Intellectual property organization
Encyclopedia
Intellectual property organizations are organizations that are focused on copyright
s, trademark
s, patent
s, or other intellectual property
law concepts.
This includes international intergovernmental organizations that foster governmental cooperation in the area of copyright
s, trademark
s and patent
s (such as organizations based on or founded by treaty
), as well as non-governmental, non-profit organizations, lobbying organizations, think tanks, notable committees, and professional associations.
Copyright
Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...
s, trademark
Trademark
A trademark, trade mark, or trade-mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual, business organization, or other legal entity to identify that the products or services to consumers with which the trademark appears originate from a unique source, and to distinguish its products or...
s, patent
Patent
A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....
s, or other intellectual property
Intellectual property
Intellectual property is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized—and the corresponding fields of law...
law concepts.
This includes international intergovernmental organizations that foster governmental cooperation in the area of copyright
Copyright
Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...
s, trademark
Trademark
A trademark, trade mark, or trade-mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual, business organization, or other legal entity to identify that the products or services to consumers with which the trademark appears originate from a unique source, and to distinguish its products or...
s and patent
Patent
A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....
s (such as organizations based on or founded by treaty
Treaty
A treaty is an express agreement under international law entered into by actors in international law, namely sovereign states and international organizations. A treaty may also be known as an agreement, protocol, covenant, convention or exchange of letters, among other terms...
), as well as non-governmental, non-profit organizations, lobbying organizations, think tanks, notable committees, and professional associations.
International, general organisations
- World Intellectual Property OrganizationWorld Intellectual Property OrganizationThe World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world"....
(WIPO) - African Regional Intellectual Property OrganizationAfrican Regional Intellectual Property OrganizationThe African Regional Intellectual Property Organization , formerly African Regional Industrial Property Organization, is an intergovernmental organization for cooperation among African states in patent and other industrial property matters...
(ARIPO) - Organisation Africaine de la Propriété IntellectuelleOrganisation Africaine de la Propriété IntellectuelleThe Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle or OAPI is an intellectual property organization, headquartered in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The organisation was created by Bangui Agreement of March 2, 1977...
(OAPI) or African Intellectual Property Organization
Patent-related organisations
- European Patent OrganisationEuropean Patent OrganisationThe European Patent Organisation is a public international organisation created in 1977 by its contracting states to grant patents in Europe under the European Patent Convention of 1973...
(EPO or EPOrg) - Eurasian Patent OrganizationEurasian Patent OrganizationThe Eurasian Patent Organization is a regional organization set up by the Eurasian Patent Convention . Its task is to grant Eurasian patents...
(EAPO) - Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
Trademark- and design-related organisations
- Office for Harmonization in the Internal MarketOffice for Harmonization in the Internal MarketThe Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market , or OHIM is the trademark and designs registry for the internal market of the European Union. It is based in Alicante, Spain, and its president is António Campinos.- Task :...
(OHIM) - Benelux Office for Intellectual PropertyBenelux Office for Intellectual PropertyThe Benelux Office for Intellectual Property is the registration office for trademarks and designs in the Benelux. The BOIP was previously known as the Benelux Trademarks Office and the Benelux Designs Office The Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) is the registration office for...
(BOIP)
Think tanks, committees, institutes, non-profit and professional organizations
- AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology LawSCRIPT (AHRC Centre)SCRIPT is a Research Centre located at the School of Law in the University of Edinburgh dedicated to studying intellectual property and technology law. SCRIPT is formerly known as the AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law. The Centre is funded by the UK Arts...
(SCRIPT) - Alliance for American Innovation (AAIUSA)
- American Intellectual Property Law AssociationAmerican Intellectual Property Law AssociationThe American Intellectual Property Law Association is a national bar association that was formed in 1897 to improve intellectual property laws and educate the public about such issues....
(AIPLA) - Arab Society for Intellectual PropertyArab Society for Intellectual PropertyThe Arab Society for Intellectual Property is a non-profit organization based in Munich established on February 23, 1987 with the purpose of enhancing and developing the protection of the Intellectual Property system in Arab countries....
(ASIP) - Association française des Spécialistes en Propriété industrielle de l'Industrie (ASPI) http://www.aspi.asso.fr/
- Centre for International Industrial Property StudiesCentre for International Industrial Property StudiesThe Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies, or Centre d'Etudes Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle in French , is a Strasbourg, France-based training centre for specialists in intellectual...
