Find out the reason for hiring local agents and in what jurisdictions it is required
Some jurisdictions require a local agent to represent patent owners.
These agents essentially represent you, the patent owners, in the patent ownership capacity with the Patent Office. When this representation requirement is present, we engage a local agent.
The countries that require a local agent are:
| United Arab Emirates |
| Albania |
| Armenia |
| African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) |
| Argentina |
| Azerbaijan |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Bangladesh |
| Bahrain |
| Brazil |
| Belarus |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Central African Republic |
| Chile |
| Cameroon |
| China |
| Colombia |
| Cyprus |
| Eurasian Patent Organisation (EAPO) |
| Egypt |
| Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) |
| Georgia |
| Hong Kong |
| Indonesia |
| India |
| Japan |
| Kenya |
| Kyrgyzstan |
| Cambodia |
| Republic of Korea |
| Kuwait |
| Kazakhstan |
| Lebanon |
| Sri Lanka |
| Lesotho |
| Morocco |
| Republic of Moldova |
| Montenegro |
| North Macedonia |
| Macao |
| Malawi |
| Mexico |
| Malaysia |
| Mozambique |
| African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) |
| Oman |
| Philippines |
| Pakistan |
| Poland |
| Qatar |
| Romania |
| Serbia |
| Russia |
| Saudi Arabia |
| Singapore |
| Swaziland |
| Thailand |
| Tajikistan |
| Turkmenistan |
| Tunisia |
| Turkey |
| Taiwan, Province of China |
| Ukraine |
| Viet Nam |
| South Africa |
