Links
Patent searching facilities:
- www.patmark.co.nz
- ep.espacenet.com
- www.google.com/patents
To search Trade Marks go to the UK Intellectual Property Office.
Patent Offices:
- UK Intellectual Property Office:
www.ipo.gov.uk - European Patent Office:
www.epo.org - Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM):
(EU Community Trade Marks & Designs)
oami.europa.eu - U.S. Patent & Trademark Office:
www.uspto.gov - World Intellectual Property Organisation:
(Administers inter alia the International (PCT) Patent Application)
www.wipo.int/portal/index
Professional bodies:
- Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys:
www.cipa.org.uk
- Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys:
www.itma.org.uk - EPI
(Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office)
www.patentepi.com
