The Patent Information Users Group (PIUG) is a global not-for-profit organization for individuals having a professional, scientific or technical interest in patent information. Its goal is to support, assist, improve and enhance the success of paten ...

(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 (PIIPA)PIIPA
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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 (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 (UAEM)

Defunct organisations

* International Patent Institute (IIB) * The United States Patent Association * United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property (BIRPI)

References

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