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Albania
Main IP Laws
2021
Patents (Inventions)
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Geographical Indications
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Plant Variety Protection
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
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IP Regulatory Body
Industrial Property
Andean Community
Main IP Laws
2000
Patents (Inventions)
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Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Trade Names
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Competition
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
Genetic Resources
Traditional Knowledge (TK)
IP Regulatory Body
Industrial Property
Angola
Main IP Laws
1992
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Trade Names
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Antigua and Barbuda
Main IP Laws
2018
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Argentina
Main IP Laws
2019
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Armenia
Main IP Laws
2009
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Industrial Designs
Austria
Main IP Laws
2018
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Azerbaijan
Main IP Laws
2009
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Bahrain
Main IP Laws
2006
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Bangladesh
Main IP Laws
2022
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Belarus
Main IP Laws
2023
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Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Belize
Main IP Laws
2020
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Utility Models
Botswana
Main IP Laws
2010
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Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Trademarks
Trade Names
Geographical Indications
Competition
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Traditional Knowledge (TK)
Brazil
Main IP Laws
2021
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Trade Names
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Bulgaria
Main IP Laws
2022
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Utility Models
Burundi
Main IP Laws
2009
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Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Trade Names
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Competition
Plant Variety Protection
Genetic Resources
Traditional Cultural Expressions
Traditional Knowledge (TK)
Cabo Verde
Main IP Laws
2007
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Trade Names
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Industrial Property
Cambodia
Main IP Laws
2003
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Chile
Main IP Laws
2022
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Plant Variety Protection
Traditional Knowledge (TK)
China
Main IP Laws
2021
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Colombia
Main IP Laws
2000
Industrial Property
Trademarks
Trade Names
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Utility Models
Patents (Inventions)
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Geographical Indications
Genetic Resources
Traditional Knowledge (TK)
Congo
Main IP Laws
2001
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Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Trade Names
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Competition
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Plant Variety Protection
Industrial Property
Costa Rica
Main IP Laws
2008
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Croatia
Main IP Laws
2020
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
Patents (Inventions)
IP Regulatory Body
Utility Models
Plant Variety Protection
Cuba
Main IP Laws
2011
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Cyprus
Main IP Laws
2002
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Competition
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
Transfer of Technology
Czech Republic
Main IP Laws
2022
Utility Models
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Main IP Laws
2021
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Denmark
Main IP Laws
2014
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
Denmark
Main IP Laws
2019
Utility Models
Denmark
Main IP Laws
2019
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Djibouti
Main IP Laws
2009
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Trade Names
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Dominica
Main IP Laws
2008
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Dominican Republic
Main IP Laws
2000
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Trade Names
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Competition
Ecuador
Main IP Laws
2000
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Trade Names
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Competition
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
Genetic Resources
Traditional Knowledge (TK)
Egypt
Main IP Laws
2020
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Trade Names
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Geographical Indications
Plant Variety Protection
El Salvador
Main IP Laws
2017
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights)
Estonia
Main IP Laws
2023
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Estonia
Main IP Laws
2023
Utility Models
Eswatini
Main IP Laws
1997
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Ethiopia
Main IP Laws
1995
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Finland
Main IP Laws
2016
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Trademarks
Trade Names
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Plant Variety Protection
Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights)
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
Finland
Main IP Laws
2017
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
IP Regulatory Body
Finland
Main IP Laws
2017
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Plant Variety Protection
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
IP Regulatory Body
Finland
Main IP Laws
2013
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
France
Main IP Laws
2022
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Trade Names
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Competition
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Plant Variety Protection
Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights)
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Genetic Resources
Transfer of Technology
IP Regulatory Body
Industrial Property
Gambia (the)
Main IP Laws
2007
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Trademarks
Trade Names
Geographical Indications
Georgia
Main IP Laws
2019
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
IP Regulatory Body
Germany
Main IP Laws
2021
Utility Models
Ghana
Main IP Laws
2003
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
Transfer of Technology
Industrial Property
Ghana
Main IP Laws
2003
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
Transfer of Technology
IP Regulatory Body
Industrial Property
Greece
Main IP Laws
2011
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
Transfer of Technology
IP Regulatory Body
Industrial Property
Grenada
Main IP Laws
2011
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Guatemala
Main IP Laws
2000
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Trade Names
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Competition
Guinea-Bissau
Main IP Laws
1997
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Trade Names
Industrial Property
Honduras
Main IP Laws
2006
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Trade Names
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Hong Kong, China
Main IP Laws
2020
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Hungary
Main IP Laws
2022
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Hungary
Main IP Laws
2018
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Indonesia
Main IP Laws
2016
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Jamaica
