Directory of Intellectual Property Offices
Welcome to WIPO’s compilation of contacts for the world’s national and regional intellectual property (IP) offices.
The granting of IP rights, which are territorial in nature, is a sovereign decision of nations and governed by national or regional laws. As such, your national or regional IP office is therefore your primary resource for all matters related to the protection of your IP. They will guide you through the process of securing IP rights for your inventions, brands, designs and more. Locate your national or regional IP office from the list below to begin your journey to safeguard your IP.
National IP offices
| Country | Contact Details | Office |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Copyright Office | Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC) |
| Industrial Property Office | Afghanistan Central Business Registry & Intellectual Properties
Ministry of Industry and Commerce (ACBR-IP) | |
| Albania | Copyright Office | Copyright Directorate
Ministry of Culture Republic of Albania |
| Industrial Property Office | General Directorate of Industrial Property
Ministry of Economy, Culture and Innovation | |
| Algeria | Copyright Office | National Office of Copyrights and Related Rights
Ministry of Culture (ONDA) |
| Industrial Property Office | Algerian National Institute of Industrial Property
Ministry of Industry (INAPI) | |
| Andorra | Intellectual Property Offices | Trademarks Office of the Principality of Andorra
Secretary of State of Tourism and Trade Ministry of Tourism and Trade |
| Angola | Copyright Office | National Service for Copyrights and Related Rights
Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Environment |
| Industrial Property Office | Angolan Institute of Industrial Property
Ministry of Industry | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Intellectual Property Offices | Antigua and Barbuda Intellectual Property & Commerce Office (ABIPCO)
Ministry of Legal Affairs |
| Argentina | Copyright Office | National Directorate of Author’s Rights |
| Industrial Property Office | National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) | |
| Armenia | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia | |
| Australia | Copyright Office | Attorney-General’s Department |
| Industrial Property Office | IP Australia | |
| Austria | Copyright Office | Federal Ministry of Justice |
| Industrial Property Office | Austrian Patent Office | |
| Azerbaijan | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan |
| Bahamas | Intellectual Property Offices | Registrar General's Department |
| Bahrain | Copyright Office | Ministry of Information Affairs
Directorate of Media Administration |
| Industrial Property Office | National Patent Office
Directorate of Foreign Trade & Industrial Property Ministry of Industry and Commerce | |
| Bangladesh | Copyright Office | Copyright Office Bangladesh
Ministry of Cultural Affairs |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks
Ministry of Industries (DPDT) | |
| Barbados | Intellectual Property Offices | Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of International Business and Industry (CAIPO) |
| Belarus | Copyright Office | National Center of Intellectual Property (NCIP) |
| Industrial Property Office | National Center of Intellectual Property (NCIP) | |
| Belgium | Intellectual Property Offices | The Belgian Intellectual Property Office (IPObel)
|
| Belize | Intellectual Property Offices | Belize Intellectual Property Office (BELIPO) |
| Benin | Copyright Office | Beninese Copyright Office (BUBEDRA)
Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Arts |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Industry and Trade | |
| Bhutan | Intellectual Property Offices | Department of Media Creative Industry and Industrial Property (DoMCIIP)
Ministry of Industry Commerce and Employment |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Intellectual Property Offices | National Intellectual Property Service (SENAPI) (SENAPI) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Copyright Office | Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Industrial Property Office | Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Botswana | Intellectual Property Offices | Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA)
Ministry of Trade and Industry |
| Brazil | Copyright Office | Copyright Office
Ministry of Culture |
| Industrial Property Office | National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) | |
| Brunei Darussalam | Intellectual Property Offices | Brunei Darussalam Intellectual Property Office (BruIPO)
Attorney General’s Chambers |
| Bulgaria | Copyright Office | Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Directorate
Ministry of Culture |
| Industrial Property Office | Patent Office of Republic of Bulgaria | |
| Burkina Faso | Copyright Office | Burkinabé Copyright Office (BBDA)
Ministry of Culture, Arts and Tourism |
| Industrial Property Office | National Center for Industrial Property
Ministry of Industrial Development, Trade, Crafts and Small and Medium Enterprises (CNPI) | |
| Burundi | Copyright Office | Burundian Office of Copyright and Neighboring Rights
Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture (OBDA) |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Commerce, Transport, Industry and Tourism | |
| Cabo Verde | Intellectual Property Offices | Institute for Quality Management and Intellectual Property (IGQPI) |
