Global Patent Offices

Alphabetical database of Intellectual Property Offices around the world. Providing you quick access to information from around the globe.

COUNTRY	CONTACT	OFFICE	URL
Afghanistan	Copyright Office	Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC)	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Afghanistan Central Business Registry and Intellectual Property Ministry of Commerce and Industry	Link
Albania	Copyright Office	Albanian Copyright Office Ministry of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sports Sector of Monitoring the Collective Management Societies	Link
	Industrial Property Office	General Directorate of Patents and Trademarks Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Industry	Link
Algeria	Copyright Office	National Office of Copyrights and Related Rights (ONDA) Ministry of Communication and Culture	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Algerian National Institute of Industrial Property (INAPI) Ministry of Industry, Small and Medium Sized Entreprises and Investment Promotion	Link
Andorra	Copyright Office	Trademarks Office of the Principality of Andorra Department of Economy Ministry of Economy and Land Management	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Trademarks Office of the Principality of Andorra Department of Economy Ministry of Economy and Land Management	Link
Angola	Copyright Office	National Institute for Cultural Industries (INIC) National Directorate of Entertainment and Copyright Ministry of Culture
	Industrial Property Office	Angolan Institute of Industrial Property Ministry of Geology, Mines and Industry	Link
Antigua and Barbuda	Intellectual Property Offices	Antigua and Barbuda Intellectual Property & Commerce Office (ABIPCO) Ministry of Legal Affairs	Link
Argentina	Copyright Office	Directorate General of Copyright	Link
	Industrial Property Office	National Institute of Industrial Property	Link
Armenia	Copyright Office	Intellectual Property Agency of the Republic of Armenia Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia
	Industrial Property Office	Intellectual Property Agency of the Republic of Armenia Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia	Link
Australia	Copyright Office	Commercial and Administrative Law Branch Attorney-General's Department	Link
	Industrial Property Office	IP Australia Department of Industry	Link
Austria	Copyright Office	Federal Ministry of Justice	Link
	Industrial Property Office	The Austrian Patent Office Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology	Link
Azerbaijan	Copyright Office	The Copyright Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan	Link
	Industrial Property Office	State Committee on Standardization, Metrology and Patents of the Republic of Azerbaijan	Link
	Industrial Property Office	State Committee on Standardization, Metrology and Patents of the Republic of Azerbaijan Industrial Property Objects Examination Center (AzPatent)	Link
Bahamas	Copyright Office	Registrar General's Department	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Registrar General's Department	Link
Bahrain	Copyright Office	Press and Publications Directorate Information Affairs Authority Ministry of Information	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Directorate of Industrial Property Ministry of Industry and Commerce	Link
Bangladesh	Copyright Office	Copyright Office Bangladesh Ministry of Cultural Affairs	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (DPDT) Ministry of Industries	Link
Barbados	Intellectual Property Offices	Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (CAIPO) Ministry of International Business and International Transport	Link
Belarus	Copyright Office	National Center of Intellectual Property (NCIP) State Committee on Science and Technologies	Link
	Industrial Property Office	National Center of Intellectual Property (NCIP) State Committee on Science and Technologies	Link
Belgium	Intellectual Property Offices	Office of Intellectual Property Directorate General Regulation and Market Organisation	Link
Belize	Intellectual Property Offices	Belize Intellectual Property Office (BELIPO)	Link
Benin	Copyright Office	Beninese Copyright Office (BUBEDRA) Ministry of Culture and Communication
	Industrial Property Office	National Industrial Property Center (CENAPI) Ministry of Industry and Commerce
Bhutan	Intellectual Property Offices	Industrial Property Division (IPD) Ministry of Economic Affairs	Link
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Copyright Office	Servicio Nacional de Propiedad Intelectual (SENAPI) Ministerio de Desarrollo Productivo y Economía Plural	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Servicio Nacional de Propiedad Intelectual (SENAPI) Ministerio de Desarrollo Productivo y Economía Plural	Link
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Copyright Office	Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Link
Botswana	Copyright Office	Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property Ministry of Trade and Industry	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property Ministry of Trade and Industry	Link
Brazil	Copyright Office	Ministry of Culture	Link
	Industrial Property Office	National Institute of Industrial Property Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (INPI)	Link
Brunei Darussalam	Copyright Office	Attorney General's Chambers	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Brunei Intellectual Property Office (BruIPO) The Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB)	Link
Bulgaria	Copyright Office	Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Directorate Ministry of Culture	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria (BPO)	Link
Burkina Faso	Copyright Office	Burkinabé Copyright Office (BBDA) Ministry of Culture, Arts and Tourism	Link
