| Acronym | Sense | Language | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| AARC | Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies (www.aarcroyalties.com) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Music → Artistic property |
| ABAPI | Associação Brasileira dos Agentes de Propriedade Industrial | In Portuguese | → Associations → Industrial property → Brazil |
| ACO | Administrative Contracting Officer | In English | → Contract law |
| ACPI | Association des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle | In French | → Associations → Industrial property |
| ACPM | Associate Contractor Program Manager | In English | → Contract law |
| ACPO | Associate Contractor Project Office | In English | → Contract law |
| ADAPI | Agence des Droits d'Auteurs et de la Propriété Intellectuelle | In French | → Artistic property |
| ADCR | Applicable Document Contractual Record | In English | → Records management → Contract law |
| AIPO | African Intellectual Property Organization (www.oapi.wipo.net) = OAPI | Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle | In French |
In English | → Organizations and associations → Industrial property → Artistic property → Africa |
| ALPA | Association de Lutte Contre la Piraterie Audiovisuelle (www.alpa.asso.fr) | In French | → Associations → Artistic property → Cinema, movies |
| APO | Automated Purchase Order | In English | → 34745 |
| APP | Agence de Protection des Programmes (http://app.legalis.net) | In French | → Software → Industrial property |
| ARIPO | African Regional Industrial Property Organization (www.aripo.wipo.net) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Industrial property → Africa |
| ARMT | Autorité de Régulation des Mesures Techniques | In French | → Computer science → Artistic property |
| BCRCIA | Brigade Centrale pour la Répression des Contrefaçons Industrielles et Artistiques | In French | → Police → Industrial property → Artistic property |
| BGB | Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch | In English | |
| BMW | Burgerlijk Wetboek | In Dutch | |
| BOC | Base Operations Contract | In English | → Contract law |
| BUMA | Bureau voor Muziek-Auteursrechten | In Dutch | → Organizations and associations → Artistic property → Music |
| CA | Contract Advice | In English | → Contract law |
| CA | Contract Award | In English | → Contract law |
| CAL | Contract Advice Letter | In English | → Contract law |
| CALT | Contrat d'Approvisionnement Long Terme | In French | → Commercial law |
| CAMCA | Centro de Arbitraje y Mediación Comercial para las Américas = CAMCA | Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Centre for the Americas | In English = CAMCA | Centre d'Arbitrage et de Médiation Commerciale pour les Amériques | In French = CAMCA | Centro de Arbitragem e Mediação Comercial para as Américas | In Portuguese |
In Spanish | → Trade |
| CAMCA | Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Centre for the Americas = (look above) |
In English | → Trade |
| CAMCA | Centre d'Arbitrage et de Médiation Commerciale pour les Amériques = (look above) |
In French | → Trade |
| CAMCA | Centro de Arbitragem e Mediação Comercial para as Américas = (look above) |
In Portuguese | → Trade |
| CAP | Contractor-Acquired Property | In English | → Contract law |
| CAR | Contractual Action Request | In English | → Contract law |
| CBB | Contract Budget Baseline | In English | → Contract law |
| CBCDG | Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group | In English | → Trade → Criminal law → Industrial property |
| CBE | Convention sur le Brevet Européen = EPC | European Patent Convention | In English = EPU | Europäisches Patentübereinkommen | In German = CPE | Convenio sobre la Patente Europea | In Spanish = EOV | Europees Octrooiverdrag | In Dutch |
In French | → International economic cooperation → Industrial property |
| CC | Contract Completion | In English | → Contract law |
| CCA | Contract Change Authority/Authorization | In English | → Contract law |
| CCAG | Cahier des Clauses Administratives Générales | In French | → Contract law → Public administration, government |
| CCAL | Cahier des Clauses d'Acceptation Logiciel | In French | → Contract law → Software |
| CCAP | Cahier des Clauses Administratives Particulières | In French | → Contract law → Public administration, government |
| CCN | Contract Change Negotiation | In English | → Contract law |
| CCN | Contract Change Notice | In English | → Contract law |
| CCN | Contract Change Notification | In English | → Contract law |