| Cambodia | Copyright Office | Department of Copyright and Related rights
Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Industrial Property (DIP)
Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation (DIP/MISTI) | |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Intellectual Property
Ministry of Commerce | |
| Cameroon | Copyright Office | Ministry of Arts and Culture |
| Industrial Property Office | Directorate of Technological Development and Industrial Property
Ministry of Mines, Industry and Technological Development (MINMIDT) | |
| Canada | Intellectual Property Offices | Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) |
| Central African Republic | Copyright Office | Central African Copyright Office
Ministry of Arts, Culture and Tourism (BUCADA) |
| Industrial Property Office | Direction de la propriété industrielle; Direction générale de l’industrie du développement industriel
Ministère de l'industrie, du commerce et des PMEs | |
| Chad | Copyright Office | Chadian Copyright Office (BUTDRA)
Ministry of Tourism Development, Culture and Handicrafts |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Commerce and Industry (SNL-OAPI-TCHAD) | |
| Chile | Copyright Office | Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage
Intellectual Rights Department (DDI) National Service of Cultural Heritage |
| Industrial Property Office | National Institute of Industrial Property (INAPI) (INAPI) | |
| China | Copyright Office | National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) |
| Industrial Property Office | China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) | |
| Industrial Property Office | China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA)
Trademark Office | |
| Industrial Property Office | State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) | |
| Colombia | Copyright Office | National Directorate of Copyright |
| Industrial Property Office | Superintendence of Industry and Commerce
Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism | |
| Comoros | Copyright Office | Ministry of Youth, Employment, of the Workforce Development, Culture, and Sport |
| Industrial Property Office | Comorian Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of the Economy, Planning, Energy, Industry, Handicrafts, Tourism, Investments, Private Sector and Land Affairs (OCPI) | |
| Congo | Copyright Office | Congolese Copyright Office (BCDA)
Ministry of Culture and the Arts |
| Industrial Property Office | Directorate of the National Industrial Property Office
Ministry of Industrial Development and Private Sector Promotion | |
| Cook Islands | Intellectual Property Offices | Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration |
| Costa Rica | Intellectual Property Offices | Registro Nacional |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Copyright Office | Ivorian Copyright Office
Ministry of French Language and Culture (BURIDA) |
| Industrial Property Office | Ivorian Office of Intellectual Property
Ministry for Industry and the Promotion of the Private Sector (OIPI) | |
| Croatia | Intellectual Property Offices | State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia (SIPO) |
| Cuba | Copyright Office | National Copyright Center (CENDA)
Ministry of Culture |
| Industrial Property Office | Cuban Industrial Property Office
Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (OCPI) | |
| Cyprus | Copyright Office | Department of Registrar of Companies
and Intellectual Property Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Registrar of Companies
and Intellectual Property Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry | |
| Czech Republic | Copyright Office | Copyright Law Department
Ministry of Culture |
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic | |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Administration (IPA) of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Copyright Office | General Secretariat for Culture and the Arts
Ministry of Culture and Arts |
| Industrial Property Office | Directorate of Industrial Property
Secretariat for industry and small and medium enterprises (IPMEA) Ministry of Industry and SMEs | |
| Denmark | Copyright Office | Copyright Department
Ministry of Culture |
| Industrial Property Office | Danish Patent and Trademark Office
Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs | |
| Djibouti | Copyright Office | Djibouti Office of Copyright and Related Rights
Department of copyright and related rights Ministry of Muslim Affairs, Culture and property |
| Industrial Property Office | Djiboutian Office of Industrial and Commercial Property (ODPIC) | |
| Dominica | Intellectual Property Offices | Companies and Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of Tourism and legal Affairs (CIPO) |
| Dominican Republic | Copyright Office | National Copyright Office (ONDA) |
| Industrial Property Office | National Office of Industrial Property
Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Mypimes (ONAPI) | |
| Ecuador | Intellectual Property Offices | National Service of Intellectual Rights (SENADI) |
| Egypt | Copyright Office | Intellectual property office in Egypt
Supreme Council of Culture Ministry of Culture |
| Industrial Property Office | Egyptian Patent Office
Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) Ministry of Scientific Research | |
| Industrial Property Office | Trademarks and Industrial Designs Office
