Country + website | WIPO information |
Afghanistan | Afghanistan Central Business Registry and Intellectual Property Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
Albania | General Directorate of Patents and Trademarks Ministry of Economy, Trade and Energy |
Algeria | Ministry of Industry, Small and Medium Sized Entreprises and Investment PromotionAlgerian National Institute of Industrial Property (INAPI) |
Andorra | Trademarks Office of the Principality of Andorra Department of Economy Ministry of Economy and Land Management |
Angola | Angolan Institute of Industrial Property Ministry of Geology, Mines and Industry |
Antigua and Barbuda | Antigua and Barbuda Intellectual Property & Commerce Office (ABIPCO) Ministry of Legal Affairs |
Argentina | National Institute of Industrial Property |
Armenia | Intellectual Property Agency of the Republic of Armenia Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia |
Australia | IP Australia Department of Industry |
Austria | The Austrian Patent Office Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology |
Azerbaijan | State Committee on Standardization, Metrology and Patents of the Republic of Azerbaijan Industrial Property Objects Examination Center (AzPatent) |
Bahamas | Registrar General's Department |
Bahrain | Directorate of Industrial Property Ministry of Industry and Commerce |
Bangladesh | Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (DPDT) Ministry of Industries |
Barbados | Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (CAIPO) Ministry of International Business and International Transport |
Belarus | National Center of Intellectual Property (NCIP) State Committee on Science and Technologies |
Belgium | Office of Intellectual Property Directorate General Regulation and Market Organisation |
Belize | Belize Intellectual Property Office (BELIPO) |
Benin | National Industrial Property Center (CENAPI) Ministry of Industry and Commerce |
Bhutan | Industrial Property Division (IPD) Ministry of Economic Affairs |
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Servicio Nacional de Propiedad Intelectual (SENAPI) Ministerio de Desarrollo Productivo y Economía Plural |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Botswana | Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property Ministry of Trade and Industry |
Brazil | National Institute of Industrial Property Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (INPI) |
Brunei Darussalam | Brunei Intellectual Property Office (BruIPO) The Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB) |
Bulgaria | Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria (BPO) |
Burkina Faso | General Directorate of Industrial Property (DGPI) Ministry of Industrie, Trade and Craft |
Burundi | Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism |
Cabo Verde | Institute of Intellectual Property of Cabo Verde Installation Committee |
Cambodia | Department of Industrial Property (DIP) Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy |
Cambodia | Intellectual Property Department (IPD) Ministry of Commerce |
Cameroon | Directorate of Technological Development and Industrial Property (MINMIDT) Ministry of Industry, Mines and Technological Development |
Canada | Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) Industry Canada |
Central African Republic | National Industrial Property Service Directorate of Industrial Development and Handicraft Ministry of Industry, Commerce, SME-SMI |
Chad | National Liaison Office with OAPI (SNL / OAPI) Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
Chile | National Institute of Industrial Property Ministry of Economy |
China | Trademark Office State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the People's Republic of China (SAIC) |
Colombia | Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Turismo |
Comoros | Intellectual Property Office (OCPI) Ministry of Energy, Mines, Industry and Handicrafts |
Congo | National Industrial Property Unit Directorate General of Industry (ANPI) Ministry of Industrial Development and Promotion of Private Sector |
Costa Rica | Registro de la Propiedad Industrial Registro Nacional Ministerio de Justicia y Paz |
Côte d'Ivoire | Ivorian Office of Intellectual Property (OIPI) Ministry for Industry and the Promotion of the Private Sector |
Croatia | State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia (SIPO) |
Cuba | Cuban Industrial Property Office (OCPI) Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment |
Cyprus | Department of Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism |
Czech Republic | Industrial Property Office |
Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Trademark, Industrial Design and Geographical Indication Office (TIDGIO) of the DPR Korea State Administration for Quality Management of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (SAQM) |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Directorate of Industrial Property Secretariat for industry and small and medium enterprises (IPMEA) Ministry of Industry and SMEs |
Denmark | Danish Patent and Trademark Office Ministry of Trade and Industry |
Djibouti | Ministry of Commerce and Industry Office of Industrial Property and Commerce (ODPIC) |
Dominica | Companies and Intellectual Property Office Ministry of Tourism and legal Affairs |
Dominican Republic | National Office of Industrial Property (ONAPI) State Secretariat for Industry and Commerce |
Ecuador | Ecuadorian Institute of Intellectual Property National Directory of Industrial Property |
Egypt | Trademarks and Industrial Designs Office Ministry of Trade and Industry |
El Salvador | National Center of Registries (CNR) |
Equatorial Guinea | Council of Scientific and Tecnological Research Presidency of the Government |
Eritrea | Domestic Trade and Intellectual Property Ministry of Trade and Industry |
Estonia | The Estonian Patent Office |
Ethiopia | Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office (EIPO) |
Fiji | Office of the Attorney-General Ministry of Justice |
Finland | National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland |
France | National Institute of Industrial Property |
Gabon | Center of Industrial Property of Gabon (CEPIG) Ministry of Industry and Mines |
