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Last updated on: April 3, 2024
The following list includes a number of intellectual property offices around the world. Each item has information on the intellectual property office address, email, and phone number. For an exhaustive list of patent and trademark offices, check out the World Intellectual Property Organization’s directory.
For any effective brand protection strategy, it’s vital for companies to know how to get in touch with their local intellectual property offices – even those that are still beginners. For this reason, Red Points has created the list below.
Website: www.uspto.gov
Email: usptoinfo@uspto.gov
The USPTO recommends you use one of the following subject lines to speed up email correspondence:
Phone numbers:
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Virginia Headquarters:
USPTO Madison Building
600 Dulany Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Texas:
USPTO Texas Regional Office
207 South Houston St., Suite 159
Dallas, Texas 75202
Phone: 469-295-9000
Email: TexasRegionalOffice@uspto.gov
Colorado:
USPTO Rocky Mountain Regional Office
1961 Stout Street, 14th floor
Denver, CO 80294
Phone: 303-297-4600
Email: rockymountain@uspto.gov
Michigan:
USPTO Midwest Regional Office
300 River Place Drive, Suite 2900
Detroit, MI 48207
Phone: 313-446-4800
Email: MidwestRegion@uspto.gov
California:
Silicon Valley USPTO
26 S. Fourth Street
San Jose, CA 95113
Phone: 408-918-9900
Email: SiliconValley@USPTO.GOV
U.S. Copyright Office
101 Independence Ave. S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20559-6000
Phone: (202) 707–3000 or 1 (877) 476–0778 (toll free)
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Mexican Institute of Industrial Property
Website: https://www.gob.mx/impi/
Email: buzon@impi.gob.mx, dp@impi.gob.mx
Phone numbers:
(52 55) 56 24 04 01 / 04
(52 55) 53 34 07 00
(52 55) 56 24 04 06 – Telefax
Address:
Periférico Sur No. 3106
Piso 9, Col. Jardines del Pedregal
Mexico, D.F., C.P. 01900
Website: http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/Home
Email: ic.contact-contact.ic@canada.ca
Phone numbers:
Telephone (toll-free in Canada and the United States): 1-866-997-1936
International calls only: 1-819-934-0544
Fax: 819-953-2476 or 819-953-6742
TTY (for hearing-impaired): 1-866-694-8389
Business hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Address:
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Place du Portage I
50 Victoria Street, Room C-114
Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0C9 (Courier: J8X 3X1)
The National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)
Website: http://www.inpi.gov.br/english
An online contact form is available at this link: http://faleconosco.inpi.gov.br/faleconosco/
Phone number: (21) 3037-3000
Rio De Janeiro Headquarters:
Rua Mayrink Veiga, 9 – Centro – RJ – CEP: 20090-910
Praça Mauá, 7 – Centro – RJ – CEP: 20081-240
Mailing address:
Rua Mayrink Veiga, nÂş 9 – 22Âş andar – Centro – Rio de Janeiro / RJ – CEP: 20090-910
Eleven district addresses with emails are available at the link below:
Website: https://www.inapi.cl/
Email: inapi@inapi.cl
Phone: (56 2) 2 887 0400
Address:
Av. Libertador Bernardo O’higgins 194, 1st floor, Santiago, Chile
Website: http://www.inpi.gob.ar/
Email: infopatentes@inpi.gob.ar
Phone: 0-800-222-4674, (54 11) 4344 4902
Address:
Paseo ColĂłn 717
C.P. 1063 Buenos Aires
Website: https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/home
Email: information@euipo.europa.eu
Phone: 34 965 139 100
Address:
Avenida de Europa, 4
03008 Alicante, Spain
Website: https://www.dpma.de
Email: info@dpma.de
Phone: (49 89) 21 95 0 (Munich)
Mailing address:
80297 Munich
Location:
ZweibrĂĽckenstraĂźe 12
80331 Munich
Web site: http://www.bip.sx/
E-mail: info@bip.sx
Phone: (1721) 543 35 00
Address:
Professional Office Park
Osprey Drive #4
Building 2, Unit 2A
Philipsburg, Sint Maarten
Website: http://www.opi-aruba.org/
E-mail address: opi@aruba.gov.aw
Phone: (297) 583 1200
Address:
1 Laclé Blvd. No. 3
Oranjestad
Aruba
Web site: http://www.rvo.nl/octrooien
Email: nloctrooicentrum@agentschapnl.nl
Phone: (31 88) 042 42 42
Address:
Prinses Beatrixlaan 2
2595 AL Den Haag
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 10366
2501 HJ Den Haag
Web site: http://www.inpi.fr
Email: contact@inpi.fr
Phone: (00 33) 171 087 163
Mailing Address:
15 rue des Minimes
CS 50001
92677 Courbevoie Cedex
Web site: http://www.uibm.gov.it
Email: contactcenteruibm@mise.gov.it
Phone: (39) 06 4705 5800
Address:
19, via Molise
00187 Roma
Web site: http://www.ipo.gov.uk
Email: information@ipo.gov.uk
Phone: 030 0300 2000, +44 (0) 1633 814000 (outside the UK)
Address:
Concept House
Cardiff Road
Newport
South Wales NP10 8QQ
Web site: https://economie.fgov.be/fr/themes/propriete-intellectuelle
Email: address piie.contact@economie.fgov.be
Phone: (00 32) 2 277 9011
Address:
SPF Economie
OPRI – DG de la RĂ©glementation Ă©conomique
City Atrium
Rue du Progrès, 50
1210 Bruxelles
Web site: http://www.oepm.es
Email: informacion@oepm.es
Phone: (34) 902 15 75 30
Address:
Paseo de la Castellana 75
28046 Madrid
China National Intellectual Property Administration
Web site: http://english.cnipa.gov.cn/
Email: sipo@sipo.gov.cn
Phone: (86 10) 62 08 31 14
Address:
6, Xitucheng Lu
Jimenqiao Haidian District
100088 Beijing
Web site: https://www.jpo.go.jp/e/index.html
Email: PA1A31@jpo.go.jp
Phone: (81 3) 3580 9827 (Int. Affairs)
Address:
3-4-3 Kasumigaseki
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8915
Office of the Controller-General of Patents, Designs, and Trademarks
Web site: http://www.ipindia.nic.in
Email: mumbai-patent@nic.in
Phone: (91 22) 241 32735
Address:
Bhoudhik Sampada Bhavan
S.M. Road, Antop Hill
Mumbai-400037
Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC)
Web site: http://www.cipc.co.za/
Mr. Lehong, Patents and Designs—Email: tlehong@cipc.co.za Phone: (27 12) 394 1298
Ms. Lotheringen, IP Enforcement—Email: alotheringen@cipc.co.za Phone: (27 12) 394 1512
More contact links are located at South Africa’s WIPO page
Physical Address:
Block F
The DTI Campus
77 Meintjies Street
Sunnyside
Pretoria
Mailing Address:
Private Bag X400
Pretoria 0001
Web site: http://www.itda.gov.eg/
Email: info@Itda.gov.eg
Phone: (202) 267 20 452
Address:
4 Nasr Road cross Makram Ebeid
Nasr City – Cairo
Egypt
Web site: https://www.ipaustralia.gov.au
Email: international@ipaustralia.gov.au
Phone: (612) 6283 2002 (Director General), (612) 6283 2999
Mailing address:
PO Box 200
Woden ACT, 2606
Street address:
47 Bowes Street
Woden ACT, 2606
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