Internal Trade Development Authority Ministry of Trade and Industry (ITDA) | |
| El Salvador | Intellectual Property Offices | Salvadoran Institute of Intellectual Property
National Registry Center |
| Equatorial Guinea | Intellectual Property Offices | Scientific and Technological Research Council (CICTE) |
| Eritrea | Copyright Office | Department of Culture Ministry of Information and Culture |
| Industrial Property Office | Domestic Trade and Intellectual Property
Ministry of Trade and Industry | |
| Estonia | Copyright Office | Estonian Ministry of Justice |
| Industrial Property Office | The Estonian Patent Office | |
| Eswatini | Copyright Office | Ministry of Commerce Industry and Trade
Intellectual Property Office |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Commerce Industry and Trade
Intellectual Property Office | |
| Ethiopia | Intellectual Property Offices | Ethiopian Intellectual Property Authority (EIPA) |
| Fiji | Intellectual Property Offices | Office of the Attorney-General |
| Finland | Copyright Office | Division for Copyright Policy and Audiovisual Culture
Ministry of Education and Culture |
| Industrial Property Office | Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) | |
| France | Copyright Office | Office of Literacy and Artistic Property
Under-Directorate of Legal Affairs Directorate of General Administration Ministry of Culture and Francophone Affairs |
| Industrial Property Office | French Patent and Trademark Office (INPI) | |
| Gabon | Copyright Office | Copyright and Neighboring Rights Office of Gabon (BUGADA) |
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Office
Ministry of Industry and National Entrepreneurship | |
| Gambia (the) | Copyright Office | National Centre for Arts and Culture
Ministry of Culture (NCAC) |
| Industrial Property Office | Registrar General’s Department
Ministry of Justice | |
| Georgia | Copyright Office | National Intellectual Property Center (SAKPATENTI) |
| Intellectual Property Offices | National Intellectual Property Center (SAKPATENTI) | |
| Germany | Intellectual Property Offices | German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) |
| Ghana | Copyright Office | Copyright Department
Ministry of Justice |
| Industrial Property Office | Registrar General's Department
Ministry of Justice | |
| Greece | Copyright Office | Hellenic Copyright Organization (OPI) (HCO) |
| Industrial Property Office | Hellenic Industrial Property Organization (OBI) (OBI) | |
| Grenada | Intellectual Property Offices | Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (CAIPO)
|
| Guatemala | Intellectual Property Offices | Registry of Intellectual Property of Guatemala
Ministry of Economy |
| Guinea | Copyright Office | Guinean Copyright Office (BGDA)
Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Handicrafts |
| Industrial Property Office | National Service of Industrial Property
Ministry of Industry, SMEs and Promotion of the Private Sector (SPI) | |
| Guinea-Bissau | Copyright Office | Guinean Copyright Society
Ministry of Education, Culture, Science, Youth and Sports |
| Industrial Property Office | General Directorate of Industrial Property
Ministry of Energy, Industry and Natural Resources | |
| Guyana | Intellectual Property Offices | Deeds and Commercial Registries
Ministry of Legal Affairs |
| Haiti | Copyright Office | Haitian Copyright Office (BHDA)
Ministry of Culture and Communication |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Trade and Industry | |
| Holy See | Copyright Office | Governorate of the Vatican City State |
| Industrial Property Office | Governorate of the Vatican City State | |
| Honduras | Intellectual Property Offices | Institute of Intellectual Property (DIGEPIH) |
| Hungary | Copyright Office | Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO)
Copyright Department |
| Industrial Property Office | Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO) | |
| Iceland | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture and Business Affairs |
| Intellectual Property Offices | Icelandic Intellectual Property Office (ISIPO) | |
| India | Copyright Office | Copyright Office
Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| Industrial Property Office | Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade Ministry of Commerce and Industry | |
| Indonesia | Intellectual Property Offices | Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DGIP)
Ministry of Law |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance,
Registrar of Copyright, Center for Cultural Studies and Research (CCSR) |
| Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Center
of the Islamic Republic of Iran | |
| Iraq | Copyright Office | National Center for the Protection of Copyright and Related Rights
Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities |
| Industrial Property Office | Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control
Ministry of Planning (COSQC) | |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Industrial Development and Regulation
Ministry of Industry and Minerals | |
| Ireland | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office of Ireland (IPOI) (IPOI) |
| Israel | Copyright Office | Director General
Ministry of Justice |
| Industrial Property Office | Israel Patent Office
Ministry of Justice | |
| Italy | Copyright Office | Service II - copyright
Directorate General for libraries and copyright Ministry of Culture |
