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Patents
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Patent
and Trademark Offices
Andorra: Trademark
Office of the Principality of Andorra [Oficina de Marques del Principat
d'Andorra]
Argentina: National
Institute of Industrial Property [Instituto Nacional de la Propiedad
Industrial]
(in Spanish)
Australia: IP
Australia
Australia: Plant
Variety Rights Office
Austrian
Patent Office (in German)
Belgian Ministry of Economic
Affairs, Office
for Industrial Property
Benelux
Designs Office
Benelux
Trademarks Office
Bosnia and Herzogovina:
Institute
for Standardization, Metrology and Patents of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazilian
Industrial Property Office [Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial]
Bulgarian
Patent Office
Canadian
Intellectual Property Office
Chile: Departamento
de Propiedad Industrial (in Spanish)
China, People's Republic
of: Patent
Office
Croatia, Republic of:
State
Intellectual Property Office
Cuban
Industrial Property Office [Oficina Cubana de la Propiedad Industrial]
(in
Spanish)
Czech Republic: Industrial
Property Office [Úrad prumyslového vlastnictví]
Danish
Patent Office [Patentdirektoratet]
Eurasian
Patent Organization
European
Patent Office
Europe: Community
Plant Variety Office
EU: Office
for Harmonization in the Internal Market OHIM
- European Community Trademark Organisation
Finland: National
Board of Patents and Registration
France: Plant
Variety Rights Office [Groupe d'Etude et de controle des Varietes et
des Semences] (in French)
France: Institut
National de la Proprieté
Industrielle (in French)
Georgian
Industrial Property Organisation
German
Office for Plant Protection [Bundessortenamt] (in
German)
German
Patent and Trademark Bureau [Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt] (in
German)
Greek
Industrial Property Organisation
Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region Government Intellectual Property
Department
Hungarian
Patent Office [Magyar Szabadalmi Hivatal (MSZH)]
Iceland
Patent Office [Einkaleyfastofan] (in Icelandic)
Indonesia: General
Directorate of Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks [Direktorat Jendral
Hak Cipta, Paten dan Merek] (in Indonesian)
Irish
Patents Office [Oifig Na bPaitinní]
Italian
Patent and Trademark Office
Italy: Ministero
dell'Industria, del Commercio e dell'Artigianato
(in Italian)
Japanese
Patent Office
Korean
Industrial Property Office
Liechtenstein
Patent Office [Liechtensteinische Landesbibliothek]
Luxembourg: Service
de la Propriete Intellectuelle (in French)
Lithuania: State
Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania [Lietuvos Respublikos valstybinis
patentø biuras]
Macedonia: Industrial
Protection Office of the Republic of Macedonia
Malaysia: Ministry of
Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs, Intellectual
Property Division
Mexican
Institute of Industrial Property [Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad
Industrial]
Moldova: State
Agency of Industrial Property Protection
Monaco: Direction de
l'Expansion Economique, Division
de la Propriete Intellectuelle (in French)
Netherlands
Industrial Property Office [Bureau voor de Industriële Eigendom
(Bureau I.E.)]
New Zealand: Intellectual
Property Office of New Zealand
New Zealand: Plant
Variety Rights Office
Peru: Patent
Office [Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competenciay de la Proteccion
de la Propiedad Intelectual] (in Spanish)
Philippines
Intellectual Property Office
Poland: Patent
Office of the Republic of Poland [Urzad Patentowy Rzeczypospolitej
Polskiej]
Portugal: National
Institute of Industrial Property [Instituto Nacional da Propriedade
Industrial] (in Portuguese)
Russian
Agency for Patent and Trademarks
Russia: State
Commission of Russia for Selection Achievements Test and ProtectionRussian
plant variety protection office
Romania: State
Office for Inventions and Trademarks [Oficiul de Stat pentru Inventii
si Marci]
San Marino: Ufficio
di Stato Brevetti e Marchi (in Italian)
Singapore: Intellectual
Property Office of Singapore
Slovak Republic: Industrial
Property Office [Úrad priemyselného vlastníctva
(ÚPV)]
Slovenian
Intellectual Property Office [Urad RS za intelektualno lastnino]
Spanish
Office of Patents and Trademarks [Oficina Española de Patentes
y Marcas (OEPM)] (in Spanish)
Swedish
Patent and Registration Office [Patent- och registreringsverket]
Swiss
Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
Taiwan: National
Bureau of Standards (in Chinese BIG5)
Thailand: Ministry of
Commerce, Department
of Intellectual Property
Turkish
Patent Institute [Türk Patent Enstitüsü]
UK
Patent Office
UPOV-The
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
US
Copyright Office
US
Patent and Trademark Office
US
Plant Variety Protection Office
Vietnam: National
Office of Intellectual Property/National Office of Copyright
Patent
and Design Searchable Databases - no fee
-
Australian
Patent Databases
-
Australian
Designs Database
-
Brazilian
Patent Database
-
Canadian
Patent Database
-
Chinese
Patent Abstract Database (in Chinese GB)
-
Chinese
