Official Intellectual Property Sites and Useful External Links  

UK Sites

www.ipo.gov.uk

The UK Intellectual Property Office

www.cipa.org.uk

The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys

www.itma.org.uk/

The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys

European Sites

www.epo.org

The European Patent Office.

www.oami.europa.eu

The EU Trade Mark and Designs Office

www.espacenet.com

Espacenet (Free Patent Searching)

International Sites

www.uspto.gov

The US Patent and Trade Mark Office

www.jpo.go.jp

Japanese Patent Office

www.wipo.int

World Intellectual Property Organisation

Free Patent Searching

www.freepatentsonline.com

www.sumobrain.com