	Industrial Property Office	General Directorate of Industrial Property (DGPI) Ministry of Industrie, Trade and Craft	Link
Burundi	Copyright Office	Department of Arts and Culture Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture
	Industrial Property Office	Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism	Link
Cabo Verde	Copyright Office	Institute of Intellectual Property of Cabo Verde Installation Committee
	Industrial Property Office	Institute of Intellectual Property of Cabo Verde Installation Committee
Cambodia	Copyright Office	Department of Copyright and Related rights	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Department of Industrial Property (DIP) Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Intellectual Property Department (IPD) Ministry of Commerce	Link
Cameroon	Copyright Office	Justice Section Ministry of Culture
	Industrial Property Office	Directorate of Technological Development and Industrial Property (MINMIDT) Ministry of Industry, Mines and Technological Development
Canada	Copyright Office	Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) Industry Canada	Link Link
	Industrial Property Office	Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) Industry Canada	Link Link
Central African Republic	Copyright Office	Centralafrican Copyright Office (BUCADA) Ministry of Tourism, the Arts and Culture
	Industrial Property Office	National Industrial Property Service Directorate of Industrial Development and Handicraft Ministry of Industry, Commerce, SME-SMI
Chad	Copyright Office	Chadian Copyright Office (BUTDRA) Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports
	Industrial Property Office	National Liaison Office with OAPI (SNL / OAPI) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Chile	Copyright Office	Ministry of Education Intellectual Rights Department (DDI) Directorate of Libraries, Archives and Museums	Link
	Industrial Property Office	National Institute of Industrial Property Ministry of Economy	Link
China	Copyright Office	National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC)	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Patent Office State Intellectual Property Office of the Peoples' Republic of China (SIPO)	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Trademark Office State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the People's Republic of China (SAIC)	Link Link
Colombia	Copyright Office	Dirección Nacional de Derecho de Autor Unidad Administrativa Especial Ministerio del Interior y de Justicia	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Turismo	Link
Comoros	Copyright Office	Ministry of Home Affairs, Information and Press
	Industrial Property Office	Intellectual Property Office (OCPI) Ministry of Energy, Mines, Industry and Handicrafts
Congo	Copyright Office	Congolese Copyright Office (BCDA) Ministry of Culture and the Arts
	Industrial Property Office	National Industrial Property Unit Directorate General of Industry (ANPI) Ministry of Industrial Development and Promotion of Private Sector
Costa Rica	Copyright Office	Register of Copyright and Related Rights National Register Ministry of Justice and Peace	Link Link
	Industrial Property Office	Registro de la Propiedad Industrial Registro Nacional Ministerio de Justicia y Paz	Link Link
Côte d'Ivoire	Copyright Office	Ivorian Copyright Office Ministry of French Language and Culture	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Ivorian Office of Intellectual Property (OIPI) Ministry for Industry and the Promotion of the Private Sector	Link
Croatia	Copyright Office	State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia (SIPO)	Link
	Industrial Property Office	State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia (SIPO)	Link
Cuba	Copyright Office	National Copyright Center (CENDA) Ministry of Culture	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Cuban Industrial Property Office (OCPI) Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment	Link
Cyprus	Copyright Office	Department of Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Department of Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism	Link
Czech Republic	Copyright Office	Copyright Law Department Ministry of Culture	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Industrial Property Office	Link
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Copyright Office	Copyright Office of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
	Industrial Property Office	Invention Office of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
	Industrial Property Office	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	Copyright Office	Secretariat General of Culture Directorate of Research, Planning and International Cultural Relations Ministry of Culture and the 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 Division Ministry of Culture	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Danish Patent and Trademark Office Ministry of Trade and Industry	Link
Djibouti	Copyright Office	Ministry of Communication and Culture, responsible for Posts and Telecommunications Copyright Office
	Industrial Property Office	Ministry of Commerce and Industry Office of Industrial Property and Commerce (ODPIC)	Link
Dominica	Intellectual Property Offices	Companies and Intellectual Property Office Ministry of Tourism and legal Affairs
Dominican Republic	Copyright Office	National Copyright Office (ONDA) Ministry of Culture	Link
	Industrial Property Office	National Office of Industrial Property (ONAPI) State Secretariat for Industry and Commerce	Link
Ecuador	Copyright Office	Ecuadorian Institute of Intellectual Property (IEPI) National Directory of Copyrights and Related Rights	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Ecuadorian Institute of Intellectual Property National Directory of Industrial Property	Link