Patent Database from Chinese InformationCenter
(in
Chinese GB)
-
esp@cenet
Europe's network of patent databases
-
European
(EP) Patent Database
-
European
Coating Patents Database
-
French
Patents Database [Recherches Brevets] (in
French)
-
Germany: DEPAnet
German patents database and portal into esp@cenet
-
Hungarian
Industrial Design Database
-
Hungarian
Patent and Model Utility Database
-
IBM
Intellectual Property Network
-
Japaneese
Patent Database PAJ
-
PCT
(WO) Patent Database
Russia: Patent
Abstracts of Russia English summaries of
Russian Patents
-
Romanian
Patent Database [Cautare pentru Baza de Inventii] (in
Romanian)
-
UK
Design Status Enquiry Database
-
UK
Patent Status Enquiry Database
-
US: Community of Science
US
Patent Database
-
US: DNA
Patent Database
-
US Library of Congress Copyright
Database Search
-
US
Patent Full-Text and Bibliographic Databases
-
US: QPAT-US
front page information of U.S. patents issued since
1974
-
US: STO's
Internet Patent Search System
Patent
and Design Searchable Databases - fee paid
Brainwave
Copyrights, Patents & Trademarks
Chemical
Patents Plus chemical patents database from
Chemical Abstracts Society
Derwent
Dialog
FIZ
Karlsruhe
IFI/Plenum
U.S. Patent databases
MicroPatent
Database
Patent
Miner
PATON
Patent Abstracts of Japan, Patent Abstracts of Russia,
Patents, trademarks and cooperations from Thüringia
PATSCAN
Patent and Trademark Searching from the
University of British Columbia
-
QPAT-US
U.S. Patent databases
-
Questel-Orbit
Patent
Attorney Directories
-
Australia: List
of Patent Attorneys from Institute of Patent
and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia
-
Australian
Patent Attorney Directory
-
Austrian
Patent Attorneys Directory
-
Belgium: Patent
Agents Directory
-
Bulgaria: Industrial
Property Representatives Directory
Canadian
Patents Agents Directory
-
Canadian
Trademarks Agents Directory
-
Chinese
Patent Agent Directory requires
GB Chinese viewer or software (in Chinese)
-
Croatian
Registered Patent Agents Directory
-
Czech
Patent Attorney Directory
-
Eurasian
Patent Attorneys Directory
-
European
Patent Attorneys Database Professional Representatives
before the EPO
Finnish
Patent Attorneys Directory
-
French
Industrial Property Attorney Directory
-
German
Patent Attorney Database from Patentanwalt-Suche.de
(in
German)
-
German
Patent Attorney Directory from Deutsche
Patentanwaltskammer (in German)
-
Germany: Directory
of Homepages of German Patent Attorneys and Lawyers
-
Hungarian
Patent Attorneys Directory
-
Intellectual
Property Law Firms and Patent Agents outside
the USA on the web
-
Irish
Patent Agent Firms Directory
-
Italian
Patent Attorneys Database
-
Japanese
Patent Attorneys List
Liechtenstein: Patent
Attorney Directory Liste der geschäftsmässig
tätigen Patentanwälte und Patentanwaltsgesellschaften
-
Lithuania: List
of Patent Attorneys
-
Luxembourg: Patent
and Trademark Agents Directory
-
Macedonia
Patent Attorney Directory
-
Netherlands: Registered
Patent Agents Directory
-
Poland: Patent
Attorneys' Offices Directory
-
Romanian
Industrial Property Attorneys Authorized
by the State Office for Inventions and Trademarks
-
Russia: List
of Patent Attorneys
-
Slovenia: List
of Approved Patent Attorneys
-
Spain: Industrial
Property Agents Directory (in Spanish)
Swedish
Patent Attorneys Directory
-
Swiss
Patent Attorney Directory
-
Turkey: Patent
Attorney Directory
-
Turkey: Trademark
Attorney Directory
-
UK
Patent Agents Directory
-
US: Association of Patent
Law Firms Members Directory
-
US
Patent Attorney Directory
-
Vietnam: List
of Qualified Industrial Property Agents
-
Worldwide
Listing of Patent Attorneys and Agents
-
World Intellectual Property
Network Directory of Intellectual Property
Law Firms
Patent
Classification Systems
International
Patent Classification System
US
Patent Classification System
Patent
and Intellectual Property Information Resources
--General
information--
Civil
and Common Law Systems Patent Law Specifics
- Examples of the Practical Differences arising in Different Systems
from Ladas & Parry
Design
Law: Protecting a Paradox by Maria Helena
Barrera from Cardozo Electronic Law Bulletin
General
information about patents from Oppedahl
& Larson LLP
Guide
to Patent Cooperation Treaty from Hans
High
Technology Intellectual Property and The Importance of Effective Due Diligencefrom
Practicing Law Institute in .pdf format
Las
patentes biotecnologicas Patents in Biotechnology
(in
Spanish)
Intellectual
Property Articles articles on patents, trademarks
and copyright from Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP
Intellectual
Property Issues copyright and trademark
claims deemed to censor on the web from Electronic Frontiers Georgia
Intellectual
Property Provisions of GATT from Ladas &
Perry
Intellectual
Property Rights Overview from W3C
Intellectual
Property Wordwide Intellectual Property
Law From Around The World
Patent
FAQ, The from The Patent.info Homepage
Pipers
Intellectual Property Virtual Library General
Intellectual Property Information
Protecting
Patents and Trademarks Overseas by Billy
Robbins
Protecting
Intellectual Property Informational Articles
from Sixbey, Friedman, Leedom & Ferguson, P.C.
