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International Organizations Concerning Intellectual Property

World Intellectual Property Office

European Patent Office

World Trade Organization

Eurasian Patent Organization

International Trademark Association

EC-ASEAN Intellectual Property Rights Co-operation Programme (ECAP II)

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Intellectual Property Treaties

Intellectual Property Standard Treaties

*Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

*Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite

Film Register Treaty

Geneva Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms

Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False and Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods

Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol

*Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property

Patent Law Treaty (PLT)

*Phonograms Convention

*Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations

Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks

Trademark Law Treaty (TLT)

Washington Treaty

WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT)

WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT)

TRIPs (Agreement on Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property rights)

Intellectual Property Registration System Treaties

Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure

Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs

Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration

*Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks

*Madrid Protocol Concerning the International Registration of Marks

*PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty)

*UPOV (The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants)

Intellectual Property Classification Treaties

**Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs

**Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks

**Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification

**Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks

*Vietnam is a member of these treaties of these treaties.
**Vietnam is NOT a member of these treaties of these treaties but DO apply them in practice.

Intellectual Property Databases

Patent Searches

European Patent Office Database

IBM Intellectual Property Network

MicroPatent

FreePatentsOnline

Trilateral Database (European, Japanese and US patents)

WIPO Patent Database

Australia - IP Australia's Patents Database

Brazil - National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)

Canada - Canadian Patents Database

France - Recherche Brevets

Germany - German patents, utility models database

Hungary - IP Databases of the Hungarian Patent Office

Japan - Japan Patent Office (Patents & Trademarks)

Latin America - Latin American Inventions

New Zealand - IPONZ's Patents Database

Romania - RoPatentTSearch

Russian Federation - ROSPATENT

Spain - Spanish Inventions Database

United Kingdom - The Patent Office of UK

United States - USPTO's Patents Database

Vietnam - NOIP's Industrial Property Digital Library

Trademarks Searches

Madrid Express

Australia - IP Australia's Trademarks Database

Brazil - National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)

Canada - Canadian Trademarks Database

Germany - Marks

Japan - Japan Patent Office (Patents & Trademarks)

New Zealand - IPONZ's Trademarks Database

OHIM - Community Trade Mark Consultation Service

United Kingdom - The Patent Office of UK

United States - USPTO's Trademarks Database

Vietnam - NOIP's Industrial Property Digital Library

Designs Searches

Hague Express

Australia - Designs

New Zealand - IPONZ's Designs Database

United Kingdom - The Patent Office of UK

Vietnam - NOIP's Industrial Property Digital Library

International Classifications Databases

• 8th Edition of the International Patent Classification (IPC)
• The 9th edition of the Nice Classification (International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks under the Nice Agreement)
• The 8th edition of the Locarno Classification (International Classification for Industrial Designs under the Locarno Agreement)
• The 5th edition of the International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks under the Vienna Agreement

Others

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Regional Intellectual Property Offices

African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI)

African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)

Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU)

Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP)

Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO)

European Patent Organisation (EPO)

International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)

Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC Patent Office)

National Intellectual Property Offices

Albania
Industrial Property Office (Albanian Patents and Trademarks Office (ALPTO), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Energy, Directorate of Patents and Trademarks)

Algeria
Industrial Property Office (Algerian National Institute of Industrial Property (INAPI))

Andorra
Industrial Property Office (Trademarks Office of the Principality of Andorra)
Industrial Property Office (Ministry of Production Secretariat for Industry, Commerce and Mining National Institute of Industrial Property)

Armenia
Industrial Property Office (Intellectual Property Agency of the Republic of Armenia)

Australia
Copyright Office (Assistant Secretary Copyright Law Branch Attorney General's Department)
Industrial Property Office (Department of Industry, Tourism & Resources IP Australia)

Austria
Industrial Property Office (Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology Austrian Patent Office)

Azerbaijan
Industrial Property Office (State Agency on Standardization, Metrology and Patents)

Barbados
Copyright Office (Office of the Prime Minister Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office)
Industrial Property Office (Ministry of Industry and International Business Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office)

Belarus
Copyright Office (National Center of Intellectual Property (NCIP))
Industrial Property Office (National Center of Intellectual Property (NCIP))

Belize
Copyright Office (Belize Intellectual Property Office (BELIPO))
Industrial Property Office (Belize Intellectual Property Office (BELIPO))

