Alphabetical List of Intellectual Property Offices
Alphabetical List of Intellectual Property Offices
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Country |
Contact Details |
Office |
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Afghanistan |
Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC) |
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Afghanistan Central Business Registry and Intellectual Property |
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Albania |
Albanian Copyright Office |
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General Directorate of Patents and Trademarks |
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Algeria |
National Office of Copyrights and Related Rights (ONDA) |
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Algerian National Institute of Industrial Property (INAPI)
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Andorra |
Trademarks Office of the Principality of Andorra |
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Trademarks Office of the Principality of Andorra |
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Angola |
National Institute for Cultural Industries (INIC) |
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Angolan Institute of Industrial Property |
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Antigua and Barbuda |
Antigua and Barbuda Intellectual Property & Commerce Office (ABIPCO) |
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Argentina |
National Directorate of Copyright |
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National Institute of Industrial Property |
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Armenia |
Intellectual Property Agency of the Republic of Armenia |
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Intellectual Property Agency of the Republic of Armenia |
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Australia |
Copyright Section, Department of Communications and the Arts |
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IP Australia |
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Austria |
Federal Ministry of Justice |
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The Austrian Patent Office |
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Azerbaijan |
The Copyright Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan |
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State Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Patent of the Republic of Azerbaijan |
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Bahamas |
Registrar General's Department |
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Registrar General's Department |
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Bahrain |
Press and Publications Directorate |
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Directorate of Industrial Property |
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Bangladesh |
Copyright Office Bangladesh |
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Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (DPDT) |
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Barbados |
Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (CAIPO) |
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Belarus |
National Centre of Intellectual Property (NCIP) |
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National Centre of Intellectual Property (NCIP) |
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Belgium |
Office of Intellectual Property |
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Belize |
Belize Intellectual Property Office (BELIPO) |
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Benin |
Beninese Copyright Office (BUBEDRA) |
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National Industrial Property Agency (ANaPI) |
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Bhutan |
Industrial Property Division (IPD) |
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Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |
Servicio Nacional de Propiedad Intelectual (SENAPI) |
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Servicio Nacional de Propiedad Intelectual (SENAPI) |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Botswana |
Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA) |
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Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA) |
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Brazil |
Ministry of Culture |
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National Institute of Industrial Property |
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Brunei Darussalam |
Attorney General's Chambers |
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Brunei Intellectual Property Office (BruIPO) |
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Bulgaria |
Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Directorate |
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Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria (BPO) |
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Burkina Faso |
Burkinabé Copyright Office (BBDA) |
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General Directorate of Industrial Property (DGPI) |
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Burundi |
Department of Arts and Culture |
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Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism |
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Cabo Verde |
Institute of Intellectual Property of Cabo Verde |
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Institute of Intellectual Property of Cabo Verde |
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Cambodia |
Department of Copyright and Related rights |
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Department of Industrial Property (DIP) |
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Department of Intellectual Property Rights |
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Cameroon |
Justice Section |
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Directorate of Technological Development and Industrial Property (MINMIDT) |
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Canada |
Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) Industry Canada |
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Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) |
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Central African Republic |
Centralafrican Copyright Office |
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National Industrial Property Service |
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Chad |
Chadian Copyright Office (BUTDRA) |
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Directorate of Industrial Property and Technology |
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Chile |
Ministry of Education |
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National Institute of Industrial Property |
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China |
National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) |
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Patent Office |
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Trademark Office |
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Colombia |
Copyright Offices |
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Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio |
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Comoros |
Ministry of Home Affairs, Information and Press |
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Intellectual Property Office (OCPI) |
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Congo |
Congolese Copyright Office (BCDA) |
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National Industrial Property Unit |
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Costa Rica |
Register of Copyright and Related Rights |
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Register of Industrial Property |
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Côte d'Ivoire |
Ivorian Copyright Office |
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Ivorian Office of Intellectual Property (OIPI) |
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Croatia |
State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia (SIPO) |
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State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia (SIPO) |
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Cuba |
National Copyright Centre (CENDA) |
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Cuban Industrial Property Office (OCPI) |
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Cyprus |
Department of Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver |
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Department of Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver |
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Czech Republic |
Copyright Law Department |
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Industrial Property Office |
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
Copyright Office of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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Invention Office of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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Trademark, Industrial Design and Geographical Indication Office (TIDGIO) of the DPR Korea |
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Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Secretariat General of Culture |
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Directorate of Industrial Property |
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Denmark |
Copyright Division |
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Danish Patent and Trademark Office |
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Djibouti |
