intellectual property

•http://paton.de
The center of patent information (PATON) at the Technical University of Ilmenau offers access to patent databases and a lot of further information. For example, copies of patent specifications can be ordered. Further, seminars about patents and patent search are offered, for example a seminar named "How to understand patents". At PATON, the Thuringian Patent Attorneys offer gratis consultations for inventors once a week

•http://www.bundespatentgericht.de
Here, the function and structure of The German Federal Patent Court, which is Court of Appeal for the German Patent and Trademark Office relating to the continued existence of German patents, trademarks, utility models etc., are described. Further, you can find the head notes of the latest decisions of this special court.

•http://www.depatisnet.de
This free database is provided by the German Patent and Trademark Office to search for patent documents.

•http://www.patentanwalt.de
The Chartered Institute of Patent Agents provides information about German Intellectual Property Rights, appropriate contact points and the economic meaning of patent protection in Germany. Here you can find a complete index of the German Patent Attorneys.

•http://www.dpma.de
Here, the German Patent and Trademark Office is introduced and information about the Intellectual Property Rights in Germany is provided. Further, the necessary forms for the particular application proceedings can be downloaded. Furthermore, there is a list of links to many other Patent Offices and organisations in several countries.

•http://www.european-patent-office.org/index_d.htm
Here you can find the homepage of the European Patent Office including general information about the European patent system and access to the European patent register as well as the patent database ESPACEnet.

•http://www.uspto.gov/patft/
The US Patent and Trademark Office provides information about Intellectual Property Rights in the USA and the appropriate filing procedures. The patent database includes all US patents since 1790, wherein you can search for patents that have been granted in or after 1976.

•http://www.delphion.com
This complete database for US patents, which was formerly provided by IBM, is only available to registered users. To non-registered users only the bibliographic data, the cover and claim 1 are available.

•http://oami.eu.int/de
On the home page of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market you can find information about the Office and the filing of Community trademarks and Community designs. Further, the necessary forms can ben downloaded.

•http://www.jpo.go.jp
The Japanese Patent Office provides information about the Japanese Patent Law.

•http://www.wipo.int
The homepage of the World Intellectual Property Organization provides information about all matters in the field of International Intellectual Property Rights. In particular, WIPO provides information and forms for PCT applications, International registered trademarks according to the Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol and International registered Industrial designs according to the Hague System.
Further, important news and decisions concerning domain names and domain registrations are available.

•http://www.ficpi.org
The international professional association of Patent Attorneys (FICPI) provides information about their organization and updated documents about Intellectual Property.

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