| CCO | Customer Contracting Officer | In English | → Contract law |
| CCP | Contract Change Proposal | In English | → Contract law |
| CCR | Contract Change Record | In English | → Records management → Contract law |
| CCR | Contract Change Request | In English | → Contract law |
| CCR | Contractor Change Review | In English | → Contract law |
| CCS | Contract Control System | In English | → Contract law |
| CCTP | Cahier des Clauses Techniques Particulières | In French | → Contract law |
| CDI | Contract Definition Instruction | In English | → Contract law |
| CDID | Contract Data Item Description | In English | → Contract law |
| CDMS | Contractor Data Management System | In English | → Contract law |
| CDR | Contract Data Requirements | In English | → Contract law |
| CDRL | Contract Data Requirements List | In English | → Contract law |
| CDRR | Contract Documentation Requirements Record | In English | → Contract law |
| CDRS | Contract Data Requirements Schedule | In English | → Contract law |
| CDSR | Contract Data Status Report | In English | → Contract law |
| CECCAR | Corpul Expertilor Contabili si Contabililor Autorizati din România | In Romanian | → Commercial law → Accounting → Romania |
| CEI | Contract End Item | In English | → Contract law |
| CEIS | Contract End Item Specification | In English | → Contract law |
| CFSR | Contract Fund Status Report/Review | In English | → Contract law |
| CGA | Conditions Générales d'Achat | In French | → 34745 |
| CI | Contract Initiation | In English | → Contract law |
| CIS | Contractor's Information Submittal | In English | → Contract law |
| CLIN | Contract Line Item Number | In English | → Contract law |
| CMAO | Contract Management Assistance Officer | In English | → Contract law |
| CMN | Contract Master Network | In English | → Contract law |
| CMR | Contractor Management Review | In English | → Contract law |
| CMS | Contract Master Schedule | In English | → Contract law |
| CNCPI | Compagnie Nationale des Conseils en Propriété Intellectuelle | In French | → Industrial property → Artistic property |
| CNUDCI | Commission des Nations Unies pour le Droit Commercial International (www.uncitral.org) = UNCITRAL | United Nations Commission on International Trade Law | In English = ЮНСИТРАЛ | Комиссия Организации Объединенных Наций по праву международной торговли | In Russian = CNUDMI | Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional | In Spanish = NTU | Natsionalna Telekompaniya Ukraïny | In Ukrainian = НТУ | Національна Телекомпанія України | In Ukrainian |
In French | → United Nations → International law → Commercial law |
| CNUDMI | Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional (www.uncitral.org) = CNUDCI, UNCITRAL, ЮНСИТРАЛ, NTU, НТУ (look above) |
In Spanish | → United Nations → International law → Commercial law |
| CO | Contracting Officer | In English | → Contract law |
| COR | Contracting Officer Representative | In English | → Contract law |
| COTR | Contracting Officer's Technical Representative | In English | → Contract law |
| COV | Certificat d'Obtention Végétale | In French | → Industrial property → Agricultural sciences |
| CPE | Convenio sobre la Patente Europea = CBE, EPC, EPU, EOV (look above) |
In Spanish | → International economic cooperation → Industrial property |
| CPLG | Copyright Promotions Licensing Group | In English | → Organizations and associations → Artistic property |
| CPM | Contract Performance Management | In English | → Management → Contract law |
| CPO | Conditional Purchase Offer | In English | → 34745 |
| CPOL | Code Project Open License | In English | → Industrial property → Software |
| CPSR | Contractor's Procurement System Review | In English | → Contract law |
| CPVO | Community Plant Variety Office (www.cpvo.europa.eu) = OCVV | Oficina Comunitària de Varietats Vegetals | In Catalan = OCVV | Office Communautaire des Variétés Végétales | In French |
In English | → European Union → Industrial property → Agricultural sciences → Europe |
| CR | Contractor's Response | In English | → Contract law |
| CRN | Contract Revision Number | In English | → Contract law |
| CSA | Contract Specification Amendment | In English | → Contract law |
| CSA | Contractor Support Area | In English | → Contract law |
| CSD | Contract Start Date | In English | → Contract law |
| CSHSP | Collectif de Soutien des Homos Sans Papiers | In French | → Organizations and associations → 3472 |
| CSPI | Conseil Supérieur de la Propriété Intellectuelle | In French | → Industrial property |
| CSPLA | Conseil Supérieur de la Propriété Littéraire et Artistique | In French | → Artistic property |
