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 | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | Web site Web site | |
| Albania | Copyright Office | Copyright Directorate
Ministry of Culture Republic of Albania | Web site Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | General Directorate of Industrial Property (GDIP)
Ministry of Finances and Economy | Web site | |
| Algeria | Copyright Office | National Office of Copyrights and Related Rights
Ministry of Culture (ONDA) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Algerian National Institute of Industrial Property
Ministry of Industry (INAPI) | Web site | |
| Andorra | Copyright Office | Trademarks Office of the Principality of Andorra
Secretary of State of Tourism and Trade Ministry of Tourism and Trade | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Trademarks Office of the Principality of Andorra
Secretary of State of Tourism and Trade Ministry of Tourism and Trade | Web site | |
| 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 | Web site |
| Argentina | Copyright Office | National Directorate of Author’s Right Office
Ministry of Justice and Human Rights | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) | Web site | |
| Armenia | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia | Web site | |
| Australia | Copyright Office | Attorney-General’s Department | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | IP Australia | Web site | |
| Austria | Copyright Office | Federal Ministry of Justice | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Austrian Patent Office | Web site | |
| Azerbaijan | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan | Web site |
| Bahamas | Copyright Office | Registrar General's Department | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Registrar General's Department | Web site | |
| Bahrain | Copyright Office | Ministry of Information Affairs
Directorate of Media Administration | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Patent Office
Directorate of Foreign Trade & Industrial Property Ministry of Industry and Commerce | Web site | |
| Bangladesh | Copyright Office | Copyright Office Bangladesh
Ministry of Cultural Affairs | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks
Ministry of Industries (DPDT) | Web site | |
| Barbados | Intellectual Property Offices | Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of International Business and Industry (CAIPO) | Web site |
| Belarus | Copyright Office | National Center of Intellectual Property (NCIP) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Center of Intellectual Property (NCIP) | Web site | |
| Belgium | Intellectual Property Offices | Belgian Intellectual Property Office (IPObel)
| Web site |
| Belize | Intellectual Property Offices | Belize Intellectual Property Office (BELIPO) | Web site |
| 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 | Web site |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Copyright Office | National Intellectual Property Service, Ministry of Productive Development and Plural Economy (SENAPI) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Intellectual Property Service, Ministry of Productive Development and Plural Economy (SENAPI) | Web site | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Copyright Office | Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Web site | |
| Botswana | Intellectual Property Offices | Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA)
Ministry of Trade and Industry | Web site |
| Brazil | Copyright Office | Secretariat of Copyright and Intellectual Rights
Ministry of Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)
Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services (MDIC) | Web site Web site Web site | |
| Brunei Darussalam | Intellectual Property Offices | Brunei Darussalam Intellectual Property Office (BruIPO)
Attorney General’s Chambers | Web site |
| Bulgaria | Copyright Office | Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Directorate
Ministry of Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Patent Office of Republic of Bulgaria | Web site | |
| 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) | Web site | |
| 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) | Web site |
| Cambodia | Copyright Office | Department of Copyright and Related rights
Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Industrial Property (DIP)
Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation (DIP/MISTI) | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Intellectual Property
Ministry of Commerce | Web site | |
| 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) | Web site | |
| Canada | Copyright Office | Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) | Web site Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) | Web site Web site | |
| 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 | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Institute of Industrial Property
Ministry of Economy (INAPI) | Web site | |
| China | Copyright Office | National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) | Web site | |
| 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 | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Superintendence of Industry and Commerce
Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism | Web site | |
| 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 | Web site | |
| Cook Islands | Intellectual Property Offices | Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration | Web site |
| Costa Rica | Intellectual Property Offices | Registry of Intellectual Property | Web site |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Copyright Office | Ivorian Copyright Office
Ministry of French Language and Culture (BURIDA) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Ivorian Office of Intellectual Property
Ministry for Industry and the Promotion of the Private Sector (OIPI) | Web site | |