Gambia | Office of the Registrar General Attorney General’s Chambers Ministry for Justice |
Georgia | National Intellectual Property Center (Sakpatenti) |
Germany | German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) |
Ghana | Registrar General's Department Ministry of Justice |
Greece | Trademark Office Directorate of Commercial and Industrial Property General Secretary for Commerce |
Grenada | Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (CAIPO) |
Guatemala | Registry of Intellectual Property Ministry of Economic Affairs |
Guinea | National Service of Industrial Property Ministry of Trade, Industry, Small and Medium Enterprises |
Guinea-Bissau | General Directorate of Industrial Property Ministry of Energy, Industry and Natural Resources |
Guyana | The Deeds Registry Ministry of Legal Affairs |
Haiti | Intellectual Property Service |
| Ministry of Trade and Industry |
Holy See | Judicial Office |
| Central Offices |
Honduras | Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DIGEPIH) |
Hungary | Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO) |
Iceland | Icelandic Patent Office Ministry of Economic Affairs |
India | Office of the Controller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks Department of Industrial Policy Promotions Ministry of Commerce and Industry Government of India |
Indonesia | Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights |
Indonesia | Ministry of Law and Human Rights |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Industrial Property Office Registration Organization of Deeds and Property of Islamic Republic of Iran |
Iraq | Industrial Property Department Central Organization for Standardization & Quality Control (COSQC) Ministry of Planning |
Ireland | Patents Office Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment |
Israel | Israel Patent Office Ministry of Justice |
Italy | Italian Patent and Trademark Office Directorate General of Combating Counterfeiting Ministry of Economic Development |
Jamaica | Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) |
Japan | Japan Patent Office (JPO), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) |
Jordan | Industrial Property Protection Directorate Ministry of Industry and Trade |
Kazakhstan | Committee of Intellectual Property Rights Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
Kenya | Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI) Ministry of Trade and Industry |
Kiribati | Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism |
Kuwait | Ministry of Trade and Industry Trademarks and Patents Department |
Kyrgyzstan | State Service of Intellectual Property and Innovation under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzpatent) |
Lao People's Democratic Republic | Department of Intellectual Property, Ministry of Science and Technology |
Latvia | Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia |
Lebanon | Office of Intellectual Property Department of Intellectual Property Directorate General of Economy and Trade Ministry of Economy and Trade |
Lesotho | Ministry of Law and Constitutional Affairs Registrar General's Office |
Liberia | Liberia Industrial Property Office (LIPO) Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
Libya | Intellectual Property Department Scientific Research, Cooperation and Innovation Department National Authority for Scientific Research (NASR) Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research |
Liechtenstein | Bureau of Intellectual Property Office of Economic Affairs |
Lithuania | State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania |
Luxembourg | Ministère de l'économie et du Commerce extérieur, Direction de la propriété intellectuelle |
Madagascar | Malagasy Industrial Property Office |
Malawi | Department of the Registrar General Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs |
Malaysia | Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia |
Maldives | Intellectual Property Unit Ministry of Economic Development |
Mali | Malian Centre for the Promotion of Industrial Property (CEMAPI) Ministry of Trade and Industry |
Malta | The National IP Office of Malta Commerce Department Ministry for Fair Competition, Small Business and Consumers |
Mauritania | Directorate of Industry Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Handicraft and Tourism |
Mauritius | Industrial Property Office (IPO) Regional Integration and International Trade Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Mexico | Mexican Institute of Industrial Property |
Monaco | Intellectual Property Division Directorate of Economic Expansion Department of Finance and Economy |
Mongolia | Intellectual Property Office of Mongolia |
Montenegro | Intellectual Property Office of Montenegro |
Morocco | Moroccan Industrial and Commercial Property Office |
Mozambique | Industrial Property Institute (IPI) Ministry of Industry and Commerce |
Myanmar | Department of Technical and Vocational Education Ministry of Science and Technology |
Namibia | Ministry of Trade and Industry Trade and Commerce Department |
Nauru | Department of Justice Office of the Registrar of Patents, Trade Marks and Copyright |
Nepal | Department of Industry Ministry of Industry |
Netherlands | Bureau of Intellectual Property Aruba |
Netherlands | Bureau of Intellectual Property Curaçao |
New Zealand | Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) Ministry of Economic Development |
New Zealand | Office for Tokelau Affairs |
Nicaragua | Intellectual Property Registry (RPI) Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade (MIFIC) |
Niger | Direction of Innovation and Industrial property Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Promotion of young entrepreneurs |
Nigeria | Trademarks, Patents and Designs Registry Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment |
Norway | Patentstyret (Norwegian Industrial Property Office) |
Oman | Intellectual Property Department Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
Pakistan | Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan) |
Palau | Ministry of Resources and Development |
Panama | Directorate General of the Industrial Property Registry Ministry of Commerce and Industries |
Papua New Guinea | Intellectual Property Office of Papua New Guinea (IPOPNG) |