Main IP Laws
2022
Industrial Designs
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Japan
Main IP Laws
2015
Utility Models
Japan
Main IP Laws
2008
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Kazakhstan
Main IP Laws
2022
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Kenya
Main IP Laws
2017
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Industrial Property
Other
Transfer of Technology
Kuwait
Main IP Laws
2001
Patents (Inventions)
Industrial Designs
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Utility Models
Kyrgyzstan
Main IP Laws
2023
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Kyrgyzstan
Main IP Laws
2007
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
Kyrgyzstan
Main IP Laws
2006
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights)
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
Industrial Property
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Main IP Laws
2018
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Trade Names
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Competition
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Plant Variety Protection
Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights)
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Traditional Cultural Expressions
IP Regulatory Body
Industrial Property
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Main IP Laws
2002
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Lesotho
Main IP Laws
1997
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Trade Names
Competition
Liberia
Main IP Laws
2016
Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights)
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
Transfer of Technology
IP Regulatory Body
Geographical Indications
Industrial Designs
Patents (Inventions)
Trademarks
Utility Models
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Macao, China
Main IP Laws
2001
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Industrial Property
Malaysia
Main IP Laws
2006
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Mauritius
Main IP Laws
2022
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Trade Names
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Plant Variety Protection
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
IP Regulatory Body
Competition
Mexico
Main IP Laws
2020
Geographical Indications
Trademarks
Patents (Inventions)
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Trade Names
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Mongolia
Main IP Laws
2021
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Morocco
Main IP Laws
2014
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Trade Names
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Competition
Mozambique
Main IP Laws
2016
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Trade Names
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Myanmar
Main IP Laws
2019
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Namibia
Main IP Laws
2018
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Trade Names
IP Regulatory Body
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Main IP Laws
2023
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Nicaragua
Main IP Laws
2001
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Oman
Main IP Laws
2008
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Trade Names
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Competition
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Plant Variety Protection
Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights)
Panama
Main IP Laws
1996
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Trade Names
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Industrial Property
Paraguay
Main IP Laws
2010
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Philippines
Main IP Laws
2015
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Trade Names
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights)
Portugal
Main IP Laws
2019
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Trade Names
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Republic of Korea
Main IP Laws
2023
Utility Models
Republic of Moldova
Main IP Laws
2023
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Romania
Main IP Laws
2013
Utility Models
Russian Federation
Main IP Laws
2023
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Trade Names
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Competition
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Plant Variety Protection
Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights)
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
Transfer of Technology
IP Regulatory Body
Industrial Property
Rwanda
Main IP Laws
2009
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Trademarks
Trade Names
Geographical Indications
Competition
Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights)
Industrial Property
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Main IP Laws
2002
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Main IP Laws
2009
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
San Marino
Main IP Laws
2014
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Trade Names
Sao Tome and Principe
Main IP Laws
2017
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Trade Names
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Competition
Seychelles
Main IP Laws
2015
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Trade Names
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Sierra Leone
Main IP Laws
2012
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Slovakia
Main IP Laws
2019
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
IP Regulatory Body
Slovakia
Main IP Laws
2019
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Plant Variety Protection
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
IP Regulatory Body
Slovakia
Main IP Laws
1992
Utility Models
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
IP Regulatory Body
Slovenia
Main IP Laws
2023
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Trade Names
Spain
Main IP Laws
2018
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Sweden
Main IP Laws
2023
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Switzerland
Main IP Laws
1995
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
Syrian Arab Republic
Main IP Laws
2012
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Tajikistan
Main IP Laws
2010
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights)
Industrial Property
Tajikistan
Main IP Laws
2008
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights)
Thailand
Main IP Laws
1999
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Tonga
Main IP Laws
2020
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Trade Names
Competition
Türkiye
Main IP Laws
2017
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Industrial Designs
Plant Variety Protection
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
IP Regulatory Body
Uganda
Main IP Laws
2015
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Other
Ukraine
Main IP Laws
2023
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
United Arab Emirates
Main IP Laws
2021
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
United Republic of Tanzania
Main IP Laws
2008
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Industrial Property
Trade Names
Geographical Indications
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
United Republic of Tanzania
Main IP Laws
1995
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Uruguay
Main IP Laws
2021
Utility Models
Patents (Inventions)
Industrial Designs
Uzbekistan
Main IP Laws
2017
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
IP Regulatory Body
Viet Nam
Main IP Laws
2006
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Trade Names
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Plant Variety Protection
Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights)
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
Yemen
Main IP Laws
2011
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Zambia
Main IP Laws
2016
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models