| Croatia | Copyright Office | State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia (SIPO) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia (SIPO) | Web site | |
| Cuba | Copyright Office | National Copyright Center (CENDA)
Ministry of Culture | |
| Industrial Property Office | Cuban Industrial Property Office
Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (OCPI) | Web site | |
| Cyprus | Copyright Office | Department of Registrar of Companies
and Intellectual Property Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Registrar of Companies
and Intellectual Property Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry | Web site | |
| Czech Republic | Copyright Office | Copyright Law Department
Ministry of Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic | Web site | |
| 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 | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Danish Patent and Trademark Office
Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs | Web site | |
| 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) | Web site | |
| Dominica | Intellectual Property Offices | Companies and Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of Tourism and legal Affairs (CIPO) | Web site |
| Dominican Republic | Copyright Office | National Copyright Office
Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Mypimes (ONDA) | Web site Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Office of Industrial Property
Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Mypimes (ONAPI) | Web site | |
| Ecuador | Copyright Office | National Service of Intellectual Rights (SENADI) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Service of Intellectual Rights (SENADI) | Web site | |
| 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 | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Trademarks and Industrial Designs Office
Internal Trade Development Authority Ministry of Trade and Industry (ITDA) | Web site | |
| El Salvador | Copyright Office | National Center of Registries (CNR) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Center of Registries (CNR) | Web site | |
| 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 | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | The Estonian Patent Office | Web site | |
| Eswatini | Copyright Office | Ministry of Commerce Industry and Trade
Intellectual Property Office | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Commerce Industry and Trade
Intellectual Property Office | Web site | |
| Ethiopia | Intellectual Property Offices | Ethiopian Intellectual Property Authority (EIPA) | Web site |
| Fiji | Intellectual Property Offices | Office of the Attorney-General | Web site |
| Finland | Copyright Office | Division for Copyright Policy and Audiovisual Culture
Ministry of Education and Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) | Web site | |
| France | Copyright Office | Office of Literacy and Artistic Property
Under-Directorate of Legal Affairs Directorate of General Administration Ministry of Culture and Francophone Affairs | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | French Patent and Trademark Office (INPI) | Web site | |
| 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) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Registrar General’s Department
Ministry of Justice | Web site | |
| Georgia | Copyright Office | National Intellectual Property Center (SAKPATENTI) | Web site |
| Intellectual Property Offices | National Intellectual Property Center (SAKPATENTI) | Web site | |
| Germany | Copyright Office | Unit III B 3 (Copyright and Publishing Law)
Directorate IIIB Directorate-General III: Commercial and Economic Law Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) | Web site | |
| Ghana | Copyright Office | Copyright Department
Ministry of Justice | Web site Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Registrar General's Department
Ministry of Justice | ||
| Greece | Copyright Office | Hellenic Copyright Organization
Ministry of Culture (HCO) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Hellenic Industrial Property Organization (OBI) | Web site | |
| Grenada | Intellectual Property Offices | Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (CAIPO)
| |
| Guatemala | Copyright Office | Registry of Intellectual Property of Guatemala
Ministry of Economy | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Registry of Intellectual Property of Guatemala
Ministry of Economy | Web site | |
| 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 | Web site |
| Haiti | Copyright Office | Haitian Copyright Office (BHDA)
Ministry of Culture and Communication | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Service
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 | Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DIGEPIH) | Web site |
| Hungary | Copyright Office | Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO)
Copyright Department | Web site Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO) | Web site | |
| Iceland | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture and Business Affairs | Web site |
| Intellectual Property Offices | Icelandic Intellectual Property Office (ISIPO) | Web site | |
| 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 | Web site | |
| Indonesia | Intellectual Property Offices | Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DGIP)
Ministry of Law and Human Rights | Web site |
| 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) | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Industrial Development and Regulation
Ministry of Industry and Minerals | ||
| Ireland | Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Office of Ireland (IPOI) | Web site |
| Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Unit
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment | Web site | |
| Israel | Copyright Office | Director General
