IP protection across 20+ jurisdictions

International IP protection, routed to the right local expert

We assess your position under local law across more than twenty jurisdictions, then connect you with a vetted IP firm in the market that matters to you.

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The main international routes

Four core rights, one place to understand how each travels across borders.

Trade marks

Register and enforce trade marks through the Madrid Protocol or directly with a national office, calibrated to where you actually trade.

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Patents

Take an invention international through the PCT, then into national phase in the jurisdictions that count for your business.

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Designs

Protect the look of a product through the Hague System or local registered design rights, with the disclosure timing that protects you.

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Copyright

Understand how copyright arises automatically under the Berne Convention, and where registration still earns its keep.

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Protecting IP across borders is mostly a routing problem

Most businesses know roughly what they need: a trade mark filed in a new market, a patent taken international, a copyright dispute handled where the infringement is happening. The hard part is knowing which route applies, under which local rules, and which firm to trust once you get there. IPEnvoy does that assessment, then hands the qualified work to a partner firm on the ground.

Jurisdictions we cover

Start with the market you care about. Each hub explains the local system and links to step-by-step guides.

China

An orientation guide to the intellectual property system in China: the main IP rights, the role of CNIPA, how protection is generally obtained, and why local advice matters.

United States

An orientation guide to the United States intellectual property system: the main rights (trade marks, patents, copyright, designs), the role of the USPTO, how protection is generally obtained, and why local advice matters.

European Union

An orientation guide to the intellectual property system in the European Union: the main IP rights, the EUIPO, how protection is generally obtained, and why local advice matters.

India

An orientation guide to the intellectual property system in India: the main IP rights, the CGPDTM and its registries, how protection is generally obtained, and why local advice matters.

Türkiye

An orientation guide to the intellectual property system in Turkey: the main IP rights, the role of TURKPATENT, how protection is generally obtained, and why local advice matters.

Japan

A practical orientation to intellectual property in Japan for foreign businesses: the main rights, the Japan Patent Office (JPO), first-to-file practice, Japanese-character marks, the IP High Court, and Japan's Madrid and PCT membership.

South Korea

A practical orientation to intellectual property in South Korea for foreign businesses: the main rights, the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), first-to-file practice, Korean-character marks, the Patent Court of Korea, IPTAB, and South Korea's Madrid, PCT, Paris, Hague and Berne membership.

Germany

An orientation guide to the intellectual property system in Germany for foreign businesses: the main IP rights, the national DPMA route versus EU and regional routes, and why local advice matters.

Canada

An orientation guide to the intellectual property system in Canada for foreign businesses: the main IP rights, CIPO as the administering office, bilingual English and French filing, the post-2019 trade mark regime, voluntary copyright registration and the Quebec French-language dimension.

Australia

A practical orientation to intellectual property in Australia for foreign businesses: the main rights, IP Australia as the office, first-to-file patents, the phased-out innovation patent, automatic copyright, national designs that must be certified before enforcement, and Australia's treaty memberships.

France

An orientation guide to the intellectual property system in France for foreign businesses: the main IP rights, the national INPI route versus EU and regional routes, and why local advice matters.

Benelux

An orientation guide to intellectual property in the Benelux for foreign businesses: why the Benelux is a regional trade mark and design union and not a country, what BOIP administers, and where patents and copyright actually come from.

Switzerland

A practical orientation to intellectual property in Switzerland for foreign businesses: the main rights, the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI), first-to-file practice, why EU rights do not cover Switzerland, the national and European patent routes, the Swiss and Liechtenstein patent territory, the Swissness rules, and membership of Madrid, PCT, Paris, Hague, Berne and the EPC.

Brazil

A practical orientation to intellectual property in Brazil for foreign businesses: the main rights, the Brazilian INPI as the national office, first-to-file practice, Portuguese filing and the local-representative requirement, ANVISA prior consent for pharmaceutical patents, and Brazil's Madrid, PCT, Paris and Hague membership.

Mexico

A practical orientation to intellectual property in Mexico for foreign businesses: the main rights, the two-office structure (IMPI and INDAUTOR), Spanish filing, the local-representative requirement, first-to-file, the trade mark declaration of use, and Mexico's Madrid, PCT, Paris, Hague and Berne membership.

Spain

An orientation guide to the intellectual property system in Spain for foreign businesses: the main IP rights, the OEPM, the EU and regional routes that also cover Spain, and why local advice matters.

Italy

A top-level guide to the Italian IP system for foreign businesses, comparing the national UIBM route with the EU and regional routes that also cover Italy, including the Unitary Patent and the Milan section of the Unified Patent Court.

Indonesia

A practical orientation to intellectual property in Indonesia for foreign businesses: the main rights, the DGIP as the national office, first-to-file practice, Bahasa Indonesia filing through a local consultant, the trade mark squatting risk, the simple patent, voluntary copyright recordal, and Indonesia's Madrid, PCT, Paris and Berne membership.

Vietnam

An orientation to Vietnam's intellectual property system for foreign businesses, covering trade marks, patents, the patent for utility solution, industrial designs and copyright, the two administering bodies, first-to-file filing and treaty membership.

International

An orientation guide to international intellectual property protection: how the Madrid Protocol, PCT, Hague System and Paris Convention work, and how national jurisdictions fit in.