Egypt	Copyright Office	Permanent Office for the Protection of Copyright Supreme Council of Culture Ministry of Culture
	Industrial Property Office	Egyptian Patent Office Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) Ministry of Scientific Research	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Trademarks and Industrial Designs Office Ministry of Trade and Industry	Link
El Salvador	Copyright Office	National Center of Registries (CNR)	Link
	Industrial Property Office	National Center of Registries (CNR)	Link
Equatorial Guinea	Copyright Office	Council of Scientific and Technological Research Presidency of the Government
	Industrial Property Office	Council of Scientific and Tecnological Research Presidency of the Government
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	Link
	Industrial Property Office	The Estonian Patent Office	Link
Ethiopia	Intellectual Property Offices	Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office (EIPO)	Link
Fiji	Copyright Office	Office of the Attorney-General Ministry of Justice	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Office of the Attorney-General Ministry of Justice	Link
Finland	Copyright Office	Copyright Council Ministry of Education	Link
	Industrial Property Office	National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland	Link
France	Copyright Office	Office of Literacy and Artistic Property Under-Directorate of Legal Affairs Directorate of General Administration Ministry of Culture and Francophone Affairs	Link
	Industrial Property Office	National Institute of Industrial Property	Link
Gabon	Copyright Office	National Agency for the Promotion of the Arts and Culture (ANPAC)
	Industrial Property Office	Center of Industrial Property of Gabon (CEPIG) Ministry of Industry and Mines	Link
Gambia	Copyright Office	National Centre for Arts and Culture Ministry of Culture
	Industrial Property Office	Office of the Registrar General Attorney General’s Chambers Ministry for Justice
Georgia	Copyright Office	National Intellectual Property Center (Sakpatenti)	Link
	Industrial Property Office	National Intellectual Property Center (Sakpatenti)	Link
Germany	Copyright Office	Unit Copyright and Publishing Law Directorate IIIB Directorate-General III: Commercial and Economic Law Federal Ministry of Justice	Link
	Industrial Property Office	German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA)	Link
Ghana	Copyright Office	Copyright Department Ministry of Justice	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Registrar General's Department Ministry of Justice
Greece	Copyright Office	Hellenic Copyright Organization Ministry of Culture	Link
	Intellectual Property Offices	Patent Office Industrial Property Organization (OBI)	Link
	Intellectual Property Offices	Trademark Office Directorate of Commercial and Industrial Property General Secretary for Commerce
Grenada	Intellectual Property Offices	Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (CAIPO)
Guatemala	Copyright Office	Register of Intellectual Property Ministry of Economic Affairs	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Registry of Intellectual Property Ministry of Economic Affairs	Link
Guinea	Copyright Office	Guinean Copyright Office Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture
	Industrial Property Office	National Service of Industrial Property Ministry of Trade, Industry, Small and Medium Enterprises
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	The Deeds Registry Ministry of Legal Affairs
Haiti	Copyright Office	Haitian Copyright Office (BHDA) Ministry of Culture and Communication	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Intellectual Property Service Ministry of Trade and Industry	Link
Holy See	Copyright Office	Judicial Office Central Offices	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Judicial Office Central Offices	Link
Honduras	Intellectual Property Offices	Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DIGEPIH)	Link
Hungary	Copyright Office	Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO) Copyright Department	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO)	Link
Iceland	Copyright Office	Office of Legal Affairs Ministry of Education, Science and Culture	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Icelandic Patent Office Ministry of Economic Affairs	Link
India	Copyright Office	Copyright Division Department of Higher Education Ministry of Human Resource Development Government of India	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Office of the Controller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks Department of Industrial Policy Promotions Ministry of Commerce and Industry Government of India	Link
Indonesia	Copyright Office	Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights Ministry of Law and Human Rights	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights Ministry of Law and Human Rights	Link Link Link
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Copyright Office	Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Registrar of Copyright, Center for Cultural Studies and Research (CCSR)
	Industrial Property Office	Industrial Property General Office State Organization for Registration of Deeds and Properties	Link Link
Iraq	Copyright Office	Ministry of Culture
	Industrial Property Office	Industrial Property Department Central Organization for Standardization & Quality Control (COSQC) Ministry of Planning
Ireland	Copyright Office	Intellectual Property Unit Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Patents Office Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation	Link