(CEIPI) - Center for Intellectual Property StudiesCenter for Intellectual Property StudiesThe Center for Intellectual Property Studies is a development center at the intersection of industry and academia. Founded in a joint effort between Chalmers University of Technology and School of Business, Economics, and Law at the University of Gothenburg, both in Gothenburg, Sweden, CIP is an...
(CIP) - Chartered Institute of Patent AttorneysChartered Institute of Patent AttorneysThe Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys is the British professional body of patent attorneys. It was founded in 1882 as the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents and incorporated by Royal Charter in 1891...
(CIPA)
- European Federation of Industrial Property Agents in Industry (FEMIPI)
- European Intellectual Property Institutes NetworkEuropean Intellectual Property Institutes NetworkThe European Intellectual Property Institutes Network is a cooperation network of intellectual property institutions, organizing conferences. It was founded in 1999. Its aim is "to facilitate and increase cooperation among IP institutions and students in Europe"...
(EIPIN) - European Patent Institute (epi)
- European Patent Lawyers AssociationEuropean Patent Lawyers AssociationThe European Patent Lawyers Association ) is a professional association of patent lawyers, with a registered office in Brussels, Belgium...
(EPLAW) - European Round Table on Patent PracticeEuropean Round Table on Patent PracticeThe European Round Table on Patent Practice is described as "a pan-European group consisting of lawyers in the patent field", or a body where the national patent offices of the Contracting States of the European Patent Convention and the European Patent Office come together to discuss...
(EUROTAB)
- German Association for the Protection of Intellectual PropertyGerman Association for the Protection of Intellectual PropertyThe German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property is a German professional association "concerned with the protection of intellectual property rights"...
(GRUR e. V.)
- Hong Kong Institute of Patent AttorneysHong Kong Institute of Patent AttorneysThe Hong Kong Institute of Patent Attorneys was formed immediately after the Chief Executive of Hong Kong SAR has announced the six advantageous industries in his Policy Address 2009-2010, namely Innovation and Technology, Testing and Certification, Creative and Cultural Industries, Environmental...
(HKIPA)
- Institute of Patentees and InventorsInstitute of Patentees and InventorsThe Institute of Patentees and Inventors is a United Kingdom-based non-profit making association. It provides support to individuals on all aspects of inventing.- External links :* *...
- Intellectual Property InstituteIntellectual Property InstituteThe Intellectual Property Institute , or IP Institute, is a British non-profit making organisation with the mission of promoting "awareness and understanding of intellectual property law". The Institute has a thirty year history of intellectual property and economics research...
(IP Institute) - Intellectual Property Owners AssociationIntellectual Property Owners AssociationThe Intellectual Property Owners Association is a trade association that is composed of owners of intellectual property and other parties interested in intellectual property law...
(IPO) - International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual PropertyInternational Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual PropertyThe International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property was founded in 1981. It pursues only educational and scientific objectives to contribute to the advancement of teaching and research in the field of the law of intellectual property. - External...
(ATRIP) - International Association for the Protection of Industrial PropertyInternational Association for the Protection of Industrial PropertyThe International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property or AIPPI, an acronym for Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle in French , is a non-profit international organisation whose members are intellectual property professionals,...
(AIPPI) - International Federation of Intellectual Property AttorneysInternational Federation of Intellectual Property AttorneysThe International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys or International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys, abbreviated FICPI , is a non-political, international, professional body of intellectual property professionals, i.e...
(FICPI) - International Intellectual Property AllianceInternational Intellectual Property AllianceThe International Intellectual Property Alliance , formed in 1984, is a private sector coalition of seven trade associations representing U.S...
(IIPA) - International Intellectual Property InstituteInternational Intellectual Property InstituteThe International Intellectual Property Institute is a not-for-profit 501 corporation founded in 1999 and located in Washington, DC. An international development organization and think tank, IIPI is dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding of the use of intellectual property as a tool...
(IIPI) - International Trademark AssociationInternational Trademark AssociationThe International Trademark Association is a worldwide not-for-profit association of member companies and firms that supports and advances trademarks and intellectual property as elements of fair and effective global commerce.- History :...
(INTA) - InventorEd (InvEd)
- Inventors Network of the Capital Area (INCA)
- IP Federation (formerly the "Trade Marks, Patents and Designs Federation" or TMPDF)
- Japan Intellectual Property AssociationJapan Intellectual Property AssociationThe Japan Intellectual Property Association is a non-profit, non-governmental organization and bar association representing "industries and users of the intellectual property system". It was established in 1938...