| Industrial Property Office | Markets and Consumers Protection Department
Italian Patent and Trademark Office Ministry of enterprises and Made in Italy | |
| Jamaica | Intellectual Property Offices | Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) |
| Japan | Copyright Office | Japan Copyright Office (JCO)
Agency for Cultural Affairs Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) |
| Industrial Property Office | Japan Patent Office (JPO)
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) | |
| Jordan | Copyright Office | Department of the National Library
Ministry of Culture |
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Protection Directorate
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply | |
| Kazakhstan | Copyright Office | National Institute of Intellectual Property
Committee on Intellectual Property Rights Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
| Authorized Government Agency | Committee for Intellectual Property Rights
Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan | |
| Industrial Property Office | National Institute of Intellectual Property
Committee on Intellectual Property Rights Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan | |
| Kenya | Copyright Office | Kenya Copyright Board
Office of the Attorney General and Department of Justice |
| Industrial Property Office | Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI) | |
| Kiribati | Intellectual Property Offices | Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives |
| Kuwait | Copyright Office | National Library of Kuwait |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Trademarks and Patents Department | |
| Kyrgyzstan | Copyright Office | State Agency of Intellectual Property and Innovation
under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzpatent) |
| Industrial Property Office | State Agency of Intellectual Property and Innovation
under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzpatent) | |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | Intellectual Property Offices | Department of Intellectual Property,
Ministry of Industry and Commerce |
| Latvia | Copyright Office | Copyright Unit
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia |
| Industrial Property Office | Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia | |
| Lebanon | Intellectual Property Offices | Office of Intellectual Property
Department of Intellectual Property Directorate General of Economy and Trade Ministry of Economy and Trade |
| Lesotho | Intellectual Property Offices | Registrar General's Office (RGO)
Ministry of Justice and Law |
| Liberia | Copyright Office | Liberia Intellectual Property Office (LIPO) |
| Industrial Property Office | Liberia Intellectual Property Office (LIPO) | |
| Libya | Intellectual Property Offices | Libyan authority for research Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research |
| Liechtenstein | Copyright Office | Office of Economic Affairs
Bureau of Intellectual Property |
| Industrial Property Office | Office of Economic Affairs
Bureau of Intellectual Property | |
| Lithuania | Copyright Office | Media and Copyright Policy Unit
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania |
| Industrial Property Office | State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania | |
| Luxembourg | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of the Economy |
| Madagascar | Copyright Office | Malagasy Copyright Office
Ministry of Communication and Culture (OMDA) |
| Industrial Property Office | Malagasy Industrial Property Office
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Craft (OMAPI) | |
| Malawi | Copyright Office | Copyright Society of Malawi
Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Wildlife (COSOMA) |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Registrar General
Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs | |
| Malaysia | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO) |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO) | |
| Maldives | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Unit
Ministry of Economic Development |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Unit
Ministry of Economic Development | |
| Mali | Copyright Office | Malian Copyright Office
Ministry of Culture (BUMDA) |
| Industrial Property Office | Malian Centre for the Promotion of Industrial Property (CEMAPI)
Ministry of Trade and Industry | |
| Malta | Copyright Office | Industrial Property Registrations Directorate
Commerce Department Ministry for the Economy and Industry |
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Registrations Directorate
Commerce Department Ministry for the Economy and Industry | |
| Marshall Islands | Intellectual Property Offices | Ministry of Culture and Internal Affairs |
| Mauritania | Copyright Office | Cultural Cooperation and Intellectual Property Department
Directorate of Culture and Arts Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports |
| Industrial Property Office | Directorate of Industry
Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Handicraft and Tourism | |
| Mauritius | Copyright Office | Ministry of Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Office of Mauritius (IPOM)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade | |
| Mexico | Copyright Office | National Institute of Copyright (INDAUTOR) |
| Industrial Property Office | Mexican Institute of Industrial Property | |