Spinoza
Project Information on Intellectual Property
Law
Readings
on Information and Intellectual Property from
MIT
Treaty on Intellectual
Property in respect of Integrated Circuits, Introductory
Note by Frederic M. Abbott
WWW
Multimedia Law
--internet-related--
Internet: Hyperlinks,
Frames and Meta-tags: An Intellectual Property Analysis from
Peter's Patent Page
Internet: Link
Controversy Page overview of the legal problems
of using hyperlinks, inline images and frames in the WWW by Stefan
Bechtold
Internet: Linking
and Framing Cases, law review articles and
links from John Marshall Law School
Internet: Linking
and Framing Disputes a link directory to
relevant sites by Tanya E. Rose
Internet: Politics
of Intellectual Property: Environmentalism For the Net? by
Professor James Boyle
Internet: Web
Law FAQ a very thorough report on all aspects
of web law from Oppedahl & Larson
Internet: What's
all the hype about hyperlinking? from Peter's
Patent Page
Internet: WIPO
Internet Domain Name Process intellectual
property issues associated with Internet domain names, including dispute
resolution
Internet: Unlawful
Linking and Framing By Tanya Rose
from The Cyberspace Law Journal
US: Domain
Name Protection in the United States from
Union Internationale des Avocats in .pdf
format
US: Recent
Intellectual Property Developments on the Internet from
R. Mark Halligan, Esq.
--licensing--
Argentina: Dirección
de Transferencia de Tecnología advantages
& registration procedures for technology transfers (in
Spanish)
Canada: Contrat
de transfert de technologies technology
transfer contract from
Robic-Léger (in French)
China: Technology
Transfer to the Peoples Republic of China: Licensor Guarantee and Restrictions
by
Billy Robbins
Colombia: Transfer
of Technology brief description of Colombian
regulations applicable to transfer of technology from Brigard &
Urrutia
International
Licensing of Intellectual Property: The Promise and the Peril by
Nicolas S. Gikkas, from Journal of Technology Law & Policy
Jamaica: Transfer
of Technology brief description of Jamaican
regulations applicable to transfer of technology from Myers, Fletcher
& Gordon
Licencing: Evaluation
of Technology in Technology Transfer Situations by
Billy Robbins
Licencing: Technology
Transfer and Technical Assistance by Billy
Robbins
Philippines: Procedures
for Registration of Technology Transfer Agreements from
Chan Robles Virtual Law Library
South Africa: LicencingWhat
is a license? - Types of licenses - The license contract - Special forms
of agreement from Spoor and Fisher
US: Antitrust
Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property Issued
by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission April
6, 1995
US: Intellectual
Property Licensing Reasons for Licensing
- Finding a Licensing Partner - Preparing for License Negotiations - License
Provisions from Seed and Berry LLP
US: Motion
Picture Licensing Frequently Asked Questions
Vietnam: Transfer
of Industrial Property Rights from
National Office of Intellectual Property
--software--
Australia: Software-Related
Patents from Juris Diction
Canada:
Computer
Software Law in Canada by Philip B. Kerr
European Patent Convention:
Software-Related
Patents from JurisDiction
Germany: Software-Related
Patents Statutes - Regulations - Case Law
from JurisDiction
Israel: Software-Related
Patents Statutes - Regulations - Case Law
from JurisDiction
Italy: Software
Protection Patent Protection - Copyright
Protection - Unfair Competition - General Protection from Chiomenti
e Associati
Japan: Software
patents in Japan from David K. Kahaner,
US Office of Naval Research Asia
Japan: Software-Related
Patents Statutes - Regulations - Case Law
from JurisDiction
Korea, Republic of: Software-Related
Patents Statutes - Regulations - Case Law
from JurisDiction
New Zealand: New
IP Rights for Software & Related Issues Copyright
- Patents from A J Park & Son
New Zealand: Software
Inventions Now Patentable in New Zealand
from A J Park & Son
Software: Challenge
of Software Related Patents, The A Primer
on Software-Related Patents from Software Patent Institute Database
of Software Technologies
Software: Evolving
Paradigm of Software Patentability, The By
David Suhl, Suffolk Law
Software: International
Legal Protection for Software
Software: Protection
of Software-related Inventions in Europe and Japan from
Ladas & Perry
Software
Patents from CyberLaw
Software: Patents
for Software-Related Inventions from Kuesterlaw
Software-Related Patents:
A
Global Survey from Juris Diction
Switzerland: Software-Related
Patents Statutes - Regulations - Case Law
from JurisDiction
UK: Software-Related
Patents Statutes - Regulations - Case Law
from JurisDiction
US: Computer
Software Protecting & Licensing - Acquiring
Rights to Use or Market - Available Forms of Protection - Outside Programmers
& Consultants from Seed and Berry LLP
US: Debunking
the Software Patent Myths published in the
Communications of the ACM, June, 1992
US: Examination
Guidelines for Computer-Related Inventions patent
examination guidelines for software from US Patent Office
US: Patents
may Provide Better Protection Than Copyrights for Computer Softwarefrom
Arent Fox attorneys on patents
US: Software
Development Agreements from Nolo.com,
Inc.