| CSR | Contract Status Report | In English | → Contract law |
| CTCI | Contract Technical Compliance Inspection | In English | → Quality management → Contract law |
| CTM | Contract Technical Manager | In English | → Contract law |
| CTR | Contract Technical Representative | In English | → Contract law |
| CWBS | Contract Work Breakdown Structure | In English | → Contract law |
| DAC | Days After Contract | In English | → Contract law |
| DACS | Direction des Affaires Civiles et du Sceau | In French | → Central administration |
| DADVSI | Droit d'Auteur et Droits Voisins dans la Société de l'Information | In French | → Artistic property |
| DCAS | Defense Contract Administration Services | In English | → Contract law → Military affairs |
| DCASMA | Defense Contract Administration Services Management Area | In English | → Contract law → Military affairs |
| DCASR | Defense Contract Administration Services Region | In English | → Contract law → Military affairs |
| DCR | Disposition of Contract Request | In English | → Contract law |
| DESCA | Development of a Simplified Consortium Agreement | In English | → Research policy → Contract law |
| DIE | Dienst voor de Intellectuele Eigendom | In Dutch | → Industrial property → Artistic property |
| DP | Delayed Procurement | In English | → 34745 |
| DRM | Digital Rights Management = GDN | Gestion Numérique des Droits | In French |
In English | → Document processing → Industrial property → Artistic property |
| DTTP | Domestic Technology Transfer Program | In English | → Engineering, technology → Industrial property |
| EAP | Europäisches Patentamt (www.epo.org) = EPO | European Patent Office | In English = OEP | Oficina Europea de Patentes | In Spanish = OEB | Office Européen des Brevets | In French = EOB | Europees Octrooibureau | In Dutch = IEP | Instituto Europeu de Patentes | In Portuguese |
In German | → International economic cooperation → Industrial property |
| EAPO | Eurasian Patent Organization | In English | → Organizations and associations → Industrial property |
| EDRI | European Digital Rights | In English | → Computer science → Artistic property → Europe |
| EOB | Europees Octrooibureau (www.epo.org) = EAP, EPO, OEP, OEB, IEP (look above) |
In Dutch | → International economic cooperation → Industrial property |
| EOC | End Of Contract | In English | → Contract law |
| EOPR | Engineering Order Purchase Request | In English | → 34745 → Engineering, technology |
| EOPR | Engineering Order Purchase Requisition | In English | → 34745 → Engineering, technology |
| EOV | Europees Octrooiverdrag = CBE, EPC, EPU, CPE (look above) |
In Dutch | → International economic cooperation → Industrial property |
| EPC | European Patent Convention = CBE, EPU, CPE, EOV (look above) |
In English | → International economic cooperation → Industrial property |
| EPL | Eclipse Public License | In English | → Artistic property → Programming languages |
| EPLA | European Patent Litigation Agreement | In English | → International economic cooperation → Industrial property |
| EPO | European Patent Office (www.epo.org) = EAP, OEP, OEB, EOB, IEP (look above) |
In English | → International economic cooperation → Industrial property |
| EPO | Europäische Patentorganisation = EPO | European Patent Organisation | In English = ΕΟΔΕ | Ευρωπαϊκός Οργανισμός Διπλωμάτων Ευρεσιτεχνίας | In Greek |
In German | → International economic cooperation → Industrial property |
| EPO | European Patent Organisation = ΕΟΔΕ (look above) |
In English | → International economic cooperation → Industrial property |
| EPR | Engineering Purchase Request | In English | → 34745 → Engineering, technology |
| EPU | Europäisches Patentübereinkommen = CBE, EPC, CPE, EOV (look above) |
In German | → International economic cooperation → Industrial property |
| ESSC | Engineering Support Services Contract | In English | → Contract law → Engineering, technology |
| EUCD | European Union Copyright Directive | In English | → Artistic property → European Union |
| FCCP | Firm Contract Cost Proposal | In English | → Prices → Contract law |
| FICPI | Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle | In French | → Organizations and associations → Industrial property |
| FPC | Fixed-Price Contractor | In English | → Contract law → Prices |
| GAICPI | Groupe d'Action Interpol contre la Criminalité de la Propriété Intellectuelle | In French | → Criminology → Industrial property |
| GDN | Gestion Numérique des Droits = DRM (look above) |