| Monaco | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Division
Department of Economic Expansion |
| Mongolia | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office
Implementing Agency of the Government of Mongolia (IPOM) |
| Montenegro | Copyright Office | Directorate for Internal Market and Competition
Ministry of Economic Development of Montenegro |
| Industrial Property Office | Directorate for Internal Market and Competition
Ministry of Economic Development of Montenegro | |
| Morocco | Copyright Office | Copyright Office of Morocco |
| Industrial Property Office | Moroccan Industrial and Commercial Property Office (OMPIC) | |
| Mozambique | Copyright Office | National Institute of Culture and Creative Industries
Ministry of Culture and Tourism |
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Institute (IPI)
Ministry of Industry and Commerce | |
| Myanmar | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Department (IPD)
Ministry of Commerce |
| Namibia | Copyright Office | Business and Intellectual Property Authority (BIPA)
Ministry of Industrialization and Trade (MIT) |
| Industrial Property Office | Business and Intellectual Property Authority (BIPA)
Ministry of Industrialization and Trade (MIT) | |
| Nauru | Copyright Office | Secretary for Justice and Border Control
Registrar of Copyright, Trademarks and Patents, Department of Justice and Border Control |
| Industrial Property Office | Secretary for Justice and Border Control
Registrar of Copyright, Trademarks and Patents, Department of Justice and Border Control | |
| Nepal | Copyright Office | Nepal Copyright Registrar's Office
Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Industries
Department of Industry, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies | |
| Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | Intellectual Property Offices | Bureau for Intellectual Property Curaçao |
| Intellectual Property Offices | Bureau for Intellectual Property Sint Maarten (BIP SXM) | |
| Intellectual Property Offices | Bureau of Intellectual Property Aruba | |
| Intellectual Property Offices | Netherlands Enterprise Agency -Ministry of Economic Affairs | |
| New Zealand | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) |
| Nicaragua | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Registry (RPI)
Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade (MIFIC) |
| Niger | Copyright Office | Niger Copyright Office (BNDA)
Ministry of Cultural Revival, Arts and Social Modernization (BNDA) |
| Industrial Property Office | National Agency for Industrial Property and Promotion of Innovation
Ministry of Mines and Industrial Development (AN2PI) | |
| Nigeria | Copyright Office | Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC)
Federal Ministry of Justice |
| Industrial Property Office | Patents & Designs Office
Commercial Law Department Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade & Investment, | |
| Industrial Property Office | Trademark Registry
Commercial Law Department Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment | |
| Niue | Intellectual Property Offices | Crown Law Office |
| North Macedonia | Copyright Office | Normative and Administrative Affairs, Copyright and Related Rights,
Ministry of Culture (MoC) |
| Industrial Property Office | State Office of Industrial Property (SOIP) | |
| Norway | Intellectual Property Offices | Norwegian Industrial Property Office (NIPO) (NIPO) |
| Oman | Intellectual Property Offices | National Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion |
| Pakistan | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan) |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan) | |
| Industrial Property Office | Patent Office
Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan) | |
| Industrial Property Office | Trademarks Office
Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan) | |
| Palau | Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Resources and Development |
| Panama | Copyright Office | National Directorate of Copyright
Ministry of Culture |
| Industrial Property Office | Directorate General of the Industrial Property Registry
Ministry of Commerce and Industries (DIGERPI) | |
| Papua New Guinea | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Office of Papua New Guinea (IPOPNG) |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Office of Papua New Guinea (IPOPNG) | |
| Paraguay | Intellectual Property Offices | National Directorate of Intellectual Property (DINAPI) |
| Peru | Intellectual Property Offices | National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI)
Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM) |
| Philippines | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) |
| Poland | Copyright Office | Department of Copyright and Film
Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Repubic of Poland |
| Industrial Property Office | Patent Office of the Republic of Poland | |
| Portugal | Copyright Office | Bureau for Cultural Strategy,
Planning and Assessment (GEPAC) |
| Industrial Property Office | Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property
Ministry of Justice | |
| Qatar | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Department
Copyright & Related Rights Office Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| Industrial Property Office | Patents and Integrated Circuits
Intellectual Property Department Ministry of Commerce and Industry | |
