Patents & Trademarks
| USPTO – United States Patent and Trademark Office
| EPO – European Patent Office
| MPEP – Manual of Patent Examining Procedure in the US
| TMEP – Trademark Manual of Examination Procedures in the US
International Intellectual Property Organizations and Treaties
| WIPO – World Intellectual Property Organization
| INTA – International Trademark Association
| AIPLA – American Intellectual Property Association
| AIPPI – The International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
| FICPI – world-wide organisation of intellectual property attorneys (in private practice)
| PTMG – The Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group
| ECTA – European Communities Trade Mark Association
| ITMA – The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys
| LES – Licensing Executive Society International
| MARQUES – The Association of European Trade Mark Owners
| TRIPS – Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
| GATT – General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
| ACG – The Anti-Counterfeiting Group