US: Software
Patent Index information on the patenting
of computer software from BitLaw
US: Statutory
Protection for Computer Software in the United States from
Ladas & Parry
--Country-specific
information--
Algeria: Summary
of the Designs and Industrial Models Registration System from
Abu-Ghazeleh Intellectual Property
Algeria: Summary
of the Patent Registration System from Abu-Ghazeleh
Intellectual Property
Argentina: Modelos
y Diseños Industriales general information
about utility models & industrial designs from
INPI (in Spanish)
Argentina: Patente
de Invención y otras protecciones Patents
and other forms of protection from Estudio Eguia & Associados
(in
Spanish)
Argentina: Patentes
general information about patents from INPI
(in
Spanish)
Argentina: Patent,
Utility Models and Designs Filing Requirements from
Hausheer, Belgrano and Fernandez
Argentine Patent Law:
A
brief history of the legislative process from
Etcheverry & Etcheverry
Australia: Detailed
Information on Industrial Designs from Institute
of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia
Australia: Detailed
Information on Patents from Institute of
Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia
Australia: IP Australia,
Patents
patent system overview
Australia: IP Australia,
Registered
Designs general information
Canada: Contrat
de transfert de technologies technology
transfer contract from
Robic-Léger (in French)
Canada: Dessins
industriels from Canadian Intellectual
Property Office (in French)
Canada: Guide
des brevets from Canadian Intellectual
Property Office in .pdf format (555KB) (in
French)
Canada: Guide
des dessins industriels from Canadian
Intellectual Property Office (in
French)
Canada: Guide
des topographies de circuits intégrés from
Canadian Intellectual Property Office in
.pdf format (454KB) (in
French)
Canada: Guide
to Industrial Designs Intro - Basics - Registering
- The Process - Fees - Industrial Design Forms - Glossary
from Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Canada: Guide
to Integrated Circuit Topographies from
Canadian Intellectual Property Office in
.pdf format (451KB)
Canada: Guide
to Patents from Canadian Intellectual Property
Office in .pdf format (513KB)
Canada: Guide
to Protecting Intellectual Property from
the Canadian University Intellectual Property Group
Canada: Industrial Design
Filing
Certificate and Checklist from Canadian
Intellectual Property Office in .pdf format
(393KB)
Canada: Industrial
Designs Definition - Why seek design registrations
- Preparing an application - Summary from Patent and Trademark Institute
of Canada
Canada: Industrial
Designs Frequently Asked Questionsfrom Canadian
Intellectual Property Office
Canada: Integrated
circuit topographies Frequently Asked Questionsfrom
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Canada: Manual
of Patent Office Practice from Canadian
Intellectual Property Office in .pdf format
(668KB)
Canada: Patent
Law Primer from Juris Diction
Canada: Patent
Litigation in Canada Points in Substantive
Law - Split Court System - Licensee's Right to Sue - Infringement Actions
from Ladas & Parry
Canada: Patents
Definition - Applying - The Search - Filing - International
Protection - Examination - Usefulness from Patent and Trademark Institute
of Canada
Canada: Patents
Frequently Asked Questions from
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Canada: Questions
courantes sur les topographies de circuits intégrés
from Canadian Intellectual Property Office (in
French)
Canada: Recent
Changes In Canadian Patent Practice from
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Canadian
Industrial Design Procedures Manual from
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Canadian
Patent Law general explanation from
Industry Canada
Canadian
Patent Law Introduction - What is an Invention?
