IP Menu - Europe - Intellectual Property Resources

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GOVERNMENT	Europa Portal European Parliament
PATENT OFFICE	European Patent Office
IP FIRMS / ORGANISATIONS	ATTORNEY LISTINGS European Patent Attorneys Database European Patent Attorneys Database hosted on the European Patent Office website. Professional Representatives and Associates Datasbase The OHIM Professional Representatives and Associates Datasbase is hosted on the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OAMI) website. IP FIRMS IP Firms of Europe For IP Firms in Europe please see the listings for each European country at the IP Firms page. INVENTOR ORGANISATIONS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANISATIONS European Patent Institute (EPI) The Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (EPI) represents the first all-European patent profession comprises about 6000 members from 19 European countries, both from industry and free profession - Future Meetings MARQUES - The Association of European Trade Mark Owners Assisting European-based brand owners in the selection, management and protection of their trade marks; creating a forum for the free exchange of ideas and information providing a platform for the representation of their interests
PATENTS	RESOURCES Delphion / IBM Intellectual Property Network The Delphion Intellectual Property Network (IPN) provides access to a wide variety of patent data collections and related information. Searching, browsing, and viewing of patents is free. The IPN also features the IP Pages, a directory of patent and IP-related resources. Optional fee-based services include document delivery, licensing buttons, data mining and analysis tools and value added content from leading industry providers. The IPN is e-commerce enabled to allow immediate electronic delivery of many services. This service provides coverage of (a) EPA Patent text and images from 10 January 1979 to present. (b) EPB Patent text and images from 09 January 1980 to present. ECLATX The European Patent Office ECLA Classification System Database is hosted on the Questel-Orbit Network. This database provides coverage of the full text of the international classification scheme of the European Patent Office (EPO).($) EPAT European Patents Database hosted on the Questel-Orbit Network - This database covers all European patents, published applications and EURO-PCT (European Patents Convention) and is fully field searchable. The database also includes patent drawings and the first claim of the granted patent. ($) EPOLINE Online European Patent Register allows users to check the status of European patents and patent applications. EPTracker EPTracker, by Minesoft, is an Internet-based automatic patent monitoring service, which tracks the progress of European patents. EPTracker is based upon a Public Information Service from the European Patent Office, the European Patent Registry Online (epoline TM). ESPACE® Bulletin ESPACE® Bulletin (by the European Patent Office) gives the user access to the bibliographic and legal status data of over 840 000 European patent applications filed since the EPO was founded and more than 300 000 granted European patents. Since the beginning of 1998, ESPACE® Bulletin is only published in Mixed Mode format.($) ESPACE EP-A ESPACE EP-A CD-ROM series (by the European Patent Office) contains bibliographic data and facsimile images of European patent applications. It includes searchable titles in English, French and German as well as references to the PCT publication number for the Euro-PCT documents. A pilot index gives reference to the documents published in the previous 5 years. The international applications published by the WIPO and not republished acording to art.($) ESPACE EP-B ESPACE EP-B CD-ROM (by the European Patent Office) series contains bibliographic data and facsimile images of granted European patents. It includes searchable titles in English, French and German as well as references to the PCT publication number for the Euro-PCT documents.($) ESPACE-LEGAL ESPACE-LEGAL (by the European Patent Office) contains The decisions of the EPO boards of appeal, The directory of professional representatives, and A collection of legal texts.($) esp@cenet esp@cenet - esp@cenet provides access to the bibliographic data of all patents published in the preceding two years by any member state of the European Patent Organisation, as well as by the European Patent Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). In addition, full-page facsimile images of documents are also retrievable to facilitate more detailed analysis of these documents. The data for this particular service is stored at the relevant national office. For full coverage details see the esp@cenet Coverage page. Countries included: OA, AP, AT, BE, CA, DK, EP, FI, FR, DD, DE, GB, GR, IE, IT JP, LU, MC, NL, PT, ES, SE, CH, US & WO. EuroPatFull The EuroPatFull database is hosted on the STN Network. The database contains the complete text of patent applications and granted patents published by the European Patent Office since 1996. ($) European File Information European File Information can be ordered online from the European Patent Office. European Patents Fulltext The European Patents Fulltext Database is hosted on the Dialog Network. This database covers all published European patent applications and granted European patents and bibliographic records for PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) applications transferred to the EPO. ($) Intellectual Property Rights Help Desk Intellectual Property Rights Help Desk - The European Commission established the IPR-Helpdesk as the central reference point for IPR inquiries throughout the European Union. This website provides a gateway entry point to the esp@cenet service as well as numerous other services. JUREP EPO Patents Jurisprudence Database hosted on the Questel-Orbit Network -This database covers European Patent jurisprudence, published and unpublished, from 1978 to present date. The database also covers legislation and regulations from 1973 to present.