Ministry of Justice | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Israel Patent Office
Ministry of Justice | Web site | |
| Italy | Copyright Office | Service II - copyright
Directorate General for libraries and copyright Ministry of Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Markets and Consumers Protection Department
Italian Patent and Trademark Office Ministry of enterprises and Made in Italy | Web site | |
| Jamaica | Copyright Office | Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) | Web site | |
| Japan | Copyright Office | Japan Copyright Office (JCO)
Agency for Cultural Affairs Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Japan Patent Office (JPO)
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) | Web site | |
| Jordan | Copyright Office | Department of the National Library
Ministry of Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Protection Directorate
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply | Web site Web site | |
| Kazakhstan | Copyright Office | National Institute of Intellectual Property,
Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan | Web site |
| Authorized Government Agency | Department for Intellectual Property Rights
Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | National Institute of Intellectual Property
Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan | Web site | |
| Kenya | Copyright Office | Kenya Copyright Board
Office of the Attorney General and Department of Justice | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI) | Web site | |
| 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 | Web site | |
| Kyrgyzstan | Copyright Office | State Agency of Intellectual Property and Innovation
under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzpatent) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | State Agency of Intellectual Property and Innovation
under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzpatent) | Web site | |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | Intellectual Property Offices | Department of Intellectual Property,
Ministry of Industry and Commerce | Web site |
| Latvia | Copyright Office | Copyright Unit
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia | Web site | |
| Lebanon | Intellectual Property Offices | Office of Intellectual Property
Department of Intellectual Property Directorate General of Economy and Trade Ministry of Economy and Trade | Web site |
| 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 | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Office of Economic Affairs
Bureau of Intellectual Property | Web site | |
| Lithuania | Copyright Office | Media and Copyright Policy Unit
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania | Web site | |
| Luxembourg | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of the Economy | Web site Web site |
| Madagascar | Copyright Office | Malagasy Copyright Office
Ministry of Communication and Culture (OMDA) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Malagasy Industrial Property Office
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Craft (OMAPI) | Web site | |
| 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) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO) | Web site | |
| Maldives | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Unit
Ministry of Economic Development | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Unit
Ministry of Economic Development | Web site | |
| Mali | Copyright Office | Malian Copyright Office
Ministry of Culture (BUMDA) | Web site |
| 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 | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Registrations Directorate
Commerce Department Ministry for the Economy and Industry | Web site | |
| 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 | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Office of Mauritius (IPOM)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade | Web site Web site | |
| Mexico | Copyright Office | National Institute of Copyright (INDAUTOR) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Mexican Institute of Industrial Property | Web site | |
| Monaco | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Division
Department of Economic Expansion | Web site |
| Mongolia | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office
Implementing Agency of the Government of Mongolia (IPOM) | Web site |
| Montenegro | Copyright Office | Directorate for Internal Market and Competition
Ministry of Economic Development of Montenegro | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Directorate for Internal Market and Competition
Ministry of Economic Development of Montenegro | Web site | |
| Morocco | Copyright Office | Copyright Office of Morocco | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Moroccan Industrial and Commercial Property Office (OMPIC) | Web site | |
| 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) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Business and Intellectual Property Authority (BIPA)
Ministry of Industrialization and Trade (MIT) | Web site | |
| 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 | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Department of Industries
Department of Industry, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies | Web site | |
| Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | Copyright Office | Ministry of Justice and Security
Directorate of Legislation and legal affairs | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Bureau for Intellectual Property of Curaçao | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Bureau for Intellectual Property Sint Maarten | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Bureau of Intellectual Property Aruba | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Netherlands Patent Office
Netherlands Enterprise Agency | Web site | |
