Intellectual property organizations are international intergovernmental organizations that involve cooperation in the area of copyrights, trademarks and patents.

Contents

1 General organisations 2 Specialized organisations 2.1 Patent-related organisations 2.2 Trademark-related organisations 2.3 Design-related organisations 3 See also

General organisations

• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO)
• Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle (OAPI) or African Intellectual Property Organization

Specialized organisations

Patent-related organisations

• European Patent Organisation (EPO or EPOrg)
• Eurasian Patent Organisation (EAPO)
• Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)

Trademark-related organisations

• Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM)
• Benelux Trademarks Office
• European Trademark Office (?different from OHIM?)

Design-related organisations

• Benelux Designs Office (BDO)

See also

• Intellectual property
• List of organizations
• Patent clerk