(JIPA)
- Licensing Executives Society InternationalLicensing Executives Society InternationalThe Licensing Executives Society International, or LES International, is a not for profit, non-political, umbrella organisation having 32 national and regional member societies, interested in technology transfers or licensing of intellectual property rights. It was founded in 1965 in the United...
(LESI or LES Int.)
- Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax LawMax Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax LawThe Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law is a Munich, Germany, -based institute, part of the research institutions of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science, which manages more than 90 institutes and research institutions...
- Munich Intellectual Property Law CenterMunich Intellectual Property Law CenterThe Munich Intellectual Property Law Center is a center for both research and education in intellectual property, founded in 2003 and based in Munich, Germany. The MIPLC is a project of the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law, the University of Augsburg, the...
(MIPLC)
- National Association of Patent PractitionersNational Association of Patent PractitionersThe National Association of Patent Practitioners is a United States non-profit organization of patent attorneys and patent agents and those working in the patent field. The NAPP was founded in 1996...
(NAPP)
- Patent CommonsPatent CommonsThe Patent Commons Project was launched on November 15, 2005 by the Open Source Development Labs . The core of the project is an online patent commons reference library aggregating and documenting information about patent-related pledges and other legal solutions directed at the open-source...
- Patent Office Practioners Association (POPA)
- Patent Information Users GroupPatent Information Users GroupThe Patent Information Users Group is a global not-for-profit organization for individuals having a professional, scientific or technical interest in patent information. Its goal is to support, assist, improve and enhance the success of patent information professionals through leadership,...
(PIUG) - Pirate PartyPirate PartyThe Pirate Party is a political party in Sweden founded in 2006. Its sudden popularity has given rise to parties with the same name and similar goals in Europe and worldwide, forming the international Pirate Party movement....
- Professional Inventors Alliance (PIAUSA)
- Public Interest Intellectual Property Advisors (PIIPA) http://www.piipa.org
- Public KnowledgePublic KnowledgePublic Knowledge is a non-profit Washington, D.C.-based public interest group that is involved in intellectual property law, competition, and choice in the digital marketplace, and an open standards/end-to-end internet....
(PK) - Public Patent FoundationPublic Patent FoundationPublic Patent Foundation, or PUBPAT, is a nonprofit organization that seeks to limit perceived abuse of the United States patent system. It was founded in 2003 by Dan Ravicher. , there was growing concern by many technology professionals over the number of patents granted that are either too...
(PUBPAT)
- Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research InstituteQueen Mary Intellectual Property Research InstituteQueen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute is a focused research organisation within the Centre for Commercial Law Studies in the School of Law at Queen Mary, University of London...
- Software Patent InstituteSoftware Patent InstituteSoftware Patent Institute is an American non-profit corporation established to assist in the correct assignment of software patent...
(SPI) - Standing Advisory Committee before the European Patent OfficeStanding Advisory Committee before the European Patent OfficeThe Standing Advisory Committee before the European Patent Office is a committee advising the European Patent Office on patent law issues.In the context of the SACEPO meetings, the EPO meets users of the European patent system from industry, patent attorneys, and...
(SACEPO)
- The Intellectual Property Lawyers' OrganisationThe Intellectual Property Lawyers' OrganisationThe Intellectual Property Lawyers' Organisation or The Intellectual Property Lawyer's Organisation is a United Kingdom-based association of intellectual property lawyers.- External links :*...
(TIPLO)
- UNION of European Practitioners in Intellectual PropertyUNION of European Practitioners in Intellectual PropertyThe UNION of European Practitioners in Intellectual Property, UNION or UEPIP, is a European association of practitioners in the field of intellectual property. It was founded in 1961 under the name was "UNION of European Patent Attorneys"....
(UNION or UEPIP) - Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM)
Former organisations
- International Patent InstituteInternational Patent InstituteThe International Patent Institute was an intellectual property organisation established on June 6, 1947 in The Hague, Netherlands, by a set of European countries, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. It was integrated into the European Patent Organisation on January 1, 1978...
(IIB) - The United States Patent AssociationThe United States Patent AssociationThe United States Patent Association was a non-governmental organization active in the United States in the late 19th century. Their purpose was to promote the benefits of patents for society. Association membership comprised US patent examiners, patent agents and attorneys and inventors...
- United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual PropertyUnited International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual PropertyThe United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property was an international organization. It was set up in 1893 to administer the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property...
(BIRPI)