Associationswww.ibanet.org The IBA (International Bar Association) provides information on international matters relating to the legal profession as well as a unique platform concerning world law. www.brak.de The Federal Bar Association provides information also on attorney’s fees. www.dgri.de German Law and Informatics Association www.acid.uk.com ACID - Anti Copying In Design www.aim.be AIM - European Brands Association (Association des Industries de Marque) www.aipla.org AIPLA - American Intellectual Property Law Association www.aippi.org AIPPI - International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property www.aippi.de AIPPIDE - German regional group of AIPPI www.apipa.org.tw APIPA - Asia Pacific Intellectual Property Association www.markenpiraterie-apm.de APM - German Business Action Group against Product and Trademark Counterfeiting www.apram.com APRAM - French Association of Legal Practitioners of Trademarks and Designs www.aspip.org ASIP - Arab Society for Intellectual Property www.asipi.org ASIPI - Interamerican Association of Industrial Property www.beda.org BEDA - Bureau of European Designers' Association www.bnef.org BNEF - Brand Names Education Foundation www.bnotk.de BNotK - German Federal Chamber of Notaries www.bpla.org BPLA - Boston Patent Law Association www.brak.de BRAK - Federal Bar Association www.bvs-ev.de B.V.S. - Association of Publicly Certified and Qualified Experts www.ceipi.edu CEIPI - Center for International Industrial Property Studies www.cipa.org.uk CIPA - Chartered Institute of Patent Agents www.cipr.org CIPR - The Coalition for Intellectual Property Rights www.anwaltverein.de DAV - German Lawyers’ Association www.deutscher-erfinder-verband.de DEV - German Association of Inventors www.ihk.de DIHK - German Chamber of Industry and Commerce www.dis-arb.de DIS - German Institution of Arbitration www.fast.org.uk FAST - Federation Against Software Theft www.ficpi.org FICPI - International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys europa.eu.int/comm/competition/index_de.html European Commission Directorate-General for Competition www.gacg.org GACG - Global Anti-Counterfeiting Group www.grur.de GRUR - German Association for Intellectual Property and Copyright Lawwww.hkitmp.org HKITMP - The Hong Kong Institute of Trademark Practitioners www.iacc.org IACC - International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition www.iccwbo.org ICC - International Chamber of Commerce www.invention-ifia.ch IFIA - International Federation of Inventors’ Associations www.iilp.net IILP - The Institute of International Licensing Practitioners www.iip.or.jp IIP - Institute of Intellectual Property Tokyo www.iipa.com IIPA - International Intellectual Property Alliance www.iipi.org IIPI - International Intellectual Property Institute www.inta.org INTA - International Trademark Association www.ipba.co.uk IPBA - Intellectual Property Bar Association www.ipic.ca IPIC - Intellectual Property Institute of Canada www.ipsanz.com.au IPSANZ - Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand www.ipta.com.au IPTA - Institute of Patent and Trademark Attorneys of Australia www.itma.org.uk ITMA - British Institute of Trademark Attorneys www.jiii.or.jp JIII - Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation www.lesi.org LESI - Licensing Executives Authority www.ligue.org LIDC - International League of Competition Law www.markenverband.de German Brand Association www.marques.org MARQUES - Association of European Trademark Owners www.minds.org.my MINDS - Malaysian Invention & Design Society www.miplc.de MIPLC - Munich Intellectual Property Law Centre www.intellecprop.mpg.de MPI - Max-Planck-Institute for Foreign and International. Patent, Copyright and Competition Law www.internetmarken.de Netmark www.inpi.gov.br NIPI - Brazilian Industrial Property Office www.nipo.org.in NIPO - National Intellectual Property Organization of India www.erfinderverband.at OPEV - Austrian Association of Patentholders and Inventors www.pavis.de PAVIS - Service Organisation for German Patent Attorneys www.pipla.org PIPLA - Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association www.ripla.org RIPLA - Rochester Intellectual Property Association www.saiipl.org.za SAIIPL - South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law www.sfipla.org SFIPLA - San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association www.svipla.com SVIPLA - Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Association www.un.org UN - United Nations www.vbp.org V.B.P. - German Anti-Piracy Association www.vdi.de VDI - Association of German Engineers www.patentpruefer.de Association of Technical Members of the German Patent and Trademark Office www.vde.de VDE - Association of German Electrical Engineers www.wcoomd.org WCO - World Customs Organization www.wipla.com WIPLA - World Intellectual Property Law Agency www.wto.org WTO - World Trade Organisation www.zoll-d.de/ Federal Customs Administration |