Djibouti Office of Copyright and Related Rights |
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Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
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Dominica |
Companies and Intellectual Property Office |
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Dominican Republic |
National Copyright Office (ONDA) |
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National Office of Industrial Property (ONAPI) |
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Ecuador |
Ecuadorian Institute of Intellectual Property (IEPI) |
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Ecuadorian Institute of Intellectual Property |
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Egypt |
Permanent Office for the Protection of |
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Egyptian Patent Office |
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Trademarks and Industrial Designs Office |
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El Salvador |
National Centre of Registries (CNR) |
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National Centre of Registries (CNR) |
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Equatorial Guinea |
Council of Scientific and Technological Research |
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Council of Scientific and Technological Research |
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Eritrea |
Department of Culture |
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Domestic Trade and Intellectual Property |
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Estonia |
Estonian Ministry of Justice |
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The Estonian Patent Office |
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Ethiopia |
Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office (EIPO) |
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Fiji |
Office of the Attorney-General |
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Finland |
Copyright Council |
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Finnish Patent and Registration Board |
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France |
Office of Literacy and Artistic Property |
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National Institute of Industrial Property |
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Gabon |
National Agency for the Promotion of the Arts and Culture (ANPAC) |
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Centre of Industrial Property of Gabon |
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Gambia |
National Centre for Arts and Culture |
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Office of the Registrar General |
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Georgia |
National Intellectual Property Centre |
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National Intellectual Property Centre |
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Germany |
Unit Copyright and Publishing Law |
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German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) |
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Ghana |
Copyright Department |
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Registrar General's Department |
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Greece |
Hellenic Copyright Organization |
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Patent Office |
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Trademark Office |
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Grenada |
Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (CAIPO) |
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Guatemala |
Register of Intellectual Property |
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Registry of Intellectual Property |
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Guinea |
Guinean Copyright Office |
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National Service of Industrial Property |
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Guinea-Bissau |
Guinean Copyright Society |
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General Directorate of Industrial Property |
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Guyana |
Deeds and Commercial Registries |
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Haiti |
Haitian Copyright Office (BHDA) |
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Intellectual Property Service |
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Holy See |
Judicial Office |
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Judicial Office |
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Honduras |
Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DIGEPIH) |
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Hungary |
Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO) |
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Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO) |
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Iceland |
Office of Legal Affairs |
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Icelandic Patent Office |
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India |
Copyright Division |
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Office of the Controller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks |
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Indonesia |
Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DGIP) |
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Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DGIP) |
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Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, |
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Industrial Property General Office |
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Iraq |
Ministry of Culture |
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Industrial Property Department |
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Ireland |
Intellectual Property Unit |
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Patents Office |
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Israel |
The Director General |
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Israel Patent Office |
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Italy |
Service III - Copyright and supervision over S.I.A.E. |
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Italian Patent and Trademark Office |
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Jamaica |
Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) |
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Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) |
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Japan |
Japan Copyright Office (JCO) |
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Japan Patent Office (JPO), |
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Jordan |
Department of the National Library |
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Industrial Property Protection Directorate |
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Kazakhstan |
Department on Intellectual Property Rights |
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Kenya |
The Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) |
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Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI) |
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Kiribati |
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism |
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Kuwait |
Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
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Ministry of Trade and Industry |
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Kyrgyzstan |
State Service of Intellectual Property and Innovation under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyz patent) |
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State Service of Intellectual Property and Innovation under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyz patent) |
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Lao People's Democratic Republic |
Department of Intellectual Property, |
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Latvia |
Copyright Unit |
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Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia |
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Lebanon |
Ministry of Culture |
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Office of Intellectual Property |
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Lesotho |
Ministry of Law and Constitutional Affairs |
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Ministry of Law and Constitutional Affairs |
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Liberia |
Liberia Copyright Office |
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Liberia Industrial Property Office (LIPO) |
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Libya |
National Authority for Scientific Research (NASR) |
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Liechtenstein |
Bureau of Intellectual Property |
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Bureau of Intellectual Property |
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Lithuania |
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, |
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State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania |
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Luxembourg |
Ministère de l'économie et du Commerce extérieur, Direction de la propriété intellectuelle |
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Ministère de l'économie et du Commerce extérieur, Direction de la propriété intellectuelle |
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Madagascar |
Malagasy Copyright Office |
