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IP FIRMS /
ORGANISATIONS |
ATTORNEY LISTINGS
IP FIRMS
INVENTOR ORGANISATIONS
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Birmingham
Inventors Club
"An organisation for
individuals, industrialists, business
people and academics etc. from around the
Midlands including Coventry, Warwick,
Wolverhampton and further afield."
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANISATIONS
- Chartered Institute
of Patent Agents (CIPA)
The Chartered Institute of
Patent Agents (CIPA) is the professional
and examining body for patent agents
(also known as patent attorneys) in the
United Kingdom.
- Institute of Trade
Mark Attorneys (ITMA)
ITMA is
the professional body for trade mark
attorneys in the United Kingdom.
Established in 1934, it plays a
significant role in promoting the
importance of registering trade marks -
extending the protection offered by
registration and increasing the benefits
it brings. -
Future Meetings
& Events
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| PATENTS |
RESOURCES
- ESPACE
UK
ESPACE UK CD-ROM database (by the European
Patent Office) contains bibliographic
data, and images of British patent
documents from 1976. The bibliographic
data is fully searchable whilst the
images of the full documents can be
displayed, and printed.($)
- SurfIP.gov.sg
The SurfIP.gov.sg
is an Intellectual Property site for
integrated and customised searching of
various patent office databases (CA, EP,
SG, TW, UK, US, WO) as well as web
sources for IP information.
This site is a special project by the
Intellectual
Property Office of Singapore (IPOS)
in promoting IP information awareness and
usage by harnessing IT power.
LEGISLATION
- CLEA
World Intellectual Property
Organization's (WIPO)
Collection of Laws for Electronic Access.
Extensive database of Intellectual
Property related legislation for this
country. Coverage extends to over
35 countries.
- HMSO
This Web site is managed by Her
Majesty’s Stationery Office on
behalf of the Queen’s Printer. The
site contains the full text of all Public
and Local Acts of the UK Parliament, the
Explanatory Notes to Public Acts,
Statutory Instruments and Draft Statutory
Instruments; and Measures of the General
Synod of the Church of England.
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| TRADEMARKS |
RESOURCES
- TRADEMARKSCAN - United Kingdom
This database is hosted on the Dialog
Network. This database is useful as
a preliminary trademark screening tool
for checking on the availability of new
product and service names. ($)
- UKMARK - United
Kingdom
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. ($)
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.
- HMSO
This Web site is managed by Her
Majesty’s Stationery Office on
behalf of the Queen’s Printer. The
site contains the full text of all Public
and Local Acts of the UK Parliament, the
Explanatory Notes to Public Acts,
Statutory Instruments and Draft Statutory
Instruments; and Measures of the General
Synod of the Church of England.
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| DESIGNS |
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.
- HMSO
This Web site is managed by Her
Majesty’s Stationery Office on
behalf of the Queen’s Printer. The
site contains the full text of all Public
and Local Acts of the UK Parliament, the
Explanatory Notes to Public Acts,
Statutory Instruments and Draft Statutory
Instruments; and Measures of the General
Synod of the Church of England.
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| DOMAIN
NAMES |
RESOURCES
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| COPYRIGHT |
RESOURCES
- Copyright
Licensing Agency
The Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd is the
UK's Reproduction Rights Organisation and
a member of IFRRO, the International
Federation of Reproduction Rights
Organisations. CLA is responsible for
looking after the interests of rights
owners in copying from books, journals
and periodicals.
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.
- HMSO
This Web site is managed by Her
Majesty’s Stationery Office on
behalf of the Queen’s Printer. The
site contains the full text of all Public
and Local Acts of the UK Parliament, the
Explanatory Notes to Public Acts,
Statutory Instruments and Draft Statutory
Instruments; and Measures of the General
Synod of the Church of England.
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| PLANT
BREEDERS RIGHTS |
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.
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| CIRCUIT LAYOUT |
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.
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| COMPANY
& BUSINESS |
RESOURCES
- Ask
Alix
Ask
Alix is a fully searchable directory
of UK businesses and organisations.
Contains over 1.8 million records.
- Commerce
Net
Hosted by Commerce Publications provides
a searchable database of companies in the
UK.
- Companies
House
Companies
House is the agency responsible for
registration of companies in the U.K. and
the dissemination of company information.
Allows searching of UK company
information by company name. (only
available from weekdays 5pm to 5am AEST)
- County
Web
County Web is an interactive business
directory and e-commerce portal. Contains
information on the Top 1000 companies in
the UK.
- The
Biz
The Biz is a business directory which
provides company information on UK
Businesses.
- ThomWeb
ThomWeb hosted by Thomson
Directories provides searchable
information on companies in the UK.
- WebScot
WebScot
business directory is an searchable
resource of Scottish businesses.
LEGISLATION
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| TRADE PRACTICES |
RESOURCES
- Competition
Commission
"The Competition Commission
is an independent public body established
by the Competition Act 1998. The
Competition Commission conducts in-depth
inquiries into mergers, markets and the
regulation of the major regulated
industries, undertaken in response to a
reference made to it by another
authority."
LEGISLATION
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| IP CASE LAW |
- BAILII
British and Irish Legal Information
Institute (BAILII) is a Pilot
Service providing Free Access to British
and Irish Legal Information. It is based
on the lines of AUSTLII,
the excellent Australian Legal
Information Institute website.
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