IP Research Centres

Australia

Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture (Australian National University, and Griffith University, Australia)

Asia

Institute of Intellectual Property (Tokyo, Japan)

IP Academy (Singapore)

Europe

Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law (Munich, Germany)

Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Institute for Information Law (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute (University of London, United Kingdom)

Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)

The Arts and Humanities Research Board Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law (formerly the Shepherd and Wedderburn Centre for Research in Intellectual Property and Technology), University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

North America

Berkeley Center for Law and Technology (University of California, Berkeley, United States)

Berkman Center for Internet and Society (Harvard University, United States)

Centre for Innovation Law and Policy (University of Toronto, Canada)

Stanford Center for Internet and Society (Stanford University, United States)

Worldwide

WIPO Worldwide Academy (Geneva, Switzerland)

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Patent and Trade Mark Offices and Policy Branches

Australia and New Zealand

Australia - IP Australia

New Zealand Intellectual Property Office

Asia

China: Hong Kong (SAR)

Japanese Patent Office

Singapore - Intellectual Property Office of Singapore

Europe

European Patent Office

European Commission - Internal Market - Industrial Property

United Kingdom Patent Office

North America

Canadian Intellectual Property Office

US Patent and Trademark Office

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Trilateral Offices - EPO, JPO and USPTO

Trilateral website - EPO, JPO and USPTO

Other Countries

WIPO site

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Copyright Offices and Policy Branches

Australia and New Zealand

Australian Attorney-General's Department

New Zealand Ministry for Economic Development

Asia

China: Hong Kong (SAR)

Singapore - Intellectual Property Office of Singapore

Europe

European Commission - Internal Market - Intellectual Property

United Kingdom Patent Office (Copyright)

North America

Canadian Intellectual Property Office

Canadian Intellectual Property Policy Directorate

United States Copyright Office

Canadian Copyright Board

Other Countries

WIPO site

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International Organizations

WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organization

UPOV - International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants

WTO (TRIPS) World Trade Organization

Hague Conference on Private International Law

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