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Malagasy Industrial Property Office |
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Malawi |
Copyright Society of Malawi (COSOMA) |
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Department of the Registrar General |
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Malaysia |
Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia |
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Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia |
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Maldives |
Intellectual Property Unit |
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Intellectual Property Unit |
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Mali |
Malian Copyright Office (BUMDA) |
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Malian Centre for the Promotion of Industrial Property (CEMAPI) |
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Malta |
Commerce Department |
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Commerce Department |
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Mauritania |
Cultural Cooperation and Intellectual Property Department |
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Directorate of Industry |
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Mauritius |
Mauritius Society of Authors (MASA) |
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Industrial Property Office (IPO) |
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Mexico |
National Institute of Copyright (INDAUTOR) |
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Mexican Institute of Industrial Property |
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Monaco |
Intellectual Property Division |
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Mongolia |
Intellectual Property Office of Mongolia |
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Intellectual Property Office of Mongolia |
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Montenegro |
Intellectual Property Office of Montenegro |
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Intellectual Property Office of Montenegro |
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Morocco |
Copyright Office of Morocco |
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Moroccan Industrial and Commercial Property Office |
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Mozambique |
Department of Copyright |
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Industrial Property Institute (IPI) |
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Myanmar |
Ministry of Information and Culture |
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Department of Technical and Vocational Education |
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Namibia |
Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) |
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Ministry of Trade and Industry |
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Nauru |
Department of Justice |
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Department of Justice |
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Nepal |
Nepal Copyright Registrar's Office |
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Department of Industry |
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Netherlands |
Ministry of Justice |
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Bureau for Intellectual Property Sint Maarten |
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Bureau of Intellectual Property Aruba |
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Bureau of Intellectual Property Curaçao |
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Netherlands Patent Office |
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New Zealand |
Intellectual Property Policy Group |
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Office for Tokelau Affairs |
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Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) |
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Nicaragua |
Office Nacion de Derechos de Autor y Derechos Conexos |
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Intellectual Property Registry (RPI) |
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Niger |
Niger Copyright Office (BNDA) |
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Direction of Innovation and Industrial property |
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Nigeria |
Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) |
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Trademarks, Patents and Designs Registry |
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Niue |
Crown Law Office |
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Norway |
Norwegian Ministry of Cultural Affairs |
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Patentstyret (Norwegian Industrial Property Office) |
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Oman |
Intellectual Property Department |
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Pakistan |
Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan) |
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Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan) |
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Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan) |
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Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan) |
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Palau |
Ministry of Resources and Development |
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Panama |
Directorate General of Copyright |
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Directorate General of the Industrial Property Registry |
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Papua New Guinea |
Intellectual Property Office of Papua New Guinea (IPOPNG) |
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Intellectual Property Office of Papua New Guinea (IPOPNG) |
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Paraguay |
National Directorate of Intellectual Property |
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Peru |
Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM), |
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Philippines |
Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHIL) |
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Poland |
The Intellectual Property and Media Department |
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Patent Office of the Republic of Poland |
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Portugal |
Bureau for Cultural Strategy, |
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Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property |
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Qatar |
Intellectual Property Department |
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Patents and Integrated Circuits |
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Trademarks, Industrial Designs, Geographical Indication, Commercial Registration and Licensing |
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Republic of Korea |
The Copyright Bureau of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea |
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Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) |
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Republic of Moldova |
State Agency on Intellectual Property (AGEPI) |
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Romania |
Romanian Copyright Office (ORDA) |
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State Office for Inventions and Trademarks |
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Russian Federation |
Federal Service for Intellectual Property (ROSPATENT) |
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Federal Service for Intellectual Property (ROSPATENT) |
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Rwanda |
Office of the Registrar General |
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Rwanda Development Board (RDB) |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Intellectual Property Office |
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Saint Lucia |
Registry of Companies and Intellectual Property |
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Registry of Companies and Intellectual Property |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Commerce and Intellectual Property Office |
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Commerce and Intellectual Property Office |
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Samoa |
Registrar of Intellectual Properties |
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Registries of Companies and Intellectual Property Division (RCIP) |
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San Marino |
Directorate of Economic and Social Affairs |
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Department of External Affairs |
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Sao Tome and Principe |
Directorate General of Culture |
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Industrial Property National Service (SENAPI) |
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Saudi Arabia |
General Administration of Copyright |
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General Administration of Trademarks |
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Saudi Patent Office |
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Senegal |
Ministry of Culture, Gender and Living Environment |
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Senegalese Agency of Industrial Property and Innovation Techologique (ASPIT) |
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Serbia |
Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia |
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Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia |
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Seychelles |
