ANIPA - Association of National Institutes of Intellectual Property Attorneys

The Association of National Institutes of Intellectual Property Attorneys (ANIPA) is the umbrella organisation for European national or regional institutes representing intellectual property (IP) attorneys. ANIPA member institutes represent the interests of IP attorneys in a country or region, where those attorneys are recognised by the national Intellectual Property Office or a corresponding authority such as the European Patent Organisation (EPO). Member institutes must require attorneys to be qualified in an appropriate area of IP law. ANIPA was originally founded in the 1950s as the Committee of National Institutes of Intellectual Property Attorneys (CNIPA), following an initiative from the UK, Netherlands and German national institutes. The Association was relaunched as ANIPA in 2019 to avoid confusion with the newly created China National Intellectual Property Administration, which also adopted the CNIPA acronym.