| New Zealand | Copyright Office | Corporate Governance and Intellectual Property Policy Team
Small Business, Competition and Consumer Branch Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Office for Tokelau Affairs | ||
| Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ)
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment | Web site | |
| Nicaragua | Copyright Office | National Office of Copyright and Related Rights
Intellectual Property Registry (RPI) Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade (MIFIC) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Registry (RPI)
Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade (MIFIC) | Web site | |
| 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 | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Patents & Designs Office
Commercial Law Department Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade & Investment, | Web site | |
| 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) | Web site | |
| Norway | Copyright Office | Section MA2
Department of Media and Arts Ministry of Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Norwegian Industrial Property Office (NIPO) | Web site | |
| Oman | Intellectual Property Offices | National Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion | Web site |
| Pakistan | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan) | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Patent Office
Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan) | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Trademarks Office
Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan) | Web site | |
| 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) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Office of Papua New Guinea (IPOPNG) | Web site | |
| Paraguay | Intellectual Property Offices | National Directorate of Intellectual Property (DINAPI) | Web site |
| Peru | Intellectual Property Offices | National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI)
Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM) | Web site |
| Philippines | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) | Web site |
| Poland | Copyright Office | Department of Intellectual Property and Media
Ministry of Culture and National Heritage | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Patent Office of the Republic of Poland | Web site | |
| Portugal | Copyright Office | Bureau for Cultural Strategy,
Planning and Assessment (GEPAC) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property
Ministry of Justice | Web site | |
| Qatar | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Department
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 | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) | Web site | |
| Republic of Moldova | Intellectual Property Offices | State Agency on Intellectual Property (AGEPI) | Web site |
| Romania | Copyright Office | Romanian Copyright Office (ORDA) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (OSIM) | Web site | |
| Russian Federation | Intellectual Property Offices | Federal Service for Intellectual Property (ROSPATENT) | Web site |
| Rwanda | Copyright Office | Office of the Registrar General
Rwanda Development Board (RDB) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Office of the Registrar General
Rwanda Development Board (RDB) | Web site | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office of St. Kitts and Nevis
Ministry of Justice, Legal Affairs | Web site |
| Saint Lucia | Copyright Office | Registry of Companies and Intellectual Property | |
| Industrial Property Office | Registry of Companies and Intellectual Property | ||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Copyright Office | Commerce and Intellectual Property Office | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Commerce and Intellectual Property Office | Web site | |
| Samoa | Copyright Office | Registries of Companies and Intellectual Property Division (RCIP)
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (MCIL) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Registries of Companies and Intellectual Property Division (RCIP)
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (MCIL) | Web site | |
| San Marino | Copyright Office | Department of External Affairs | |
| Industrial Property Office | Department for Economy
State Office for Patents and Trademarks | Web site | |
| 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) | Web site |
| 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 | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia | Web site | |
| 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) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Registry for industrial property and copyright
Office of the Administrator and Registrar General (OARG) | Web site | |
| Singapore | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) | Web site | |
| Slovakia | Copyright Office | Copyright Unit
Ministry of Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic | Web site | |
| Slovenia | Copyright Office | Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO)
Ministry of the Economy, Tourism and Sport | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO)
Ministry of the Economy, Tourism and Sport | Web site | |
| 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 | Web site | |
| South Africa | Intellectual Property Offices | Companies and Intellectual Property Commission
Department of Trade and Industry (CIPC) | Web site |
| Spain | Copyright Office | Ministry of Culture
Directorate General of Cultural Rights Deputy Directorate General for Intellectual Property | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Spanish Patent and Trademark Office
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism (OEPM) | Web site | |
| Sri Lanka | Copyright Office | National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka | Web site | |
