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Patent Utilities

EPO-line                       (Free) check the status and histories of EPO Patents
The IPR Helpdesk         (Free) an informative IP website
The EPO link collection
PCT EASY                    (Free) software for filing PCT applications with a discount
Patent Searching

Espacenet Patent search (Free & worldwide) Recommended for finding relevant patents &
                           applications around the world.
Depatis Patent Search     (Free & worldwide) Allows very sophisticated searches.
USPTO Patent Search     (Free)
Patentstorm                      (Free) an online aid to searching US patents
Japanese Patent Search  (Free) also TMs and Designs
Canadian Patent Search  (Free)
Delphion Patent Search    (Free) Supposedly powerful but only the first page is free
PCT Patent Search           (Free) also TMs and Designs


Translating Patents (reasonable quality machine translations)

Translation of JP patents  (Free) to English from the Japanese Patent Office - convert with
                           the 'detail' button.
Translation of text             (Free) between many languages.

Miscellaneous

FreePatentAuction.com
Getting Patent Fees & Forms:

UK Forms & Fees
Current EPO Fees
EPC and PCT Forms
Current USPTO Fees & Forms
Patents organisations

The UK Patent Office
CIPA, The UK Chartered Institute of Patent Agents
The UK Government IP portal
The UK Court Service
The European Patent Office (EPO)
The US Patent and Trademark Office
The Japanese Patent Office
WIPO, The World Intellectual Property Organization
OHIM, The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market
IP legal texts

UK Patents Act 1977
USA Trademark Act (Lanham Act)
USA Trademark Law Rules of Practice and Federal Statutes
The Paris Convention (International)
The TRIPS Agreement (International)
The European Patent Convention
Case Law of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO
Full text decisions of the EPO's Boards of Appeal
Case summaries of European Court of Justice
Trademarks Searching Tools and organisations:

Avantiq covers most of the EC as well as WIPO, Scandinavia and Mexico
CTM Online Run by OHIM and covers community Trade Marks
Edital Provides access to Benelux, CTMs and international databases
Madrid Express, Madrid agreement database, covers WIPO too
UK Patent Office Database search
USPTO Database search
ITMA, the
Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys

Other IP Tools:

UK designs search
US copyright search
Various Patent offices

Chinese IP Office
Russian Patent Bureau
Canadian Trademarks Database
Indian National Informatics Center
Romanian State Office for Invention and Trademarks Website
Japanese Patent Office
Hungarian Patent Office
German Patent and Trademark Office
Belgian Ministry of Economic Affaris
Korean Intellectual Property Office
Greek Industrial Property Organisation
Moldovian Industrial Property Protection State Agency
Australian government IP hub
Swedish Patent and Registration Office
Austrian Patent Office
Lithuanian State Patent Bureau
Irish Patents Office
Georgian Industrial Protection hub
Bulgarian Patent Office
Norwegian patent office
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