Claims Notice

If you have received a Trademark Claims Notice and are seeking more information, we recommend referring to the trademark office for the relevant jurisdiction or the relevant decisions made under the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).

UDRP Providers:

Arab Center for Domain Name Dispute Resolution (ACDR)
Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre
CPR: International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution
National Arbitration Forum
The Czech Arbitration Court Arbitration Center for Internet Disputes
WIPO

Trademark Offices per jurisdiction:

Country + website	WIPO information
Afghanistan	Afghanistan Central Business Registry and Intellectual Property Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Albania	General Directorate of Patents and Trademarks Ministry of Economy, Trade and Energy
Algeria	Ministry of Industry, Small and Medium Sized Entreprises and Investment PromotionAlgerian National Institute of Industrial Property (INAPI)
Andorra	Trademarks Office of the Principality of Andorra Department of Economy Ministry of Economy and Land Management
Angola	Angolan Institute of Industrial Property Ministry of Geology, Mines and Industry
Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda Intellectual Property & Commerce Office (ABIPCO) Ministry of Legal Affairs
Argentina	National Institute of Industrial Property
Armenia	Intellectual Property Agency of the Republic of Armenia Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia
Australia	IP Australia Department of Industry
Austria	The Austrian Patent Office Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology
Azerbaijan	State Committee on Standardization, Metrology and Patents of the Republic of Azerbaijan Industrial Property Objects Examination Center (AzPatent)
Bahamas	Registrar General's Department
Bahrain	Directorate of Industrial Property Ministry of Industry and Commerce
Bangladesh	Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (DPDT) Ministry of Industries
Barbados	Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (CAIPO) Ministry of International Business and International Transport
Belarus	National Center of Intellectual Property (NCIP) State Committee on Science and Technologies
Belgium	Office of Intellectual Property Directorate General Regulation and Market Organisation
Belize	Belize Intellectual Property Office (BELIPO)
Benin	National Industrial Property Center (CENAPI) Ministry of Industry and Commerce
Bhutan	Industrial Property Division (IPD) Ministry of Economic Affairs
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Servicio Nacional de Propiedad Intelectual (SENAPI) Ministerio de Desarrollo Productivo y Economía Plural
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana	Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property Ministry of Trade and Industry
Brazil	National Institute of Industrial Property Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (INPI)
Brunei Darussalam	Brunei Intellectual Property Office (BruIPO) The Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB)
Bulgaria	Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria (BPO)
Burkina Faso	General Directorate of Industrial Property (DGPI) Ministry of Industrie, Trade and Craft
Burundi	Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism
Cabo Verde	Institute of Intellectual Property of Cabo Verde Installation Committee
Cambodia	Department of Industrial Property (DIP) Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy
Cambodia	Intellectual Property Department (IPD) Ministry of Commerce
Cameroon	Directorate of Technological Development and Industrial Property (MINMIDT) Ministry of Industry, Mines and Technological Development
Canada	Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) Industry Canada
Central African Republic	National Industrial Property Service Directorate of Industrial Development and Handicraft Ministry of Industry, Commerce, SME-SMI
Chad	National Liaison Office with OAPI (SNL / OAPI) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Chile	National Institute of Industrial Property Ministry of Economy
China	Trademark Office State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the People's Republic of China (SAIC)
Colombia	Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Turismo
Comoros	Intellectual Property Office (OCPI) Ministry of Energy, Mines, Industry and Handicrafts
Congo	National Industrial Property Unit Directorate General of Industry (ANPI) Ministry of Industrial Development and Promotion of Private Sector
Costa Rica	Registro de la Propiedad Industrial Registro Nacional Ministerio de Justicia y Paz
Côte d'Ivoire	Ivorian Office of Intellectual Property (OIPI) Ministry for Industry and the Promotion of the Private Sector
Croatia	State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia (SIPO)
Cuba	Cuban Industrial Property Office (OCPI) Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment
Cyprus	Department of Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
Czech Republic	Industrial Property Office
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Trademark, Industrial Design and Geographical Indication Office (TIDGIO) of the DPR Korea State Administration for Quality Management of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (SAQM)
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Directorate of Industrial Property Secretariat for industry and small and medium enterprises (IPMEA) Ministry of Industry and SMEs
Denmark	Danish Patent and Trademark Office Ministry of Trade and Industry
Djibouti	Ministry of Commerce and Industry Office of Industrial Property and Commerce (ODPIC)
Dominica	Companies and Intellectual Property Office Ministry of Tourism and legal Affairs
Dominican Republic	National Office of Industrial Property (ONAPI) State Secretariat for Industry and Commerce
Ecuador	Ecuadorian Institute of Intellectual Property National Directory of Industrial Property
Egypt	Trademarks and Industrial Designs Office Ministry of Trade and Industry
El Salvador	National Center of Registries (CNR)
Equatorial Guinea	Council of Scientific and Tecnological Research Presidency of the Government
