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- Intellectual Property Offices
- Intellectual Property Organisations and Institutes
- Designs
- Patents
- Trade Marks
- Domain Names
- Plant Breeders' Rights

Intellectual Property Offices

• UK Intellectual Property Office
• European Patent Office (EPO)
• US Patent and Trade Mark Office
• Japanese Patent Office
• Global Listing of Patent and Trade Mark Offices (UKPO)
• Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM)
• World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)

Intellectual Property Organisations and Institutes

• British Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys
• International Trade Mark Association
• Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys
• European Patent Institute
• Association of Patent Law Firms (APLF)
• International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA)
• International Intellectual Property Institute (IIPI)
• AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property)
• International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)

Designs

• Guide to the Community Design (OHIM)
• Basic Design Information (CIPA)

• UKPO Designs Information (FAQ, Forms, Fees, Publications)
• Online Community Design Applications (OHIM)
• Community Design (pdf) Application & Explanation (OHIM)
• Community Designs Bulletin
• Searching: UK Design Database (UKPO)
• WIPO (Industrial Designs)
• Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs
• International Classification for Industrial Designs According to the Locarno Agreement
• UK Design Council
• The Bureau of European Designers' Association (BEDA)

Patents

• Basic Patent Information (CIPA)
• Introduction to Patents (UKPO)
• Patents Guide (WIPO)

• Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys
• Institute of Professional Representatives Before the European Patent Office
• Association of Patent Law Firms (APLF)

• European Patent Convention (EPC)
• PCT Information and Applicant's Guide (WIPO)

• Searching: US Patent Register (USPTO)
• Searching: EPO Esp@cenet
• Searching: Depatis

Trade Marks

• ITMA introduction to trade marks
• UK Patent Office introduction to trade marks

• The British Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (ITMA)
• International Trade Mark Association (INTA)
• European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA)
• Brand Names Education Foundation (BNEF)

• UK Trade Marks Act 1994
• UK Patent Office Trade Mark Resources
• OHIM Guide to the Community Trade Mark
• OHIM Online Trade Mark Applications
• WIPO (International Trade Marks)
• Marques (International Trade Mark Owners)
• Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks (WIPO)
• Nice Agreement and Contracting Parties
• Nice Classification of Goods and Services
  

• Searching: UK Patent Office Trade Mark Databases
• Searching: Community Trade Mark Database (OHIM)
• Searching: Madrid Express International Marks
• Searching: US Trade Mark Applications and Regsitrations Retrieval (TARR)
• Searching: US Trade Mark Electronic Search System (TESS)

Domain Names

• Domain Names - Information and Resources (WIPO)
• Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
• InterNIC (information regarding Internet domain name registration services)
• Nominet (UK Domain Name Registry
• ccTLD Database (WIPO)
• UWhois.com (Search Multiple Generic and Country Top Level Domains)

Plant Breeders' Rights

• Introduction to Plant Breeders' Rights (DEFRA)
• European Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO)
• International Seed Federation (ISF/ASSINSEL)
• International Seed Testing Association