Associations of Patent Documentalists

CEPIUG
Confederacy of European Patent Information User Groups.
The Confederation of which AIDB is a founding member and affiliate since its inception in 2008.

CEPIUG Member Groups

BEPIUG
Belgian Patent Information User Group

BPIP
British Patent Information Professional

CFIB
Club Francophone d’Information Brevet

CHPIUG
Swiss Patent Information User Group

PIF
Patent Information Forum

PING
Deutschsprachige Patent-Informations-Nutzergruppe

SIPIG
Swedish IP Information Group

SPIP
Spanish Patent Information Professionals

WON
Werkgemeenschap Octrooi-informatie Nederland

Other patent information groups and entities

PDG
Patent Documentation Group

PIUG
Patent Information Users Group

ISBQPIP
International Standards Board for Qualified Patent Information Professionals

Other Documentalist Associations

GIDIF-RMB
Italian Group of Documentalists of the Pharmaceutical Industry and Biomedical Research Institutes

Associations of professionals in the Industrial Property sector

AICIPI
Italian Association of Industrial Property Consultants and Experts for Institutions and Businesses

AIPPI
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (Italian Group)

Ordine dei Consulenti in Proprietà Industriale
The Order brings together professionals who work in the field of patents for inventions, trademarks, industrial designs, ornamental designs, and copyright.

FICPI
Italian Board of Industrial Property Consultants

LES
Licensing Executives Society – (Italian Group)

SICPI
Italian Union of Industrial Property Consultants

Bodies and Institutions in the Industrial Property Sector

UIBM
Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi

EPO
European Patent Office

WIPO
World Intellectual Property Organization