ECTA is an association that brings together IPR professionals who practice in the field of trade marks, designs, geographical indications, copyright and related matters. These professionals are lawyers, trade mark and patent attorneys, in-house counsels focusing on IPR matters, and also other specialists in these fields.
ECT
ECTA
NGO · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 932781112187-50
4
positions filed
in the 583 files tracked
2
legislative files
of 583 tracked
4
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 583 consultation files tracked so far (42,224 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 964 non-governmental organisations on this site, they rank #392 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
1.2
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
—
declared costs / yr (floor)
0
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2013
in the register since
Declares membership of
- ECTA together with other associations specialised in Intellectual Property (APRAM
- BMM
- CITMA
- GRUR
- MARQUES and UNION-IP) is participating in the European Sister Associations.
- The above mentioned associations meet once per year in order to discuss the latest developments in the field of Intel…
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 2 Sept 2026).
- Register category
- Non-governmental organisations
- Head office
- Brussels, Belgium
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 2 Sept 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
ECTA filed 4 positions between 12 Jan 2021 and 31 Jan 2023, across 2 of the 583 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 4 times.
2021 · 2 filed2023 · 2 filed
What they argued
ECTA is the association bringing together IPR professionals who practice in the field of trade marks, designs, geographical indications, copyright and related matters. These professionals are lawyers, trade mark and patent attorneys, in-house counsels focusing on IPR matters, and also other specialists in these fields, from all EU Member States and more than 50 countries globally outside of the EU.
ECTA is the association bringing together IPR professionals who practice in the field of trade marks, designs, geographical indications, copyright and related matters. These professionals are lawyers, trade mark and patent attorneys, in-house counsels focusing on IPR matters, and also other specialists in these fields, from all EU Member States and more than 50 countries globally outside of the EU.
ECTA is an association that brings together IPR professionals who practice in the field of trade marks, designs, geographical indications, copyright and related matters. These professionals are lawyers, trade mark and patent attorneys, in-house counsels focusing on IPR matters, and also other specialists in these fields.
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Turns up on the same files
Organizations that also filed on at least two of the same consultations. A shared interest in the same dossiers — not evidence of coordination, and we do not suggest any.
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