Intellectual property organizations are organizations that are focused on copyrights, trademarks, patents, or other intellectual property law concepts. This includes international intergovernmental organizations that foster governmental cooperation in the area of copyrights, trademarks and patents (such as organizations based on or founded by treaty), as well as non-governmental, non-profit organizations, lobbying organizations, think tanks, notable committees, and professional associations.
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)
Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle (OAPI) or African Intellectual Property Organization
Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO)
European Patent Organisation (EPO or EPOrg)
Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP)
AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law (SCRIPT)
Alliance for American Innovation (AAIUSA)
American Bar Association (Section of Intellectual Property Law or ABA-IPL)
Association of Intellectual Property Firms (AIPF)
American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA)
Arab Society for Intellectual Property (ASIP)
Association française des Spécialistes en Propriété industrielle de l'Industrie (ASPI)
Boston Patent Law Association (BPLA)
Centre for International Industrial Property Studies (CEIPI)
Center for Intellectual Property Studies (CIP)
Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA)
China Trademark Association (CTA)
National Company of Industrial Property Attorneys (CNCPI)
European Federation of Industrial Property Agents in Industry (FEMIPI)
European Intellectual Property Institutes Network (EIPIN)
European Patent Institute (epi)
European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW)
European Round Table on Patent Practice (EUROTAB)
Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT)
German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR e.
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