In French | → Document processing → Industrial property → Artistic property |
| GenePAST | Gene Patent Application Search Tool | In English | → Software → Industrial property → Biotechnology |
| GESAC | Groupement Européen des Sociétés d'Auteurs et Compositeurs (www.gesac.org) | In French | → Organizations and associations → Literature → Music → Artistic property |
| GGD | Goudreau Gage Dubuc (www.ggd.com) | In many languages | → Economics → Artistic property |
| HABM | Harmonisierungsamt für den Binnenmarkt (http://oami.europa.eu) = OHIM | Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market | In English = OHMI | Oficina per a l'Harmonització del Mercat Interior | In Catalan = OAMI | Oficina de Armonización del Mercado Interior | In Spanish = UAMI | Ufficio per l'Armonizzazione nel Mercato Interno | In Italian = OHMI | Office de l'Harmonisation dans le Marché Intérieur | In French = IHMI | Instituto de Harmonização do Mercado Interno | In Portuguese |
In German | → European Union → Industrial property → Artistic property → Europe |
| HADOPI | Haute Autorité pour la Diffusion des Oeuvres et la Protection des droits sur Internet | In French | → Central administration → Artistic property |
| HGB | Handelsgesetzbuch | In German | → Commercial law |
| ICPO | Irrevocable Corporate Purchase Order | In English | → Trade → 34775 |
| IEP | Instituto Europeu de Patentes (www.epo.org) = EAP, EPO, OEP, OEB, EOB (look above) |
In Portuguese | → International economic cooperation → Industrial property |
| IFBS | Institut zur Förderung von Brandschutz und Sicherheit | In German | → Artistic property |
| IFCAI | International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions | In English | → Organizations and associations → Commercial law |
| IGEPA | Internationale Gewerkschaft im Europäischen Patentamt | In German | → Labour, labour economics → Industrial property |
| IHMI | Instituto de Harmonização do Mercado Interno (http://oami.europa.eu) = HABM, OHIM, OHMI, OAMI, UAMI (look above) |
In Portuguese | → European Union → Industrial property → Artistic property → Europe |
| IIPA | International Intellectual Property Alliance (www.iipa.com) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Artistic property |
| IMPI | Instituto Mexicano de la Propriedad Industrial (www.impi.gob.mx) | In Spanish | → Industrial property → Artistic property → Mexico |
| INNORPI | Institut National de la Normalisation et de la Propriété Industrielle | In French | → Standardization → Industrial property |
| INPADOCDB | International Patent Documentation Data Base | In English | → Documentation → Industrial property |
| INPI | Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle | In French | → Industrial property |
| IPC | International Patent Classification | In English | → Industrial property |
| IPCA | Integrated Projects Consortium Agreement | In English | → Research policy → Contract law |
| IPIC | Institut de la Propriété Intellectuelle du Canada (www.ipic.ca) | In French | → Organizations and associations → Artistic property |
| IPIC | Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (www.ipic.ca) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Artistic property |
| IPOS | Intellectual Property Office Singapore | In English | → Industrial property → Artistic property |
| IPR | Intellectual Property Rights | In English | → Industrial property → Artistic property |
| IPRC | Intellectual Property Rights Committee | In English | → Artistic property |
| IPRP | International Preliminary Report on Patentability | In English | → Industrial property |
| IRPI | Institut de Recherche en Propriété Intellectuelle (www.irpi.ccip.fr) | In French | → Research institutes → Artistic property → France |
| ISR | International Search Report | In English | → Industrial property |
| JASRAC | Japanese Society for Rights of Authors | In English | → Organizations and associations → Artistic property |
| JPO | Japan Patent Office (www.jpo.go.jp) | In English | → Central administration → Industrial property → Japan |
| K2E-PAT | Korean to English Patent Automatic Translation | In English | → Computer-based techniques → Translation → Industrial property |
| LGPL | Lesser General Public License | In English | → Law, jurisprudence → Artistic property |
| LPS | Lingway Patent Suite | In English | → Software → Industrial property |
| MIPR | Military Intergovernmental Purchase Request | In English | → 34745 → Military engineering |