Israel	Copyright Office	The Director General Ministry of Justice	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Israel Patent Office Ministry of Justice	Link
Italy	Copyright Office	Service III - Copyright and supervision over S.I.A.E. General Direction for Library Heritage, Cultural Institutes and Copyright Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Italian Patent and Trademark Office Directorate General of Combating Counterfeiting Ministry of Economic Development	Link
Jamaica	Copyright Office	Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO)	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO)	Link
Japan	Copyright Office	Japan Copyright Office (JCO) Agency for Cultural Affairs Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Japan Patent Office (JPO), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)	Link
Jordan	Copyright Office	Department of the National Library Ministry of Culture
	Industrial Property Office	Industrial Property Protection Directorate Ministry of Industry and Trade	Link
Kazakhstan	Intellectual Property Offices	Committee of Intellectual Property Rights Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan	Link
Kenya	Copyright Office	The Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) The State Law Office (Office of the Attorney General)	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI) Ministry of Trade and Industry	Link
Kiribati	Intellectual Property Offices	Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
Kuwait	Copyright Office	Ministry of Commerce and Industry
	Industrial Property Office	Ministry of Trade and Industry Trademarks and Patents Department
Kyrgyzstan	Copyright Office	State Service of Intellectual Property and Innovation under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzpatent)	Link
	Industrial Property Office	State Service of Intellectual Property and Innovation under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzpatent)	Link
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Industrial Property Office	Department of Intellectual Property, Ministry of Science and Technology	Link
Latvia	Copyright Office	Ministry of Culture, Legal Division	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia	Link
Lebanon	Copyright Office	Ministry of Culture	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Office of Intellectual Property Department of Intellectual Property Directorate General of Economy and Trade Ministry of Economy and Trade	Link
Lesotho	Copyright Office	Ministry of Law and Constitutional Affairs Registrar General's Office
	Industrial Property Office	Ministry of Law and Constitutional Affairs Registrar General's Office
Liberia	Copyright Office	Liberia Copyright Office
	Industrial Property Office	Liberia Industrial Property Office (LIPO) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Libya	Industrial Property Office	Scientific Culture and Cooperation Department, National Authority for Research, Science and Technology (LA'STAR)	Link
Liechtenstein	Copyright Office	Bureau of Intellectual Property Office of Economic Affairs	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Bureau of Intellectual Property Office of Economic Affairs	Link
Lithuania	Copyright Office	Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, Copyright Division
	Industrial Property Office	State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania	Link
Luxembourg	Copyright Office	Ministère de l'économie et du Commerce extérieur, Direction de la propriété intellectuelle	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Ministère de l'économie et du Commerce extérieur, Direction de la propriété intellectuelle	Link
Madagascar	Copyright Office	Malagasy Copyright Office Ministry of Information, Culture and Communication	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Malagasy Industrial Property Office	Link
Malawi	Copyright Office	Copyright Society of Malawi (COSOMA) Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Culture
	Industrial Property Office	Department of the Registrar General Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs
Malaysia	Copyright Office	Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia	Link
Maldives	Copyright Office	Intellectual Property Unit Ministry of Economic Development
	Industrial Property Office	Intellectual Property Unit Ministry of Economic Development	Link
Mali	Copyright Office	Malian Copyright Office (BUMDA)	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Malian Centre for the Promotion of Industrial Property (CEMAPI) Ministry of Trade and Industry	Link
Malta	Copyright Office	The National IP Office of Malta Commerce Department Ministry for Fair Competition, Small Business and Consumers	Link Link
	Industrial Property Office	The National IP Office of Malta Commerce Department, Ministry for Fair Competition, Small Business and Consumers	Link Link
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	Mauritius Society of Authors (MASA) Ministry of Arts and Culture	Link Link
	Industrial Property Office	Industrial Property Office (IPO) Regional Integration and International Trade Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Link
Mexico	Copyright Office	National Copyrights Institute (INDAUTOR)	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Mexican Institute of Industrial Property	Link
Monaco	Intellectual Property Offices	Intellectual Property Division Directorate of Economic Expansion Department of Finance and Economy	Link
Mongolia	Copyright Office	Intellectual Property Office of Mongolia	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Intellectual Property Office of Mongolia	Link
Montenegro	Copyright Office	Intellectual Property Office of Montenegro	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Intellectual Property Office of Montenegro	Link