Bolivia
Industrial Property Office (Ministry of Industry and Internal Commerce National Intellectual Property Service (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)

Brazil
Industrial Property Office (Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade National Institute of Industrial Property)

Bulgaria
Industrial Property Office (Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria)

Canada
Copyright Office (Department of Industry Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO))
Industrial Property Office (Department of Industry Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO))

Cambodia
Intellectual Property Office (Ministry of Commerce)

Chile
Industrial Property Office (Ministry of Economic Affairs, Development and Reconstruction Industrial Property Department)

China
Copyright Office (Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China)
Copyright Office (National Copyright Administration of China)
Industrial Property Office (Government of Macao (SAR) Directorate of Economic Services)
Industrial Property Office (Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China)
Industrial Property Office: Marks (State Administration for Industry and Commerce Trademark Office)
Industrial Property Office: Patents (State Intellectual Property Office of the Peoples' Republic of China (SIPO) Patent Office)

Colombia
Copyright Office (Ministry of the Interior and of Justice Special Administrative Department National Copyright Directorate)

Congo
Industrial Property Office (Ministry of Industrial Development Directorate General of Industry National Industrial Property Unit)

Costa Rica
Industrial Property Office (Ministry of Justice National Registry Intellectual Property Registry)

Cuba
Industrial Property Office (Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment Cuban Industrial Property Office)

Cyprus
Industrial Property Office (Department of Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism)

Czech Republic
Industrial Property Office (Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic)

Denmark
Copyright Office (Ministry of Culture Copyright Division)
Industrial Property Office (Ministry of Trade and Industry Danish Patent and Trademark Office)

Dominican Republic
Industrial Property Office (State Secretariat for Industry and Commerce National Office of Industrial Property)

Egypt
Industrial Property Office: Marks (Commercial Registry Administration, Ministry of Trade and Industry)

El Salvador
Copyright Office (National Center of Registries)
Industrial Property Office (National Center of Registries)

Estonia
Industrial Property Office (The Estonian Patent Office)

Finland
Copyright Office (Ministry of Education and Culture)
Industrial Property Office (National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland)

France
Industrial Property Office (National Institute of Industrial Property)

Georgia
Copyright Office (National Intellectual Property Centre (Sakpatenti))
Industrial Property Office (National Intellectual Property Centre (Sakpatenti))

Germany
Copyright Office (Federal Ministry of Justice Copyright Section)
Industrial Property Office (German Patent and Trade Mark Office)

Greece
Industrial Property Office: Patents (Industrial Property Organization (OBI) Patent Office)

Guatemala
Copyright Office (Register of Intellectual Property Section of Copyright and Related Rights)
Industrial Property Office (Registry of Intellectual Property Ministry of Economic Affairs)

Hungary
Copyright Office (Hungarian Patent Office, Legal and International Department, Copyright Section)
Industrial Property Office (Hungarian Patent Office)

Iceland
Copyright Office (Ministry of Education, Science and Culture)
Industrial Property Office (Icelandic Patent Office)

India
Industrial Property Office (Government of India Office of the Controller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks)

Indonesia
Industrial Property Office (Department of Justice and Human Rights R.I. Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights)

Ireland
Copyright Office (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)
Industrial Property Office (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Patent Office)

Israel
Industrial Property Office (Israel Patent Office Ministry of Justice)

Jamaica
Industrial Property Office (Ministry of Commerce, Science and Technology Jamaica Intellectual Property Office)

Japan
Industrial Property Office (Japan Patent Office (JPO))

Jordan
Industrial Property Office (Industrial Property Protection Directorate Ministry of Industry and Trade)

Lao People's Democratic Republic
Industrial Property Office (Department of Intellectual Property, Standardization and Metrology Science, Technology and Environment Agency Prime Minister's Office)

Latvia
Industrial Property Office (Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia)

Lebanon
Copyright Office (Ministry of Economy and Trade Intellectual Property Protection Office)

Lithuania
Industrial Property Office (State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania)

Luxembourg
Copyright Office (Ministry of Economy Intellectual Property Office)
Industrial Property Office (Ministry of Economy Intellectual Property Office)

Malaysia
Copyright Office (Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Intellectual Property Division)
Industrial Property Office (Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Intellectual Property Division)

Malta
Copyright Office (Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs Commerce Division)
Industrial Property Office (Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs Commerce Division)

