WIPO Lex

One global shelf for intellectual property law

Run by the World Intellectual Property Organization, a UN specialised agency, WIPO Lex is a genuinely comprehensive free database: over 50,000 documents from 200 jurisdictions, covering national IP laws, WIPO-administered treaties, and IP-related court judgments. If you're comparing how patent, copyright, or trademark law works across borders, this is a stronger starting point than piecing it together country by country.

Citation: 'WIPO Lex' (World Intellectual Property Organization) https://www.wipo.int/wipolex accessed 16 September 2026.