Morocco	Copyright Office	Copyright Office of Morocco	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Moroccan Industrial and Commercial Property Office	Link
Mozambique	Copyright Office	Department of Copyright National Institute of Book and Records Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports
	Industrial Property Office	Industrial Property Institute (IPI) Ministry of Industry and Commerce	Link
Myanmar	Copyright Office	Ministry of Information and Culture
	Industrial Property Office	Department of Technical and Vocational Education Ministry of Science and Technology
Namibia	Copyright Office	Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) Copyright Services
	Industrial Property Office	Ministry of Trade and Industry Trade and Commerce Department
Nauru	Copyright Office	Department of Justice Office of the Registrar of Patents, Trade Marks and Copyright
	Industrial Property Office	Department of Justice Office of the Registrar of Patents, Trade Marks and Copyright
Nepal	Copyright Office	Nepal Copyright Registrar's Office Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Department of Industry Ministry of Industry	Link
Netherlands	Copyright Office	Ministry of Justice Directorate of Legislation	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Bureau of Intellectual Property Aruba
	Industrial Property Office	Bureau of Intellectual Property Curaçao	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Netherlands Patent Office Netherlands Enterprise Agency Ministry of Economic Affairs	Link
New Zealand	Copyright Office	Intellectual Property Policy Group Competition and Consumer Environment Branch Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Office for Tokelau Affairs
	Intellectual Property Offices	Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment	Link
Nicaragua	Copyright Office	Office Nacion de Derechos de Autor y Derechos Conexos Registro de la Propiedad Intelectual (RPI) Ministerio de Formento, Industria y Comercio (MIFIC)	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Intellectual Property Registry (RPI) Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade (MIFIC)	Link
Niger	Copyright Office	Niger Copyright Office (BNDA) Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Direction of Innovation and Industrial property Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Promotion of young entrepreneurs
Nigeria	Copyright Office	Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) Federal Ministry of Information and Culture	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Trademarks, Patents and Designs Registry Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment
Norway	Copyright Office	Norwegian Ministry of Cultural Affairs Department of Media and Copyright	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Patentstyret (Norwegian Industrial Property Office)	Link
Oman	Industrial Property Office	Intellectual Property Department Ministry of Commerce and Industry	Link
Pakistan	Copyright Office	Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan)	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan)	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan)	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan)	Link
Palau	Industrial Property Office	Ministry of Resources and Development
Panama	Copyright Office	Directorate General of Copyright Ministry of Commerce and Industries
	Industrial Property Office	Directorate General of the Industrial Property Registry Ministry of Commerce and Industries	Link Link
Papua New Guinea	Copyright Office	Intellectual Property Office of Papua New Guinea (IPOPNG)	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Intellectual Property Office of Papua New Guinea (IPOPNG)	Link
Paraguay	Intellectual Property Offices	National Directorate of Intellectual Property	Link
Peru	Intellectual Property Offices	Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM), National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection (INDECOPI)	Link
Philippines	Intellectual Property Offices	Intellectual Property Office of Philippines (IPOPHIL)	Link
Poland	Copyright Office	The Intellectual Property and Media Department Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Legal Office	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Polish Patent Office	Link
Portugal	Copyright Office	Bureau for Cultural Strategy, Planning and Assessment (GEPAC)
	Industrial Property Office	Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property Ministry of Justice	Link
Qatar	Copyright Office	Copyright Office, Competent administration Intellectual Property Center, Ministry of Justice
	Industrial Property Office	Industrial Property Office Trademarks, Industrial Designs & G.I. Competent administration Ministry of Business and Trade, Department of Commercial Registration and Licensing
	Industrial Property Office	Intellectual Property Center Patents and Intergrated Circuits Competent administration Intellectual Property Center, Ministry of Justice
	Industrial Property Office	Ministry of Economy and Commerce
Republic of Korea	Copyright Office	The Copyright Bureau of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO)	Link
Republic of Moldova	Intellectual Property Offices	State Agency on Intellectual Property (AGEPI)	Link
Romania	Copyright Office	Romanian Copyright Office (ORDA)	Link
	Industrial Property Office	State Office for Inventions and Trademarks	Link
Russian Federation	Copyright Office	Federal Service for Intellectual Property (ROSPATENT)	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Federal Service for Intellectual Property (ROSPATENT)	Link
Rwanda	Copyright Office	Office of the Registrar General Rwanda Development Board (RDB)	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Rwanda Development Board (RDB) Office of the Registrar General	Link