- The Application Process - Anticipation - Obviousness from Cameron's
China: Advances
in the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in China from
Harvard China Review
China: Applying
for a Patent explanation of the entire procedure
from "Patent Field" (in Chinese
GB)
China: Enforcing
patents in China from Qiang Li, Chinese
patent agent
China: Handing
Infringement cases in P. R. China from Lung
Tin International Patent & Trademark Agent Ltd
China: Patent
Application FAQ from China Patent Office
(in
Chinese GB)
China: Patent
FAQ from Patent Field (in
Chinese GB)
China: Patent
FAQ from Patent InfoNet (in
Chinese GB)
China: Patent
Registration Guide from Lung Tin International
Patent & Trademark Agent Ltd
China: Patent
Fees from China Patent Office
China: "Patent
Field" information site for patents (in
Chinese GB)
China
Patent InfoNet Chinese patent database and
other patent related information in China
China: Patenting
FAQ from China Patent InfoNet (in
Chinese GB)
China: Patent
Litigation in China Scope of Patent Protection
- Enforcement from Ladas & Parry
China's
Response to Intellecutal Property Rights Demands 1993
by Billy Robbins
China: Technology
Transfer to the Peoples Republic of China: Licensor Guarantee and Restrictions
by
Billy Robbins
China: Work
Flow of the Examination of the Application
for a Patent for Invention and for a Patent for Utility Model or and Designfrom
China Patent Office
Colombia: Transfer
of Technology brief description of Colombian
regulations applicable to transfer of technology from Brigard &
Urrutia
Croatia: Što
je patent i kako ga steæi? What
is a patent and how does one obtain one? from Croatian State Intellectual
Property Office (in Croatian)
Cuba: Patentes
y modelos de invención Patent Guide
from Cuban Industrial Property Office (in
Spanish)
Cyprus: Intellectual
Property from Dr. K. Chrysostomides &
Co.
Denmark: Intellectual
Property Trade Marks - Patent Rights - Copyrights
and Design Patent Rights - Licenses from Kromann & Munter
Ecuador: Industrial
Designs filing requirements from Julio
C. Guerrero B.
Ecuador: Industrial
Property by Francisco Xavier PÈrez,
Esq., from Hieros Gamos, Lex Mundi
Ecuador: Patents
of Invention and Utility Models filing requirements
from Julio C. Guerrero B.
Egypt: Summary
of the Designs and Industrial Models Registration System from
Abu-Ghazeleh Intellectual Property
Egypt: Summary
of the Patent Registration System from Abu-Ghazeleh
Intellectual Property
EPO
Patent information on the Internet
- link collection
EU: Intellectual
Property Rights Helpdesk
EU: Novelty
Novelty of an invention is a fundamental requirement
for obtaining an European Patent by Wolfram Foerster, European Patent
Office
European
Approach to Inventive Step in Pharmaceutical Patents by
Anthony Leonard, European Patent Office
European Patent Convention:
Software-Related
Patents from JurisDiction
Europe: Brevets
et marques européens (in French)
Europe: Patent
Litigation in Europe Free Flow of Goods
Principle - European Convention on Jurisdiction - Community Patent Convention
from Ladas & Parry
Europe: Protecting
Inventions in Europe from Ladas & Perry
France: Foire aux questions,
Brevets
Patent FAQ from Breese & Majerowicz
(in
French)
France: Intellectual
Property Rights Patents - Know-how - Trademarks
- Designs & Models - Copyright from Berlioz & Co
France: Le
brevet : protéger son invention ? Protéger
ses inventions - Formulaires de dépôt - Les tarifs - La liste
des conseils en P.I. from INPI (in
French)
France: Les
enveloppes Soleau Qu'est-ce que l'enveloppe
soleau ? - Qui peut l'utiliser ? A quelles fins ? - Comment l'utiliser
? from INPI (in French)
France: Patent
Litigation in France Points in Substantive
Patent Law - Infringement Actions from Ladas & Parry
France: Protéger
ses dessins ou ses modèles Comment
? - Formulaires de dépôt - Les tarifs - La liste des conseils
en P.I. from INPI (in
French)
Georgia: Current Legislation,
Patents
& Trademarks Employee's Invention -
Compulsory Licensing - Trademarks, including service marks - Well known
marks
Georgia: How
to Obtain a Patent from Sakpatenti
Germany-Baden-Württemberg:
Landesgewerbeamt Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart, Informationszentrum
Patente patent information centre (in
German)
Germany: BMBF-Patentserver
Informationen rund um das Thema "Patente" - information
about patents (in German)
Germany: Gebrauchsmuster
general information from German Patent Office
(in
German)
Germany: Informationen
für Einsteiger patent guide for beginners
from the German Patent and Trademark Office (in
German)
Germany: Information
for Patent Applicants from German Patent
Office in .pdf format
Germany: Information
for Utility Model Applicants from German
Patent Office in .pdf format
Germany: Information
for Industrial Design Applicants from German
Patent Office in .pdf format
Germany: Intellectual
