(WIPO code: TO) (latest review March 2024)

by PHILLIPS ORMONDE FITZPATRICK – Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys, Melbourne, Australia

General Information

Area

747 sq. km.

Population

105,221 (2023).

Capital

Nuku’alofa.

Languages

Tongan (official), English (official).

Currency

Pa’anga (TOP).

General Remarks

The Kingdom of Tonga, formerly a British protectorate, became an independent State within the British Commonwealth on June 4, 1970. The Registry & Intellectual Property Office of Tonga (RIPO) and most of their records were destroyed by fire in November 2006. RIPO is making efforts to create a more effective, efficient, consistent and accessible system.