Updates of Countries / Regions in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
Governments around the world have implemented a wide range of protocols to control the spread of COVID-19 throughout their jurisdictions. The various intellectual property offices have recognised this is an unprecedented situation that may have an impact on the ability of right holders, applicants, opponents and their representatives to meet deadlines associated with their intellectual property rights.
International Organizations and Offices
●World Intellectual Property Organization (WOPO)
●World Health Organization (WHO)
●European Patent Office (EPO)
●European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP)
●African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)
●Gulf Cooperation Council Patent Office (GCCPO)
North America
Europe
●The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
●The Federal Republic of Germany
Asia
●The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
Oceania
WIPO
●Web.: www.wipo.int
EPO
●Web.: www.epo.org
EUIPO
●Web.: euipo.europa.eu
BOIP
●Web.: www.boip.int
ARIPO
●Web.: aripo.org
GCCPO
●Web.: www.gccpo.org
United States Patent and Trademark Office
●Web.: www.uspto.gov
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
●Web.: www.canada.ca
Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom
●Web.: www.gov.uk
Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation
●Web.: dbei.gov.ie
German Patent and Trademark Office
●Web.: www.dpma.de
French Industrial Property Office
●Web.: www.inpi.fr
Hungarian Intellectual Property Office
●Web.: www.hipo.gov.hu
Czech Industrial Property Office
●Web.: upv.cz
The Estonian Patent Office
●Web.: www.epa.ee
Danish Patent and Trademark Office
●Web.: www.dkpto.dk
Norwegian Industrial Property Office
●Web.: www.patentstyret.no
Finnish Patent and Registration Office
●Web.: www.prh.fi
Icelandic Intellectual Property Office
●Web.: gamli.els.is
Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute
●Web.: ukrpatent.org
Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia
●Web.: www.zis.gov.rs
Institute for Intellectual Property of BiH
●Web.: www.ipr.gov.ba
China National Intellectual Property Administration
●Web.: www.cnipa.gov.cn
Japan Patent Office
●Web.: www.jpo.go.jp
Korean Intellectual Property Office
●Web.: www.kipo.go.kr
Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks
●Web.: www.ipindia.gov.in
Intellectual Property Office of Viet Nam
●Web.: www.noip.gov.vn
Intellectual Property Office of of Australia
●Web.: www.ipaustralia.gov.au
Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand
●Web.: www.iponz.govt.nz