Property International Conventions - Patents
- Copyrights - Trademarks - Unfair Competition - Licenses from Boden
Oppenhoff Rasor Raue
Germany: Merkblatt
für Gebrauchsmusteranmelder from German
Patent Office in .pdf format (in
German)
Germany: Merkblatt
für Geschmacksmusteranmelder from German
Patent Office in .pdf format (in
German)
Germany: Merkblatt
für internationale (PCT-)Patentanmeldungen information
for international patent filings in .pdf
format (in German)
Germany: Merkblatt
für Patentanmelder from German Patent
Office in .pdf format (in
German)
Germany: Patentinformationszentrum
Kassel patent information centre Kassel
(in
German)
Germany: Patent
Litigation in Germany Scope of Protection
given by patent claims - Enforcement - Litigation Procedure from
Ladas & Parry
Germany: Software-Related
Patents Statutes - Regulations - Case Law
from JurisDiction
Greece: Intellectual
Property patents - trademarks - copyright
from Kyriakides & Partners
Greece: Patents
Definition - Procedure for Granting a Patent
from Greek Industrial Property Organisation
Gulf Cooperation Council:
Unified
Patent Law General Informationfrom Abu-Ghazeleh
Intellectual Property
Hong
Kong Design Patent FAQ (in Chinese GB)
Hong Kong: Designs
new Designs Ordinance from M Grewal & Co
Hong Kong: Intellectual
Property in Hong Kong general information
Hong Kong: New
Patent Law in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Hong Kong: New
Registered Designs Law in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Hong
Kong Patent FAQ (in Chinese GB)
Hong Kong: Patents
new Patents Ordinance - Standard Patents - Short Term
Patents from M Grewal & Co
India: Amendments
in the Patent Act from Tas & Co.
India: In
India, IP Falls on Hard Times After recent
improvements in IP rights, a counterreaction sets in from Law Journal
Extra!
India: Patents
Patentability - The Indian Statutes from Tas
& Co.
Iran: Patent
Registration Application Requirements from
Dr. Alexander Aghayan & Associates, Inc.
Iraq: Summary
of the Patent Registration System from Abu-Ghazeleh
Intellectual Property
Ireland: Intellectual
Property Trademarks - Copyright - Legal
Protection of Topographies of Semi-Conductors - Registered Industrial Designs
from Arthur Cox
Ireland: Short
Term Patents from Irish Patents Office
Ireland: What
is a Patent? from Irish Patents Office
Israel: Patent
filing requirements from Jeremy M. Ben-David
& Co. Ltd.
Israel
Patents Bulletin The Fast Track to Patenting
in Israel, Computer Related Inventions, Materials, Chemicals and Pharmaceutical
Cases, Amendments to Israel Patents Law
Israel: Software-Related
Patents Statutes - Regulations - Case Law
from JurisDiction
Italy: Intellectual
Property Trademarks - Copyrights - Patents
from Chiomenti e Associati
Italy: National
Patents Guide to patents from Italian
Patent and Trademark Office
Italy: Patent
Litigation in Italy Points of Substantive
Law - Infringement Actions from Ladas & Parry
Italy: Software
Protection Patent Protection - Copyright
Protection - Unfair Competition - General Protection from Chiomenti
e Associati
Jamaica: Developments
in Intellectual Property Law copyrights
- patents - trademarks - trade secrets from Myers, Fletcher &
Gordon
Jamaica: Transfer
of Technology brief description of Jamaican
regulations applicable to transfer of technology from Myers, Fletcher
& Gordon
Japanese
Patent Site general information site (in
Japanese)
Japan: Institute
of Intellectual Property
Japan: Intellectual
Property (in Japanese)
Japan: Intellectual
Property FAQ from Japanese Patent Office
Japan: Intellectual
Property FAQ from Japanese Patent Office
(in
Japanese)
Japan: Intellectual
Property Information from Japan by Yuji
Tsuruya
Japan: Osaka
Prefectural Patent Information Center
Japan: Patent
FAQ from Hiroi Ouyuu (in
Japanese)
Japan: Patent
Litigation in Japan Protection Afforded
by Patents - Infringement Suits from Ladas & Parry
Japan: Power
of Intellectual Property general information
site (in Japanese)
Japan: Recent
Legislative Changes in Japanese IP System 1995
Patent Law - Trademark Law
Japan: Software
patents in Japan from David K. Kahaner,
US Office of Naval Research Asia
Japan: Software-Related
Patents Statutes - Regulations - Case Law
from JurisDiction
Jordan: Summary
of the Patent Registration System from Abu-Ghazeleh
Intellectual Property
Korea, Republic of: Guide
to Design Registration from Hans
Korea, Republic of: Guide
to Patent from Hans
Korea, Republic of: Guide
to Utility Model from Hans
Korea, Republic of: How
to Get an Industrial Property Right in Korea, The
Industrial Design from KIPO
Korea, Republic of: How
to Get an Industrial Property Right in Korea, The
Patent and the Utility Model from KIPO
Korea, Republic of: Patent
Litigation in Korea Scope of Protection
- Enforcement from Ladas & Parry
Korea, Republic of: Procedures
for Granting a Patent and Utility Model from
KIPO
