Intellectual property rights are relevant to the office manager. Anyone who works anywhere near a copier, scanner, or computer will frequently be dealing with copyright issues, and it's useful to have an idea of what the laws are concerning your work.
Canadian Intellectual Property Office was created in 1991.
Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office was created in 2003.
Benelux Office for Intellectual Property's motto is 'Doing business successfully starts with registration'.
One would find an Intellectual Property Office by googling 'intellectual property office' for the country one wishes to file the patent. The United States government has a stopfakes website to assist with identity theft problems.
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office patents new inventions, provides trade-marks for goods or services, copyrights works, and is responsible for the administration and processing other intellectual property in Canada.
Benelux Office for Intellectual Property
In the United States the two primary regulatory agencies with regard to intellectual property are the US Copyright Office and the US Patent & Trademark Office
Intellectual Property law in the Philippines is based on US copyright law and the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. It is implemented by the Intellectual Property Office and the National Library.
Statistics regarding intellectual property theft can be found at the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs Web site (http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/ipt02.htm).
The most reliable is usually the intellectual property office for your country, for example copyright.gov in the US.
The intellectul property office of your country is the best place for patent and trademark information, followed by the World Intellectual Property Office website, linked below.
Republic Act No. 8293 of 1997 is "An Act Prescribing the Intellectual Property Code and Establishing the Intellectual Property Office, Providing for Its Powers and Functions, and for Other Purposes." It is more familiarly known as the copyright law of the Philippines.