Eritrea	Domestic Trade and Intellectual Property Ministry of Trade and Industry
Estonia	The Estonian Patent Office
Ethiopia	Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office (EIPO)
Fiji	Office of the Attorney-General Ministry of Justice
Finland	National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland
France	National Institute of Industrial Property
Gabon	Center of Industrial Property of Gabon (CEPIG) Ministry of Industry and Mines
Gambia	Office of the Registrar General Attorney General’s Chambers Ministry for Justice
Georgia	National Intellectual Property Center (Sakpatenti)
Germany	German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA)
Ghana	Registrar General's Department Ministry of Justice
Greece	Trademark Office Directorate of Commercial and Industrial Property General Secretary for Commerce
Grenada	Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (CAIPO)
Guatemala	Registry of Intellectual Property Ministry of Economic Affairs
Guinea	National Service of Industrial Property Ministry of Trade, Industry, Small and Medium Enterprises
Guinea-Bissau	General Directorate of Industrial Property Ministry of Energy, Industry and Natural Resources
Guyana	The Deeds Registry Ministry of Legal Affairs
Haiti	Intellectual Property Service
	Ministry of Trade and Industry
Holy See	Judicial Office
	Central Offices
Honduras	Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DIGEPIH)
Hungary	Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO)
Iceland	Icelandic Patent Office Ministry of Economic Affairs
India	Office of the Controller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks Department of Industrial Policy Promotions Ministry of Commerce and Industry Government of India
Indonesia	Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights
Indonesia	Ministry of Law and Human Rights
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Industrial Property Office Registration Organization of Deeds and Property of Islamic Republic of Iran
Iraq	Industrial Property Department Central Organization for Standardization & Quality Control (COSQC) Ministry of Planning
Ireland	Patents Office Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Israel	Israel Patent Office Ministry of Justice
Italy	Italian Patent and Trademark Office Directorate General of Combating Counterfeiting Ministry of Economic Development
Jamaica	Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO)
Japan	Japan Patent Office (JPO), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
Jordan	Industrial Property Protection Directorate Ministry of Industry and Trade
Kazakhstan	Committee of Intellectual Property Rights Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Kenya	Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI) Ministry of Trade and Industry
Kiribati	Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
Kuwait	Ministry of Trade and Industry Trademarks and Patents Department
Kyrgyzstan	State Service of Intellectual Property and Innovation under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzpatent)
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Department of Intellectual Property, Ministry of Science and Technology
Latvia	Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia
Lebanon	Office of Intellectual Property Department of Intellectual Property Directorate General of Economy and Trade Ministry of Economy and Trade
Lesotho	Ministry of Law and Constitutional Affairs Registrar General's Office
Liberia	Liberia Industrial Property Office (LIPO) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Libya	Intellectual Property Department Scientific Research, Cooperation and Innovation Department National Authority for Scientific Research (NASR) Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
Liechtenstein	Bureau of Intellectual Property Office of Economic Affairs
Lithuania	State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania
Luxembourg	Ministère de l'économie et du Commerce extérieur, Direction de la propriété intellectuelle
Madagascar	Malagasy Industrial Property Office
Malawi	Department of the Registrar General Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs
Malaysia	Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia
Maldives	Intellectual Property Unit Ministry of Economic Development
Mali	Malian Centre for the Promotion of Industrial Property (CEMAPI) Ministry of Trade and Industry
Malta	The National IP Office of Malta Commerce Department Ministry for Fair Competition, Small Business and Consumers
Mauritania	Directorate of Industry Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Handicraft and Tourism
Mauritius	Industrial Property Office (IPO) Regional Integration and International Trade Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mexico	Mexican Institute of Industrial Property
Monaco	Intellectual Property Division Directorate of Economic Expansion Department of Finance and Economy
Mongolia	Intellectual Property Office of Mongolia
Montenegro	Intellectual Property Office of Montenegro
Morocco	Moroccan Industrial and Commercial Property Office
Mozambique	Industrial Property Institute (IPI) Ministry of Industry and Commerce
Myanmar	Department of Technical and Vocational Education Ministry of Science and Technology
Namibia	Ministry of Trade and Industry Trade and Commerce Department
Nauru	Department of Justice Office of the Registrar of Patents, Trade Marks and Copyright
Nepal	Department of Industry Ministry of Industry
Netherlands	Bureau of Intellectual Property Aruba
Netherlands	Bureau of Intellectual Property Curaçao
New Zealand	Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) Ministry of Economic Development
New Zealand	Office for Tokelau Affairs
Nicaragua	Intellectual Property Registry (RPI) Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade (MIFIC)
Niger	Direction of Innovation and Industrial property Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Promotion of young entrepreneurs
Nigeria	Trademarks, Patents and Designs Registry Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment
Norway	Patentstyret (Norwegian Industrial Property Office)
Oman	Intellectual Property Department Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Pakistan	Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan)