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Intellectual Property Offices	Intellectual Property Office The Registrar of IP
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	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Commerce and Intellectual Property Office	Link
Samoa	Copyright Office	Registration of Companies and Intellectual Property Division (RCIP) Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (MCIL)	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Registrar of Patents, Trade Marks and Industrial Designs Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (MCIL)
San Marino	Copyright Office	Directorate of Economic and Social Affairs Department of External Affairs
	Industrial Property Office	Department of External Affairs State Office for Patents and Trademarks
Sao Tome and Principe	Copyright Office	Directorate General of Culture Arts and Entertainment Promotion Center Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Industrial Property National Service (SENAPI) Directorate of Industry Ministry of Planning and Development	Link
Saudi Arabia	Copyright Office	General Administration of Copyright Ministry of Culture and Information
	Intellectual Property Offices	The general Directorate of Industrial Property grants protection documents 1st innovation, layout designs and integrated circuits, plant varieties and industrial designs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia King Abdul-Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
	Intellectual Property Offices	Trade Mark Section Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Senegal	Copyright Office	Ministry of Culture, Gender and Living Environment Senegalese Copyright Office
	Industrial Property Office	Senegalese Agency of Industrial Property and Innovation Techologique (ASPIT) Ministry of Trade, Industry and Handicraft	Link
Serbia	Copyright Office	Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia Department for Copyright and Related Rights and International Cooperation	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia	Link
Seychelles	Copyright Office	Cultural Property and Copyright Unit / Seychelles Authors and Composers Society (SACS), Ministry of Social Development and Culture, Department of Culture
	Industrial Property Office	Registration Division Department of Legal Affairs President's Office
Sierra Leone	Copyright Office	Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Cultural Division), Sierra Leone Intellectual Property Organisation (SLIPO)
	Industrial Property Office	Administrator and Registrar-General's Department
Singapore	Copyright Office	Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS)	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS)	Link
Slovakia	Copyright Office	Media, Audiovisual and Copyright Department, Ministry of Culture	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic	Link
Slovenia	Copyright Office	Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) Ministry of Economic Development and Technology	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) Ministry of Economic Development and Technology	Link
Solomon Islands	Copyright Office	Ministry of Police and Justice Registrar-General's Office
	Industrial Property Office	Ministry of Police and Justice Registrar-General's Office
Somalia	Copyright Office	Ministry of Culture and Higher Education, Copyright Office
	Industrial Property Office	Ministry of Industry, Patents and Trade Marks Office
South Africa	Intellectual Property Offices	Department of Trade and Industry Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC)	Link
Spain	Copyright Office	Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports Directorate General of Cultural Industries, Policies and Books Deputy Directorate General for Intellectual Property	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism Spanish Patent and Trademark Office	Link
Sri Lanka	Copyright Office	National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka	Link
	Industrial Property Office	National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka	Link
Sudan	Copyright Office	Ministry of Culture and Youth and Sports Federal Council for Literary and Artistic Works
	Industrial Property Office	Registrar General of Intellectual Property Ministry of Justice	Link
Suriname	Intellectual Property Offices	Bureau of Intellectual Property Ministry of Justice and Police
Swaziland	Copyright Office	Ministry of Commerce Industry and Trade Intellectual Property Office	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Ministry of Commerce Industry and Trade Intellectual Property Office	Link
Sweden	Copyright Office	Division of Intellectual Property and Transport Law Ministry of Justice	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Swedish Patent and Registration Office (SPRO)	Link
Switzerland	Copyright Office	Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property	Link
Syrian Arab Republic	Copyright Office	Copyright Office Ministry of Culture	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Directorate of Commercial and Industrial Property Protection (DCIP) Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection	Link Link
Tajikistan	Copyright Office	Agency of Copyright and Related Rights, Ministry of Culture
	Industrial Property Office	National Center for Patents and Information (NCPI) Ministry of Economic Development and Trade	Link
Thailand	Copyright Office	Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) Ministry of Commerce	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) Ministry of Commerce	Link Link
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Copyright Office	Copyright and Related Rights Department, Ministry of Culture (MoC)
	Industrial Property Office	State Office of Industrial Property (SOIP)	Link