| Industrial Property Office | Trademarks, Industrial Designs, Geographical Indication, Commercial Registration and Licensing
Intellectual Property Department Ministry of Commerce and Industry | |
| Republic of Korea | Copyright Office | The Copyright Bureau of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea |
| Industrial Property Office | Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) | |
| Republic of Moldova | Intellectual Property Offices | State Agency on Intellectual Property (AGEPI) |
| Romania | Copyright Office | Romanian Copyright Office (ORDA) |
| Industrial Property Office | State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (OSIM) | |
| Russian Federation | Intellectual Property Offices | Federal Service for Intellectual Property (ROSPATENT) |
| Rwanda | Copyright Office | Office of the Registrar General
Rwanda Development Board (RDB) |
| Industrial Property Office | Office of the Registrar General
Rwanda Development Board (RDB) | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Intellectual Property Offices | The Intellectual Property Office of St. Kitts and Nevis |
| Saint Lucia | Industrial Property Office | Registry of Companies and Intellectual Property |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Intellectual Property Offices | Commerce and Intellectual Property Office |
| Samoa | Copyright Office | Registries of Companies and Intellectual Property Division (RCIP)
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (MCIL) |
| Industrial Property Office | Registries of Companies and Intellectual Property Division (RCIP)
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (MCIL) | |
| San Marino | Copyright Office | Department of External Affairs |
| Industrial Property Office | Department for Economy
State Office for Patents and Trademarks | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | Intellectual Property Offices | National Intellectual Property and Quality Service
Secretary of State, Trade and Industry Ministry of Tourism, Culture, Commerce and Industry (SENAPIQ-STP) |
| Saudi Arabia | Intellectual Property Offices | Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP) |
| Senegal | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture |
| Copyright Office | Société Sénégalaise du Droit d’Auteur et des Droits Voisins (SODAV) | |
| Industrial Property Office | Senegalese Agency for Industrial Property and Technological Innovation (ASPIT) | |
| Serbia | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia | |
| Seychelles | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office
c/o The Registrar General's Office Registration Division Department of Legal Affairs President's Office |
| Sierra Leone | Copyright Office | National Registry for industrial property and copyright
Office of the Administrator and Registrar General (OARG) |
| Industrial Property Office | National Registry for industrial property and copyright
Office of the Administrator and Registrar General (OARG) | |
| Singapore | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) |
| Slovakia | Copyright Office | Copyright Unit
Ministry of Culture |
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic | |
| Slovenia | Copyright Office | Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO)
Ministry of the Economy, Tourism and Sport |
| Industrial Property Office | Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO)
Ministry of the Economy, Tourism and Sport | |
| Solomon Islands | Copyright Office | Registrar-General's Office
Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs |
| Industrial Property Office | Registrar General's Office
Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs | |
| Somalia | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture and Higher Education,
Copyright Office |
| Industrial Property Office | Patents and Trademarks Office
Ministry of Commerce and Industry | |
| South Africa | Intellectual Property Offices | Companies and Intellectual Property Commission
Department of Trade and Industry (CIPC) |
| Spain | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture |
| Industrial Property Office | Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (OEPM) (OEPM) | |
| Sri Lanka | Copyright Office | National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka |
| Industrial Property Office | National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka | |
| Sudan | Copyright Office | Copyright Department
Ministry of culture Council for protection of copyright and related rights |
| Industrial Property Office | Registrar General of Intellectual Property Administration | |
| Suriname | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office of Suriname
Ministry of Economic Affairs, Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation |
| Sweden | Intellectual Property Offices | Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) |
| Switzerland | Intellectual Property Offices | Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) |
| Syrian Arab Republic | Copyright Office | Copyright Office
Ministry of Culture |
| Industrial Property Office | Directorate of Industrial and Commercial Property Protection (DCIP)
Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection | |
| Tajikistan | Copyright Office | Agency of Copyright and Related Rights
Ministry of Culture |
| Industrial Property Office | National Center for Patents and Information
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Tajikistan (NCPI) | |