Cultural Property and Copyright Unit / Seychelles Authors and Composers Society (SACS), |
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Registration Division |
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Sierra Leone |
Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Cultural Division), |
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Administrator and Registrar-General's Department |
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Singapore |
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) |
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Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) |
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Slovakia |
Media, Audio-visual and Copyright Department, Ministry of Culture |
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Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic |
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Slovenia |
Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) |
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Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) |
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Solomon Islands |
Ministry of Police and Justice |
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Ministry of Police and Justice |
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Somalia |
Ministry of Culture and Higher Education, |
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Ministry of Industry, |
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South Africa |
Department of Trade and Industry |
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Spain |
Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports |
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Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism |
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Sri Lanka |
National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka |
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National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka |
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Sudan |
Ministry of Culture and Information |
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Registrar General of Intellectual Property |
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Suriname |
Intellectual Property Office of Suriname |
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Swaziland |
Ministry of Commerce Industry and Trade |
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Ministry of Commerce Industry and Trade |
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Sweden |
Division of Intellectual Property and Transport Law |
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Swedish Patent and Registration Office (SPRO) |
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Switzerland |
Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property |
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Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property |
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Syrian Arab Republic |
Copyright Office |
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Directorate of Commercial and Industrial Property Protection (DCIP) |
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Tajikistan |
Agency of Copyright and Related Rights, |
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National Centre for Patents and Information (NCPI) |
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Thailand |
Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) |
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the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
Copyright and Related Rights Department, |
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State Office of Industrial Property (SOIP) |
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Timor-Leste |
Department of the Legal and Treaties Affairs |
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National Director of Human Rights and Citizenship |
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Togo |
Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, |
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National Institute for Industrial Property and Technology (INPIT) |
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Tonga |
The Registry & Intellectual Property Office (RIPO) |
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The Registry & Intellectual Property Office (RIPO) |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
Intellectual Property Office |
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Tunisia |
Tunisian Organism for the Protection of Authors' Rights |
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National Institute for Standardization and Industrial Property (INNORPI) |
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Turkey |
Directorate General for Copyright |
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Turkish Patent Institute |
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Turkmenistan |
State Service on Intellectual Property under the Ministry of Economy and Development of Turkmenistan |
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Tuvalu |
Office of the Attorney-General |
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Uganda |
Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) |
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Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs |
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Ukraine |
State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine (SIPS) |
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State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine (SIPS) |
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Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute (Ukrpatent) |
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United Arab Emirates |
Copyright Department |
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Department of Industrial Property |
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Trademark Department |
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United Kingdom |
Intellectual Property Office |
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Intellectual Property Office |
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United Republic of Tanzania |
Copyright Society of Zanzibar (COSOZA), |
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The Copyright Society of Tanzania (COSOTA) |
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Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA) |
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Zanzibar Business and Property Registration Agency (BPRA) |
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United States of America |
Library of Congress |
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United States Department of Commerce |
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Uruguay |
Copyright Council |
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National Directorate of Industrial Property |
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Uzbekistan |
Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Uzbekistan |
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Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Uzbekistan |
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Vanuatu |
The Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Vanuatu, Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Industry |
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The Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Vanuatu, Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Industry |
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Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
Autonomous Service of Intellectual Property (SAPI) |
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Autonomous Service of Intellectual Property (SAPI) |
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Viet Nam |
Copyright Office of Viet Nam (COV) |
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National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP) |
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Yemen |
Ministry of Culture |
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Ministry of Industry and Trade, General Department for Intellectual Property Protection |
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Zambia |
Copyright Administration |
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Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) |
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Zimbabwe |
Zimbabwe Intellectual Property Office (ZIPO) |
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Zimbabwe Intellectual Property Office (ZIPO) |
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OAPI |
African Intellectual Property Organization |
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ARIPO |
African Regional Intellectual Property Organization |
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ASBU |
Arab States Broadcasting Union |
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BOIP |
Benelux Office for Intellectual Property |
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EAPO |
Eurasian Patent Organization |
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EPO |
European Patent Organisation |
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EUIPO |
European Union Intellectual Property Office |
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UPOV |
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants |
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ICPIP |
Interstate Council on the Protection of Industrial Property |
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GCC Patent Office |
Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf |
Alphabetical, list of intellectual , property offices,
