Essential IP Resources

Major Patent & IP Offices

Explore official websites of key intellectual property offices in Thailand and across the globe. A perfect starting point for patent filings, legal procedures, and up-to-date information on IP laws.

Thailand IP Office

🇹🇭 Thailand - Department of Intellectual Property (DIP)

ASEAN IP Offices

🇧🇳 Brunei - Brunei Intellectual Property Office (BruIPO)

🇰🇭 Cambodia - Department of Intellectual Property (D/IPR)

🇮🇩 Indonesia - Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DGIP)

🇱🇦 Laos - Department of Intellectual Property (DIP Laos)

🇲🇾 Malaysia - Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO)

🇲🇲 Myanmar - Intellectual Property Department (IPD)

🇵🇭 Philippines - Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL)

🇸🇬 Singapore - Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS)

🇻🇳 Vietnam - Intellectual Property Office of Viet Nam (IP Vietnam) and Copyright Office of Viet Nam (COV)

Asia - Pacific IP Offices

🇦🇺 Australia - IP Australia and Attorney-General’s Department

🇨🇳 China - China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC)

🇮🇳 India - Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (IP India)

🇯🇵 Japan - Japan Patent Office (JPO) and Japan Copyright Office (JCO)

🇰🇷 South Korea - Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) and The Copyright Bureau

European IP Offices

🇪🇺 Europe - European Patent Office (EPO) and European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

🇬🇧 United Kingdom (UK) - Intellectual Property Office (IPO UK)

North America IP Offices

🇨🇦 Candada - Canadian Intellectual Property Office

🇺🇸 United States of America (USA) - United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and United States Copyright Office

International Organization

🌐 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Patent Search Databases & Platforms

Explore free, official, and trusted commercial databases to search global patents, applications, legal status, and technical documents.

Thailand

🇹🇭 Thailand - Department of Intellectual Property (DIP)

Asia-Pacific

🇦🇺 Australia – IP Australia Patent Search

🇨🇳 China - China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA)

🇮🇳 India - Indian Patent Advanced Search System

🇯🇵 Japan - Japan Platform for Patent Information

🇸🇬 Singapore - IPOS Digital Hub

🇰🇷 South Korea - Korean Intellectual Property Rights Information Service (KIPRIS)

Europe

🇪🇺 Europe - European Patent Office (EPO) Espacenet

🇩🇪 Germany - Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (DPMAregister)

🇬🇧 United Kingdom (UK) - Intellectual Property Office (IPO UK)

North America

Canada - Canadian Patent Database

United States of America (USA) - USPTO Patent Search

International & Global

🌐 Google - Google Patents

🌐 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) - PATENTSCOPE

Commercial Patent Databases (Subscription-Based)

🗂️ Clarivate - Derwent Innovation

🗂️ Lexis Nexis - PatentSight / TotalPatent One

🗂️ Minesoft - PatBase

🗂️ Questal - Orbit Intelligence

International Treaties on Intellectual Property

Thailand is a member of several key international treaties governing patents, copyrights, trademarks, and other areas of intellectual property. Below is a categorized list by administering organizations, including treaties Thailand has joined and those it has not joined.

✅ Treaties Thailand Is a Member Of

Administered by WTO

📘 TRIPS Agreement
Full Name: Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
Adopted: 15 April 1994
Entered into Force: 1 January 1995
Thailand Joined: 1 January 1995 (through WTO accession)

Administered by WIPO

📘 Berne Convention
Full Name: Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
Adopted: 9 September 1886
Entered into Force: 5 December 1887
Revised at Paris in 1896 and at Berlin in 1908, completed at Berne in 1914, revised at Rome in 1928, at Brussels in 1948, at Stockholm in 1967 and at Paris in 1971, and was amended in 1979
Thailand Joined: 17 July 1931

📘 Madrid Protocol
Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
Adopted: 27 June 1989
Entered into Force: 1 December 1995
Thailand Joined: 7 November 2017

📘 Marrakesh VIP Treaty (MVT)
Full Name: Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled
Adopted: 27 June 2013
Entered into Force: 30 September 2016
Thailand Joined: 28 April 2019

