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About this Guide

This guide covers resources for International Intellectual Property Law, including:

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World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
An organization of member states. Administers IP law treaties. Maintains databases and cross-border registration systems for international patent, trademark, and industrial designs. Facilitates IP mediation and arbitration. Their website contains a database of ip law from various countries, and IP treaties and judgments from national and regional courts - WIPOLEX.
WIPO Directory of Intellectual Property Offices
Links to IP offices for governments worldwide, plus regional IP offices.
World Trade Organization
Administers TRIPS (Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.)
WIPO IP Statistics Data Center

Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law
Search for Intellectual Property or other more specific terms
Wipo Lex
Includes national and regional Ip laws
Bloomberg Law Trademarks and Copyrights Practice Center
Scroll down to access International IP Law sources, including trademark treaties, copyright treaties, WIPO Resources, and domain name dispute resources.
Westlaw - Practical Law - Intellectual Property
practice notes, forms, checklists, case updates and country Q & A. (Click on Resource Type on the left to narrow to one of these resources.)
Bloomberg Law IP Reference Library
Books