Korea, Republic of: Procedure
for Registering a Design from KIPO
Korea, Republic of: Software-Related
Patents Statutes - Regulations - Case Law
from JurisDiction
Kuwait: Summary
of the Patent & Industrial Model Registration System from
Abu-Ghazeleh Intellectual Property
Lebanon: Summary
of the Design Registration System from Abu-Ghazeleh
Intellectual Property
Lebanon: Summary
of the Patent Registration System from Abu-Ghazeleh
Intellectual Property
Libya: Summary
of the Design Registration System from Abu-Ghazeleh
Intellectual Property
Libya: Summary
of the Patent Registration System from Abu-Ghazeleh
Intellectual Property
Lithuania: Official
Gazette of the State Patent Bureau lists
patents, industrial designs and trademarks registered in Lithuania
Luxembourg: Comment
déposer un brevet luxembourgeois? (in
French)
Macedonia: Patents
protection procedures and other information
Macedonia: Industrial
Designs protection procedures and other
information
Mexico: Intellectual
Property Protection and Enforcement in Mexico by
Christina Moeckel
Mexico: Modelos
de Utilidad Utility Model Patents general
information from Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas (in
Spanish)
Mexico: Overview
of Intellectual Property Law Enforcement in Mexico from
National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade
Mexico: Patentes
Patents general information from Instituto de
Investigaciones Eléctricas (in
Spanish)
Mexico: Patentes
y Modelos de Utilidad, Guia de Usario Guide
to Patents and Utility Models from Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad
Industrial (in Spanish)
Mexico: Patent
Litigation in Mexico Scope of Protection
given by patent claims - Litigation Procedure from Ladas & Parry
Monaco: La
propriété industrielle La
protection des marques - La protection des dessins et modèles -
La protection des brevets d'invention (in
French)
Morocco: Summary
of the Design Registration System from Abu-Ghazeleh
Intellectual Property
Morocco: Summary
of the Patent Protection System from Abu-Ghazeleh
Intellectual Property
Netherlands: Intellectual
Property International Conventions - Copyright
- Designs & Models - Trademarks - Tradenames - Patents - Plant Breeder's
Rights from Trenit & Van Doorne
Netherlands: Patent
FAQ from Netherlands Industrial Property
Office
Netherlands: Patents
as a means of protection requirements, 1995
Patents Act, application procedure, the 6 year patent, the 20 year patent,
the novelty search, infringement...
New Zealand: Ministry
of Commerce, Maori
and the Patenting of Life Form Inventions An
Information Paper Produced by the Patenting of Life Forms Focus Group
New Zealand: Ministry
of Commerce, Patenting
of Biotechnological Inventions A Ministry
of Commerce Paper on Issues for Discussion with Maori
New Zealand: Ministry
of Commerce, Theft
of Intellectual Property Piracy and Counterfeiting Consultant's
Report from A.J. Park & Son for the Ministry of Commerce
New Zealand: New
IP Rights for Software & Related Issues Copyright
- Patents from A J Park & Son
New Zealand: After
Your Patent Is Granted ensuring that your
letters patent (which grant the patent) do not lapse
New Zealand: Overview
of Patent Law in New Zealand from Baldwin
Son and Carey
New Zealand: Protecting
Your Patent Based on Intellectual Property
Office of New Zealand Information Booklet No. 3 August
1993
New Zealand: Registered
Design Protection information on design
registration from Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand
Norway: Intellectual
Property Trademarks - Patent Rights - Design
& Patterns - Copyrights - Licensing from Thommessen, Krefting
& Greve
Palestinian Territories:
Summary
of the Design Registration System from Abu-Ghazeleh
Intellectual Property
Palestinian Territories:
Summary
of the Patent Registration System from Abu-Ghazeleh
Intellectual Property
Peru: Registro
y protección de patentes registration
and protection offered by patents from INDECOPI (in
Spanish)
Philippine
Intellectual Property Brief from Chan Robles
Virtual Law Library
Philippines: Intellectual
Property Rights FAQ patent - trademark -
industrial design - utility model - geographical indications - tradename
- collective mark
Philippines: Intellectual
Property Rights in the Philippines Brief
Background from Chan Robles
Virtual Law Library
Philippines: Procedures
for Registration of Technology Transfer Agreements from
Chan Robles Virtual Law Library
Poland: Patents
Guide to filing for patent protection in Poland
from Wima
Portugal: Intellectual
Property Patents and Trademarks - Licensing
- Royalties - Legal Protection - Copyrights from Carlos de Sousa
e Brito & Associados
Portugal: Patentes
de Invenção invention
patents - general information from INPI (in
Portuguese)
Portugal: Modelos
de Utilidade utility models - general information
from INPI (in Portuguese)
Portugal: Modelos
Industriais industrial models - general