Mexico
Industrial Property Office (Mexican Institute of Industrial Property)

Monaco
Copyright Office (Ministry of Finance and Economy Department of Economic Expansion Intellectual Property Division)
Industrial Property Office (Department of Finance and Economy Directorate of Economic Expansion Intellectual Property Division)

Mongolia
Copyright Office (Intellectual Property Office of Mongolia)
Industrial Property Office (Intellectual Property Office of Mongolia)

Morocco
Industrial Property Office (Ministry of Trade and Industry Moroccan Industrial and Commercial Property Office)

Mozambique
Industrial Property Office (Ministry of Industry and Commerce Industrial Property Institute (IPI))

Nepal
Industrial Property Office (Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies Department of Industries)

Netherlands
Industrial Property Office (Ministry of Economic Affairs Netherlands Patent Office)

New Zealand
Copyright Office (Ministry of Economic Development)
Industrial Property Office (Ministry of Economic Development)

Nicaragua
Copyright Office (Ministry for Economy and Development General Directorate for Industry National Copyright Office)
Industrial Property Office (Ministry for Economy and Development General Directorate for Industry Office of the Industrial Property Registry)

Niger
Copyright Office (Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture Niger Copyright Office (BNDA))

Norway
Copyright Office (Royal Ministry of Cultural Affairs)
Industrial Property Office (Norwegian Patent Office)

Pakistan
Industrial Property Office (Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan)

Peru
Copyright Office (Ministry of Industry, Tourism, Integration and International Trade Negotiations The Peruvian Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection)
Industrial Property Office (Ministry of Industry, Tourism, Integration and International Trade Negotiations National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection)

Philippines
Copyright Office (Intellectual Property Office (IPO))
Industrial Property Office (Office of the President Intellectual Property Office (IPO))

Poland
Industrial Property Office (Patent Office of the Republic of Poland)

Portugal
Industrial Property Office (Ministry of Economy and Innovation, Office of the Deputy Secretary to the Minister of Economy, to the Industry and Innovation, National Institute of Industrial Property)

Republic of Korea
Industrial Property Office (Korean Intellectuall Property Office (KIPO))

Serbia
Copyright Office (Intellectual Property Office - Copyright and Related Rights Department)
Industrial Property Office (Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia)

Singapore
Copyright Office (Intellectual Property Office)
Industrial Property Office (Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS))

Slovakia
Industrial Property Office (Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic)

Slovenia
Copyright Office (Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) Ministry of Economy)
Industrial Property Office (Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) Ministry of Economy)

Spain
Copyright Office (Ministry of Culture, Under-Directorate General of Intellectual Property)
Industrial Property Office (Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce. Spanish Patent and Trademark Office)

Sweden
Industrial Property Office (Swedish Patent and Registration Office (SPRO))

Switzerland
Copyright Office (Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property)
Industrial Property Office (Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property)

Thailand
Copyright Office (Ministry of Commerce Department of Intellectual Property)
Industrial Property Office (Ministry of Commerce Department of Intellectual Property)

Trinidad and Tobago
Copyright Office (Intellectual Property Office Ministry of Legal Affairs)
Industrial Property Office (Ministry of Legal Affairs Intellectual Property Office)
Industrial Property Office (Ministry of Industry and Energy National Institute for Standardization and Industrial Property (INORPI))

Turkey
Copyright Office (Directorate General of Copyrights and Cinema Ministry of Culture)
Industrial Property Office (Turkish Patent Institute)

Ukraine
Copyright Office (Ukranian Agency of Copyright and Related Rights)
Industrial Property Office (State Department of Intellectual Property)
Industrial Property Office (Ukrainian Industrial Property Institute)

United Kingdom
Copyright Office (Department of Trade and Industry The Patent Office Copyright Directorate)
Industrial Property Office (Department of Trade and Industry The Patent Office)

United Republic of Tanzania
Copyright Office (Copyright Society of Tanzania (COSOTA) Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA) Ministry of Industry and Trade)

United States of America
Copyright Office (Library of Congress Copyright Office)
Copyright Office (United States Department of Commerce Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Office of International Relations)
Industrial Property Office (United States Department of Commerce Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO))

Uruguay
Industrial Property Office (Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining National Directorate of Industrial Property)

Uzbekistan
Industrial Property Office (State Patent Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan)

Vietnam
Industrial Property Office (Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP))
Copyright Office (Copyright Office of Vietnam)