Timor-Leste	Intellectual Property Offices	Department of the Legal and Treaties Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs
	Intellectual Property Offices	National Director of Human Rights and Citizenship Ministry of Justice	Link
Togo	Copyright Office	Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, Togolese Copyright Office (BUTODRA)	Link
	Industrial Property Office	National Institute for Industrial Property and Technology (INPIT) Ministry of Trade, Industry, Transport and Development of the Free Zone
Tonga	Copyright Office	The Registry & Intellectual Property Office (RIPO) Ministry of Labour, Commerce and Industries	Link
	Industrial Property Office	The Registry & Intellectual Property Office (RIPO) Ministry of Labour, Commerce and Industries	Link
Trinidad and Tobago	Intellectual Property Offices	Intellectual Property Office Ministry of Legal Affairs	Link
Tunisia	Copyright Office	Tunisian Organism for the Protection of Authors' Rights	Link
	Industrial Property Office	National Institute for Standardization and Industrial Property (INNORPI) Ministry of Industry and Technology	Link
Turkey	Copyright Office	Directorate General for Copyright Ministry of Culture and Tourism	Link Link
	Industrial Property Office	Turkish Patent Institute	Link
Turkmenistan	Intellectual Property Offices	State Service on Intellectual Property under the Ministry of Economy and Development of Turkmenistan
Tuvalu	Industrial Property Office	Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Public Corporations
Uganda	Copyright Office	Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB)
	Industrial Property Office	Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB)
Ukraine	Copyright Office	State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine (SIPS)	Link
	Industrial Property Office	State Enterprise “Ukrainian Institute of Industrial Property” (SE UIPV)	Link
	Industrial Property Office	State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine (SIPS)	Link
United Arab Emirates	Copyright Office	Copyright Department Ministry of Economy	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Department of Industrial Property Ministry of Economy	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Trademark Department Ministry of Economy
United Kingdom	Copyright Office	Intellectual Property Office Information Centre	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Intellectual Property Office Information Centre	Link
United Republic of Tanzania	Copyright Office	Copyright Society of Tanzania (COSOTA) Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA) Ministry of Industry and Trade	Link
	Copyright Office	Copyright Society of Zanzibar (COSOZA), Ministry of Constitutional Affairs and Good Governance
	Industrial Property Office	Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA) Ministry of Industry and Trade	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Registrar General's Office Ministry of Justice and Constitutional's Affairs
United States of America	Copyright Office	Library of Congress Copyright Office	Link
	Industrial Property Office	United States Department of Commerce United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)	Link
Uruguay	Copyright Office	Copyright Council Ministry of Education and Culture	Link
	Industrial Property Office	National Directorate of Industrial Property Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining	Link
Uzbekistan	Copyright Office	Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Uzbekistan	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Uzbekistan	Link
Vanuatu	Copyright Office	The Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Vanuatu, Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Industry
	Industrial Property Office	The Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Vanuatu, Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Industry
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Copyright Office	Autonomous Service of Intellectual Property (SAPI) Ministry of Popular Power for Trade	Link
	Industrial Property Office	Autonomous Service of Intellectual Property (SAPI) Ministry of Popular Power for Trade	Link
Viet Nam	Copyright Office	Copyright Office of Viet Nam (COV)	Link
	Industrial Property Office	National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP) Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment	Link
Yemen	Copyright Office	Ministry of Culture
	Industrial Property Office	Ministry of Industry and Trade, General Department for Intellectual Property Protection	Link
Zambia	Copyright Office	Copyright Administration Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services (MIBS)
	Industrial Property Office	Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry	Link
Zimbabwe	Copyright Office	Zimbabwe Intellectual Property Office (ZIPO) Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
	Industrial Property Office	Zimbabwe Intellectual Property Office (ZIPO) Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs

Regional Offices

ACRONYM	CONTACT	OFFICE	URL
OAPI	Regional Office	African Intellectual Property Organization	Link
ARIPO	Regional Office	African Regional Intellectual Property Organization	Link
ASBU	Regional Office	Arab States Broadcasting Union	Link
BOIP	Regional Office	Benelux Office for Intellectual Property	Link
EAPO	Regional Office	Eurasian Patent Organization	Link
EPO	Regional Office	European Patent Organisation	Link
UPOV	Regional Office	International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants	Link
ICPIP	Regional Office	Interstate Council on the Protection of Industrial Property
OHIM	Regional Office	Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)	Link
GCC Patent Office	Regional Office	Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf	Link