| Thailand | Intellectual Property Offices | Department of Intellectual Property (DIP)
Ministry of Commerce |
| Timor-Leste | Intellectual Property Offices | Permanent Mission of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste to the United Nations Office at Geneva |
| Togo | Copyright Office | Togolese Office of Copyright and Neighboring Rights
Ministry of Culture and Tourism (BUTODRA) |
| Industrial Property Office | National Institute for Industrial Property and Technology (INPIT) | |
| Tonga | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Trade & Economic Development |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of Trade & Economic Development | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office - Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs |
| Tunisia | Copyright Office | Tunisian Organism for the Protection of Copyrights and Related Rights (OTDAV) |
| Industrial Property Office | National Institute for Standardization and Industrial Property (INNORPI) | |
| Türkiye | Copyright Office | Directorate General for Copyright
Ministry of Culture and Tourism |
| Industrial Property Office | Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT) | |
| Turkmenistan | Intellectual Property Offices | State Service for Intellectual Property of Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan |
| Tuvalu | Intellectual Property Offices | Office of the Attorney-General
Ministry of Justice, Communications and Foreign Affairs |
| Uganda | Copyright Office | Uganda Registration Services Bureau
Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs (URSB) |
| Industrial Property Office | Uganda Registration Services Bureau
Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs (URSB) | |
| Ukraine | Copyright Office | National Intellectual Property Authority
State Organization Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations (UANIPIO) |
| Industrial Property Office | National Intellectual Property Authority
State Organization Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations (UANIPIO) | |
| United Arab Emirates | Copyright Office | Copyrights and Related Rights Department
Ministry of Economy |
| Industrial Property Office | Innovation Development and Industrial Property
Ministry of Economy | |
| Industrial Property Office | Trademark Department
Ministry of Economy | |
| United Kingdom | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office |
| United Republic of Tanzania | Copyright Office | The Copyright Society of Tanzania
Ministry of Industry and Trade (COSOTA) |
| Copyright Office | The Office of The Copyright Society of Zanzibar
Ministry of Information, Youth, Culture and Sports (COSOZA) | |
| Industrial Property Office | Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA)
Ministry of Industry and Trade | |
| Industrial Property Office | Zanzibar Business and Property Registration Agency (BPRA)
Ministry of Industry and Trade | |
| United States of America | Copyright Office | United States Copyright Office |
| Industrial Property Office | United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) | |
| Uruguay | Copyright Office | Ministry of Education and Culture - National Library of Uruguay |
| Industrial Property Office | National Directorate of Industrial Property
Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining (DNPI) | |
| Uzbekistan | Copyright Office | Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan | |
| Vanuatu | Copyright Office | Vanuatu Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of Tourism, Trade, Industry, Commerce, and Ni-Vanuatu Business |
| Industrial Property Office | Vanuatu Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of Tourism, Trade, Industry, Commerce, and Ni-Vanuatu Business | |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | Intellectual Property Offices | Autonomous Service of Intellectual Property (SAPI) |
| Viet Nam | Copyright Office | Copyright Office of Viet Nam (COV)
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Office of Viet Nam
Ministry of Science and Technology of Viet Nam (IP Viet Nam) | |
| Yemen | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Intellectual Protection and Marks
Ministry of Industry and Trade | |
| Zambia | Intellectual Property Offices | Patents and Companies Registration Agency
Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry (PACRA) |
| Zimbabwe | Intellectual Property Offices | Companies and Intellectual Property Office of Zimbabwe (CIPZ)
Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs |
Regional Offices
| Acronym | Contact Details | Office |
|---|---|---|
| OAPI | Regional Office | African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) |
| ARIPO | Regional Office | African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) |
| ASBU | Regional Office | Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) |
| BOIP | Regional Office | Benelux Organization for Intellectual Property |
| EAPO | Regional Office | Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) |
| EPO | Regional Office | European Patent Office (EPO) |
| EUIPO | Regional Office | European Union Intellectual Property Office |
| UPOV | Regional Office | International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants |
| ICPIP | Regional Office | Interstate Council on the Protection of Industrial Property (ICPIP) |
| GCC Patent Office | Regional Office | Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf |