by PHILLIPS ORMONDE FITZPATRICK – Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys, Melbourne, Australia
General Information
Area
747 sq. km.
Population
107,773 (2023).
Capital
Nuku’alofa.
Currency
Pa’anga (TOP).
Language(s)
Tongan (official), English (official).
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.
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