($) Official Journal of the EPO Search the full text of Official Journal of the EPO from1998 onwards hosted on the European Patent Office website. patentattorneys.eu The leading patent attorney's portal of the European Union. This site is intended to provide you with an overall perspective on intellectual property protection in the European Union and in the member states of the European Patent Convention. Soon more and more European and national information become available on the national sites due to a committed cooperation. PATOSEP The PATOSEP (PATent-Online-System EuroPa) Database is hosted on the STN Network. The database contains extracts from patent applications and granted patents published by the European Patent Office since 1978. ($) SurfIP.gov.sg The SurfIP.gov.sg is an Intellectual Property site for integrated and customised searching of various patent office databases (CA, EP, SG, TW, UK, US, WO) as well as web sources for IP information. This site is a special project by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) in promoting IP information awareness and usage by harnessing IT power. LEGISLATION European Patent Convention European Patent Convention hosted on the European Patent Office website. CLEA World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) Collection of Laws for Electronic Access. Extensive database of Intellectual Property related legislation for this country. Coverage extends to over 35 countries.
TRADEMARKS	RESOURCES CTMARK - Community Trademark (CTM) This database is hosted on the Questel.Orbit Network. This database is useful as a preliminary trademark screening tool for checking on the availability of new product and service names. ($) European Community Trade Mark (CTM) Database The European Community Trade Mark Database is hosted on the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) website. TRADEMARKSCAN - Community Trademark (CTM) This database is hosted on the Dialog Network. This database is useful as a preliminary trademark screening tool for checking on the availability of new product and service names. ($) LEGISLATION CLEA World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) Collection of Laws for Electronic Access. Extensive database of Intellectual Property related legislation for this country. Coverage extends to over 35 countries.
DESIGNS	RESOURCES OHIM OHIM is the European Union agency responsible for registering trade marks and designs that are valid in all 27 countries of the EU. LEGISLATION CLEA World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) Collection of Laws for Electronic Access. Extensive database of Intellectual Property related legislation for this country. Coverage extends to over 35 countries.
DOMAIN NAMES	RESOURCES RIPE NNC - Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre (Europe and Surrounding Areas)
COPYRIGHT	RESOURCES LEGISLATION CLEA World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) Collection of Laws for Electronic Access. Extensive database of Intellectual Property related legislation for this country. Coverage extends to over 35 countries.
PLANT BREEDERS RIGHTS	RESOURCES The Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) is a community organisation which implements and applies the European system for protecting plant variety rights. Their site provides information on procedures for plant variety protection, and issues such as the relationship between community and national protection LEGISLATION
CIRCUIT LAYOUT	RESOURCES LEGISLATION
COMPANY & BUSINESS	RESOURCES European Central Bank European Investment Bank LEGISLATION
TRADE PRACTICES	RESOURCES Competition Directorate General "The mission of Competition Directorate General is to establish and implement a coherent competition policy for the European Union." LEGISLATION
IP CASE LAW	Court of Justice Court of Justice and Court of First Instance - Contains the full text of cases from the 17 June 1997 (under "recent case-law"). Also includes an index of all cases lodged from 1953. EPO Board of Appeal Decisions EPO Board of Appeal Decisions - The search engine processes the comprehensive text of each decision of the EPO Boards of Appeal contained in the database ( despatched after 1 January 1997 ). The decisions are always available in the language of the proceedings (English or French or German). JUREP - EPO Patents Jurisprudence Database hosted on the Questel-Orbit Network - This database covers European Patent jurisprudence, published and unpublished, from 1978 to present date. The database also covers legislation and regulations from 1973 to present.($)
NATIONAL LIBRARY/ OTHER	EuroPages (Telephone Directory)