| MOIP | Monda Organizo pri Intelekta Proprieto (www.wipo.int) = WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organisation | In English = WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization | In English = OMPI | Organisation Mondiale de la Propriété Intellectuelle | In French = OMPI | Organizaţia Mondială a Proprietăţii Intelectuale | In Romanian |
In Esperanto | → International relations → Industrial property → Artistic property |
| MPR | Mockup Purchase Request | In English | → 34745 |
| MSA | Major Subcontract Administrator | In English | → Contract law |
| NAEB | National Association of Educational Buyers | In English | → Associations → Education → 34745 |
| NAEP | National Association of Educational Procurement (www.naepnet.org) | In English | → Associations → Education → 34745 |
| NEAPI | Núcleo de Estudos e Análise de Propriedade Intelectual | In Portuguese | → Artistic property |
| NSIPP | National Security Interests in Personal Property | In English | → Law, jurisprudence → Contract law |
| OAMI | Oficina de Armonización del Mercado Interior (http://oami.europa.eu) = HABM, OHIM, OHMI, UAMI, IHMI (look above) |
In Spanish | → European Union → Industrial property → Artistic property → Europe |
| OAPI | Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle (www.oapi.wipo.net) = AIPO (look above) |
In French | → Organizations and associations → Industrial property → Artistic property → Africa |
| OCC | Office of Contract Compliance | In English | → Contract law |
| OCVV | Oficina Comunitària de Varietats Vegetals (www.cpvo.europa.eu) = CPVO (look above) |
In Catalan | → European Union → Industrial property → Agricultural sciences → Europe |
| OCVV | Office Communautaire des Variétés Végétales (www.cpvo.europa.eu) = CPVO (look above) |
In French | → European Union → Industrial property → Agricultural sciences → Europe |
| OEB | Office Européen des Brevets (www.epo.org) = EAP, EPO, OEP, EOB, IEP (look above) |
In French | → International economic cooperation → Industrial property |
| OEP | Oficina Europea de Patentes (www.epo.org) = EAP, EPO, OEB, EOB, IEP (look above) |
In Spanish | → International economic cooperation → Industrial property |
| OEPM | Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas (www.oepm.es) | In Spanish | → Industrial property → Artistic property → Spain |
| OFCC | Office of Federal Contract Compliance | In English | → Contract law |
| OFCCP | Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs | In English | → Contract law |
| OHIM | Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (http://oami.europa.eu) = HABM, OHMI, OAMI, UAMI, IHMI (look above) |
In English | → European Union → Industrial property → Artistic property → Europe |
| OHMI | Oficina per a l'Harmonització del Mercat Interior (http://oami.europa.eu) = HABM, OHIM, OAMI, UAMI, IHMI (look above) |
In Catalan | → European Union → Industrial property → Artistic property → Europe |
| OHMI | Office de l'Harmonisation dans le Marché Intérieur (http://oami.europa.eu) = HABM, OHIM, OAMI, UAMI, IHMI (look above) |
In French | → European Union → Industrial property → Artistic property → Europe |
| OLAF | Office européen de Lutte Antifraude | In French | → Trade → Criminal law → Industrial property |
| OML | Open Methodology License | In English | → Artistic property → Computer science |
| OMPI | Organisation Mondiale de la Propriété Intellectuelle (www.wipo.int) = MOIP, WIPO (look above) |
In French | → International relations → Industrial property → Artistic property |
| OMPI | Organizaţia Mondială a Proprietăţii Intelectuale (www.wipo.int) = MOIP, WIPO (look above) |
In Romanian | → International relations → Industrial property → Artistic property |
| OPIC | Office de la Propriété Intellectuelle du Canada (www.opic.ic.gc.ca) | In French | → Central administration → Artistic property |
| ORA | Opérateur Régional des Achats | In French | → 34745 |
| ORANO | Opérateur Régional d'Achats Nord-Ouest | In French | → 34745 |
| P&C | Procurement and Contracts | In English | → Contract law |
| P&SM | Procurement and Subcontract Management | In English | → Contract law |
| PCCN | Provisioning Contract Control Number | In English | → Contract law |
| PCCP | Preliminary Contract Change Proposal | In English | → Contract law |
| PCO | Principal Contracting Officer | In English | → Contract law |
| PCO | Procuring Contracting Office(r) | In English | → Contract law |
| PCT | Patent Cooperative Treaty | In English | → Industrial property |
| PE | Préjudice Esthétique | In French | → Plastic surgery |
| PI | Proprietà Industriale | In Italian | → Industrial property |
| PO | Purchase Order | In English | → 34745 |
| POC | Purchase Order Closeout | In English | → 34745 |