| 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 | Web site | |
| Suriname | Intellectual Property Offices | Intellectual Property Office of Suriname
Ministry of Economic Affairs, Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation | |
| Sweden | Industrial Property Office | Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) | Web site |
| Intellectual Property Offices | Division of Intellectual Property and Transport Law
Ministry of Justice | Web site | |
| Switzerland | Copyright Office | Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property | Web site | |
| Syrian Arab Republic | Copyright Office | Copyright Office
Ministry of Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Directorate of Industrial and Commercial Property Protection (DCIP)
Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection | Web site | |
| 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) | Web site | |
| Thailand | Intellectual Property Offices | Department of Intellectual Property (DIP)
Ministry of Commerce | Web site |
| 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 | Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs | Web site |
| Tunisia | Copyright Office | Tunisian Organism for the Protection of Copyrights and Related Rights (OTDAV) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Institute for Standardization and Industrial Property (INNORPI) | Web site | |
| Türkiye | Copyright Office | Directorate General for Copyright
Ministry of Culture and Tourism | Web site Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT) | Web site | |
| Turkmenistan | Intellectual Property Offices | State Service for Intellectual Property of Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan | Web site |
| 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) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Uganda Registration Services Bureau
Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs (URSB) | Web site | |
| Ukraine | Copyright Office | National Intellectual Property Authority
State Organization Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations (UANIPIO) | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Intellectual Property Authority
State Organization Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations (UANIPIO) | Web site | |
| United Arab Emirates | Copyright Office | Trademark & Intellectual works Department
Ministry of Economy | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | International Center for Patent Registration
Ministry of Economy | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Trademark & Intellectual works Department
Ministry of Economy | ||
| United Kingdom | Copyright Office | Intellectual Property Office | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Office | Web site | |
| United Republic of Tanzania | Copyright Office | The Copyright Society of Tanzania
Ministry of Industry and Trade (COSOTA) | Web site |
| Copyright Office | The Office of The Copyright Society of Zanzibar
Ministry of Information, Youth, Culture and Sports (COSOZA) | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA)
Ministry of Industry and Trade | Web site | |
| Industrial Property Office | Zanzibar Business and Property Registration Agency (BPRA)
Ministry of Industry and Trade | Web site | |
| United States of America | Copyright Office | United States Copyright Office
Library of Congress | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | United States Department of Commerce
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) | Web site | |
| Uruguay | Copyright Office | Copyright Council
Ministry of Education and Culture | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | National Directorate of Industrial Property
Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining (DNPI) | Web site | |
| Uzbekistan | Copyright Office | Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan | Web site | |
| Vanuatu | Copyright Office | Vanuatu Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of Tourism, Trade, Industry, Commerce, and Ni-Vanuatu Business | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Vanuatu Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of Tourism, Trade, Industry, Commerce, and Ni-Vanuatu Business | Web site | |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | Copyright Office | Autonomous Service of Intellectual Property (SAPI)
Ministry of Popular Power for National Commerce | Web site |
| Intellectual Property Offices | Autonomous Service of Intellectual Property
Ministry of the Popular Power of Industries and National Production (SAPI) | Web site | |
| Viet Nam | Copyright Office | Copyright Office of Viet Nam (COV)
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism | Web site |
| Industrial Property Office | Intellectual Property Office of Viet Nam
Ministry of Science and Technology of Viet Nam (IP Viet Nam) | Web site | |
| 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) | Web site |
| 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 | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| OAPI | Regional Office | African Intellectual Property Organization | Web site |
| ARIPO | Regional Office | African Regional Intellectual Property Organization | Web site |
| ASBU | Regional Office | Arab States Broadcasting Union | Web site |
| BOIP | Regional Office | Benelux Organization for Intellectual Property | Web site |
| EAPO | Regional Office | Eurasian Patent Organization | Web site |
| EPO | Regional Office | European Patent Organisation | Web site |
| EUIPO | Regional Office | European Union Intellectual Property Office | Web site |
| UPOV | Regional Office | International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants | Web site |
| ICPIP | Regional Office | Interstate Council on the Protection of Industrial Property | |
| GCC Patent Office | Regional Office | Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf | Web site |