information from INPI (in
Portuguese)
Portugal: Desenhos
Industriais industrial designs - general
information from INPI (in
Portuguese)
Portugal: Topografia
de Produto Semicondutor semiconductor topography
- general information from INPI (in
Portuguese)
Romania: How
to Get a Romanian Patent from State Office
for Iinventions and Trademarks
Romania: How
to register an industrial design from State
Office for Iinventions and Trademarks
Russia: Basic
Provisions of the Russian Intellectual Property Law from
PatSGr
Russia: Basic
Provisions of the Patent Law of the Russian Federation from
PatSGr
Russia: How
to get a Eurasian Patent
Saudi Arabia: Summary
of the Patent Registration System from Abu-Ghazeleh
Intellectual Property
Singapore: Basic
Information On Patents from Registry of
Trade Marks and Patents
Slovak Republic: Patents
general information on regristering patents
from Industrial Property Office
Slovak Republic: Industrial
Designs general information on regristering
industrial designs from Industrial Property Office
Slovak Republic: Topography
of Semiconductor Products general information
on protecting topographies from Industrial Property Office
Slovak Republic: Utility
models general information on regristering
utility models from Industrial Property Office
Slovenia: Intellectual
Property Rights in Slovenia Patents - Short-term
patents - Marks - Industrial Designs - Topographies - Copyright
South Africa: Patent
Articles from Spoor and Fisher
South Africa: Patents
Frequently Asked Questions from Spoor and Fisher
South Africa: Registered
Designs Frequently Asked Questions
from Spoor and Fisher
South Africa: Licencing
What is a license? - Types of licenses - The license
contract - Special forms of agreement from Spoor and Fisher
Spain: Dibujos
y Modelos Industriales Industrial Designs
& Models - Qué es? - Manual informativo - Tasas - Ejemplo de
solicitud - Formulario de solicitud (in
Spanish)
Spain: Fundementos
del sistema de patentes Basics of the patent
system (in Spanish)
Spain: Guía
a las Patentes Patent Guide (in
Spanish)
Spain: Modelo
de Utilidad Untility Models - Qué
es? - Manual informativo - Tasas - Ejemplo de solicitud - Formulario de
solicitud (in Spanish)
Spain: Patente
de Invención Invention patents -
Qué es? - Manual informativo - Tasas - Ejemplo de solicitud - Formulario
de solicitud (in Spanish)
Spain: Propiedad Industrial,
Patentes
y modelos de utilidad Industrial Property,
Patents and utility models (in
Spanish)
Sudan: Summary
of the Patent Registration System from Abu-Ghazeleh
Intellectual Property
Sweden: Intellectual
Property Copyright - Patents - Trademarks
- Designs from Lagerlof & Leman
Sweden: Patents
What is a patent? Why patents? Patent applications; What a patent involves;
Patent protection in other countries; Help with your patent application;
Fees from RSV
Switzerland: Der
Schutz von Mustern und Modellen from Swiss
Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (in
German)
Switzerland: Der
Schutz von Topografien from Swiss Federal
Institute of Intellectual Property (in
German)
Switzerland: Dessins
et modèles: La protection
du design from Swiss Federal Institute of
Intellectual Property (in
French)
Switzerland: Getting
a patent from Swiss Federal Institute of
Intellectual Property
Switzerland: Intellectual
Property Patents - Trademarks - Copyrights
from Pestalozzi Gmuer & Patry
Switzerland: La
protection des topographies from Swiss Federal
Institute of Intellectual Property (in
French)
Switzerland: Le
brevet sans détours from Swiss
Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (in
French)
Switzerland: Protection
for industrial designs from Swiss Federal
Institute of Intellectual Property
Switzerland: Software-Related
Patents Statutes - Regulations - Case Law
from JurisDiction
Switzerland: Zielgerichtet
zum Patent from Swiss Federal Institute
of Intellectual Property (in
German)
Syria: Summary
of the Design Registration System from Abu-Ghazeleh
Intellectual Property
Syria: Summary
of the Patent Protection System from Abu-Ghazeleh
Intellectual Property
Taiwan
Patent FAQ from Saint Island (in
Chinese BIG5)
Taiwan: Patent
Litigation in Taiwan Rights arising from
Patent Grant - Enforcement from Ladas & Parry
Thailand: Intellectual
Property Copyrights - Trademarks from
Tilleke & Gibbins
Tonga: Intellectual
Property Law Commencement 1
January 1999 from A J Park & Son
Tunisia: Summary
of the Design Registration System from Abu-Ghazeleh
Intellectual Property
Tunisia: Summary
of the Patent System from Abu-Ghazeleh Intellectual
Property
Turkey: Legislation
in Turkey for Protection of Industrial Designs from
Turkish Patent Institute
Turkey: Industrial
Property Protection in Turkey new legislation,
international agreements, application and enforcement from Turkish
Patent Institute
UAE: Summary
of the Patent/Utility Model Registration System from
Abu-Ghazeleh Intellectual Property
UK: