EPO - European Patent Office
The official website of the European Patent Office, the patent granting authority for Europe.
http://www.epo.org/
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UKIPO
UK Intellectual Property Office
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/
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OHIM
European Community Trade Marks and Designs
http://oami.europa.eu/
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Esp@cenet
Patent Searching and information Site (Note; this site is useful for rough preliminary searching, or to obtain details of known patents and applications but for fuller freedom of use, infringement or novelty searching and advice we would recommend consulting professional advisors, such as ourselves!)
http://ep.espacenet.com/
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CIPA
Professional body of UK Chartered Patent Attorneys
http://www.cipa.org.uk
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ITMA
Professional Body of UK Trade Mark Attorneys
http://www.itma.org.uk/
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'Totally Absurd' patents!
Includes weekly updates listing some of the more 'off the wall' inventions being patented!
http://totallyabsurd.com/absurd.htm
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