Paraguay | Ministry of Industry and Trade Directorate General of Intellectual Property |
Peru | Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM), National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection (INDECOPI) |
Philippines | Intellectual Property Office of Philippines (IPOPHIL) |
Poland | Polish Patent Office |
Portugal | Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property Ministry of Justice |
Qatar | Industrial Property Office Trademarks, Industrial Designs & G.I. Competent administration Ministry of Business and Trade, Department of Commercial Registration and Licensing |
Republic of Korea | Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) |
Republic of Moldova | State Agency on Intellectual Property (AGEPI) |
Romania | State Office for Inventions and Trademarks |
Russian Federation | Federal Service for Intellectual Property (ROSPATENT) |
Rwanda | Rwanda Development Board (RDB) Office of the Registrar General |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Intellectual Property Office The Registrar of IP |
Saint Lucia | Registry of Companies and Intellectual Property |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Commerce and Intellectual Property Office |
Samoa | Registrar of Patents, Trade Marks and Industrial Designs Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (MCIL) |
San Marino | Department of External Affairs State Office for Patents and Trademarks |
Sao Tome and Principe | Industrial Property National Service (SENAPI) Directorate of Industry Ministry of Planning and Development |
Saudi Arabia | Trade Mark Section Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
Senegal | Senegalese Agency of Industrial Property and Innovation Techologique (ASPIT) Ministry of Trade, Industry and Handicraft |
Serbia | Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia |
Seychelles | Registration Division Department of Legal Affairs President's Office |
Sierra Leone | Administrator and Registrar-General's Department |
Singapore | Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) |
Slovakia | Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic |
Slovenia | Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) Ministry of Economic Development and Technology |
Solomon Islands | Ministry of Police and Justice Registrar-General's Office |
Somalia | Ministry of Industry, Patents and Trade Marks Office |
South Africa | Department of Trade and Industry Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) |
Spain | Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism Spanish Patent and Trademark Office |
Sri Lanka | National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka |
Sudan | Registrar General of Intellectual Property Ministry of Justice |
Suriname | Bureau of Intellectual Property Ministry of Justice and Police |
Swaziland | Ministry of Commerce Industry and Trade Intellectual Property Office |
Sweden | Swedish Patent and Registration Office (SPRO) |
Switzerland | Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property |
Syrian Arab Republic | Directorate of Commercial and Industrial Property Protection (DCIP) Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection |
Tajikistan | National Center for Patents and Information (NCPI) Ministry of Economic Development and Trade |
Thailand | Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) Ministry of Commerce |
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | State Office of Industrial Property (SOIP) |
Timor-Leste | Department of the Legal and Treaties Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Timor-Leste | National Director of Human Rights and Citizenship Ministry of Justice |
Togo | National Institute for Industrial Property and Technology (INPIT) Ministry of Trade, Industry, Transport and Development of the Free Zone |
Tonga | The Registry & Intellectual Property Office (RIPO) Ministry of Labour, Commerce and Industries |
Trinidad and Tobago | Intellectual Property Office Ministry of Legal Affairs |
Tunisia | National Institute for Standardization and Industrial Property (INNORPI) Ministry of Industry and Technology |
Turkey | Turkish Patent Institute |
Turkmenistan | State Service on Intellectual Property under the Ministry of Economy and Development of Turkmenistan |
Tuvalu | Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Public Corporations |
Uganda | Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) |
Ukraine | State Enterprise “Ukrainian Institute of Industrial Property” (SE UIPV) |
Ukraine | State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine (SIPS) |
United Arab Emirates | Trademark Department Ministry of Economy |
United Kingdom | Intellectual Property Office Information Centre |
United Republic of Tanzania | Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA) Ministry of Industry and Trade |
United Republic of Tanzania | Registrar General's Office Ministry of Justice and Constitutional's Affairs |
United States of America | United States Department of Commerce United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) |
Uruguay | National Directorate of Industrial Property Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining |
Uzbekistan | Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Uzbekistan |
Vanuatu | The Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Vanuatu, Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Industry |
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | Autonomous Service of Intellectual Property (SAPI) Ministry of Popular Power for Trade |
Viet Nam | National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP) Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment |
Yemen | Ministry of Industry and Trade, General Department for Intellectual Property Protection |
Zambia | Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry |
Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe Intellectual Property Office (ZIPO) Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs |
OAPI | African Intellectual Property Organization |
ARIPO | African Regional Intellectual Property Organization |
WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |
BOIP | Benelux Office for Intellectual Property |
OHIM | Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) |