📘 Paris Convention
Full Name: Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
Adopted: 20 March 1883
Entered into Force: 6 July 1884
Revised at Brussels in 1900, at Washington in 1911, at The Hague in 1925, at London in 1934, at Lisbon in 1958 and at Stockholm in 1967, and was amended in 1979.
Thailand Joined: 2 August 2008

📘 Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
Adopted: 19 June 1970
Entered into Force: 24 January 1978
Amended in 1979 and modified in 1984 and in 2001.
Thailand Joined: 24 December 2009

📘 WIPO Convention
Full Name: Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization
Adopted: 14 July 1967
Entered into Force: 26 April 1970
Thailand Joined: 25 December 1989

📘 WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT)
Adopted: 20 December 1996
Entered into Force: 6 March 2002
Thailand Joined: 13 October 2022

❌ Treaties Thailand Has Not Joined

Administered by WIPO

📘 Beijing Treaty
Full Name: Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances
Adopted: 24 June 2012
Entered into Force: 28 April 2020

📘 Brussels Convention
Full Name: Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite
Adopted: 21 May 1974
Entered into Force: 25 August 1979

📘 Budapest Treaty
Full Name: Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure
Adopted: 28 April 1977
Entered into Force: 19 August 1980

📘 Hague Agreement
Full Name: Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs
Adopted: 6 November 1925
Entered into Force: 1 June 1928
Revised at London in 1934, at The Hague in 1960, completed by an Additional Act at Monaco in 1961 and by a Complementary Act signed at Stockholm in 1967, which was amended in 1979. A further Act was adopted at Geneva in 1999.

📘 Lisbon Agreement
Full Name: Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration
Adopted: 31 October 1958
Revised at Stockholm in 1967, and amended in 1979. A further Act was adopted at Geneva in 2015.
Entered into Force: 25 September 1966

📘 Locarno Agreement
Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs
Adopted: 8 October 1968
Entered into Force: 27 April 1971

📘 Madrid Agreement (Indications of Source)
Full Name: Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods
Adopted: 14 April 1891
Entered into Force: 15 July 1892
Revised at Washington in 1911, at The Hague in 1925, at London in 1934, at Lisbon in 1958 and at Stockholm in 1967

📘 Madrid Agreement (Marks)
Full Name: Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
Adopted: 14 April 1891
Entered into Force: 15 July 1892
Revised at Brussels (1900), Washington (1911), The Hague (1925), London (1934), Nice (1957) and Stockholm (1967), and amended in 1979,

📘 Nairobi Treaty
Full Name: Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol
Adopted: 26 September 1981
Entered into Force: 25 September 1982

📘 Nice Agreement
Full Name: Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
Adopted: 15 June 1957
Entered into Force: 8 April 1961

📘 Patent Law Treaty (PLT)
Adopted: 1 June 2000
Entered into Force: 28 April 2005

📘 Phonograms Convention
Full Name: Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms
Adopted: 29 October 1971
Entered into Force: 18 April 1973

📘 Rome Convention
Full Name: Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations
Adopted: 26 October 1961
Entered into Force: 18 May 1964

📘 Singapore Treaty
Full Name: Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks
Adopted: 27 March 2006
Entered into Force: 16 March 2009

📘 Strasbourg Agreement
Full Name: Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification
Adopted: 24 March 1971
Entered into Force: 7 October 1975

📘 Trademark Law Treaty (TLT)
Adopted: 27 October 1994
Entered into Force: 1 August 1996

📘 Vienna Agreement
Full Name: Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks
Adopted: 12 June 1973
Entered into Force: 9 August 1985

📘 Washington Treaty
Washington Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits
Adopted: 26 May 1989

📘 WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT)
Adopted: 20 December 1996
Entered into Force: 20 May 2002

New and Emerging Treaties

📗 Riyadh Design Law Treaty (RDLT)
Adopted: 22 November 2024

📗 WIPO GRATK Treaty
Full Name: WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge
Adopted: 24 May 2024

Administered by UNESCO

📘 Universal Copyright Convention (UCC)
Adopted: 6 September 1952
Entered into Force: 16 September 1955