Palau	Ministry of Resources and Development
Panama	Directorate General of the Industrial Property Registry Ministry of Commerce and Industries
Papua New Guinea	Intellectual Property Office of Papua New Guinea (IPOPNG)
Paraguay	Ministry of Industry and Trade Directorate General of Intellectual Property
Peru	Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM), National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection (INDECOPI)
Philippines	Intellectual Property Office of Philippines (IPOPHIL)
Poland	Polish Patent Office
Portugal	Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property Ministry of Justice
Qatar	Industrial Property Office Trademarks, Industrial Designs & G.I. Competent administration Ministry of Business and Trade, Department of Commercial Registration and Licensing
Republic of Korea	Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO)
Republic of Moldova	State Agency on Intellectual Property (AGEPI)
Romania	State Office for Inventions and Trademarks
Russian Federation	Federal Service for Intellectual Property (ROSPATENT)
Rwanda	Rwanda Development Board (RDB) Office of the Registrar General
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Intellectual Property Office The Registrar of IP
Saint Lucia	Registry of Companies and Intellectual Property
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Commerce and Intellectual Property Office
Samoa	Registrar of Patents, Trade Marks and Industrial Designs Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (MCIL)
San Marino	Department of External Affairs State Office for Patents and Trademarks
Sao Tome and Principe	Industrial Property National Service (SENAPI) Directorate of Industry Ministry of Planning and Development
Saudi Arabia	Trade Mark Section Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Senegal	Senegalese Agency of Industrial Property and Innovation Techologique (ASPIT) Ministry of Trade, Industry and Handicraft
Serbia	Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia
Seychelles	Registration Division Department of Legal Affairs President's Office
Sierra Leone	Administrator and Registrar-General's Department
Singapore	Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS)
Slovakia	Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic
Slovenia	Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) Ministry of Economic Development and Technology
Solomon Islands	Ministry of Police and Justice Registrar-General's Office
Somalia	Ministry of Industry, Patents and Trade Marks Office
South Africa	Department of Trade and Industry Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC)
Spain	Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism Spanish Patent and Trademark Office
Sri Lanka	National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka
Sudan	Registrar General of Intellectual Property Ministry of Justice
Suriname	Bureau of Intellectual Property Ministry of Justice and Police
Swaziland	Ministry of Commerce Industry and Trade Intellectual Property Office
Sweden	Swedish Patent and Registration Office (SPRO)
Switzerland	Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
Syrian Arab Republic	Directorate of Commercial and Industrial Property Protection (DCIP) Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection
Tajikistan	National Center for Patents and Information (NCPI) Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
Thailand	Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) Ministry of Commerce
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	State Office of Industrial Property (SOIP)
Timor-Leste	Department of the Legal and Treaties Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Timor-Leste	National Director of Human Rights and Citizenship Ministry of Justice
Togo	National Institute for Industrial Property and Technology (INPIT) Ministry of Trade, Industry, Transport and Development of the Free Zone
Tonga	The Registry & Intellectual Property Office (RIPO) Ministry of Labour, Commerce and Industries
Trinidad and Tobago	Intellectual Property Office Ministry of Legal Affairs
Tunisia	National Institute for Standardization and Industrial Property (INNORPI) Ministry of Industry and Technology
Turkey	Turkish Patent Institute
Turkmenistan	State Service on Intellectual Property under the Ministry of Economy and Development of Turkmenistan
Tuvalu	Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Public Corporations
Uganda	Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB)
Ukraine	State Enterprise “Ukrainian Institute of Industrial Property” (SE UIPV)
Ukraine	State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine (SIPS)
United Arab Emirates	Trademark Department Ministry of Economy
United Kingdom	Intellectual Property Office Information Centre
United Republic of Tanzania	Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA) Ministry of Industry and Trade
United Republic of Tanzania	Registrar General's Office Ministry of Justice and Constitutional's Affairs
United States of America	United States Department of Commerce United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Uruguay	National Directorate of Industrial Property Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining
Uzbekistan	Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Vanuatu	The Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Vanuatu, Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Industry
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Autonomous Service of Intellectual Property (SAPI) Ministry of Popular Power for Trade
Viet Nam	National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP) Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment
Yemen	Ministry of Industry and Trade, General Department for Intellectual Property Protection
Zambia	Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe Intellectual Property Office (ZIPO) Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
OAPI	African Intellectual Property Organization
ARIPO	African Regional Intellectual Property Organization
WIPO	World Intellectual Property Organization
BOIP	Benelux Office for Intellectual Property
OHIM	Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

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