Here are some links to useful websites relating to patents, trade marks and designs
Compiled by the Allens Library
Searches
- Australian Patent Search (AusPat) IP Australia
- Australian Trade Mark Search (ATMOSS) IP Australia
- Australian Business & Company Name Searches ASIC
- Australian Designs Search IP Australia
- espacenet European patent search European Patent Search
- PatentScope International Patent Search World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO)
- Madrid Express International Trade Mark Search (WIPO)
- Community Trade Mark Search OHIM
- Canadian Patents Database Canadian Intellectual Property Office
- Canadian Trade Marks Database Canadian Intellectual Property Office
- NZ Design Search IP Office of New Zealand
- NZ Patent Search IP Office of New Zealand
- NZ Trade Mark Search IP Office of New Zealand
- US Patent Search US Patent & Trade Mark Office
- US Trade Mark Search US Patent & Trade Mark Office
- UK Patent Search UK Patent Office
- UK Trade Mark Search UK Patent Office
- UK Designs Search UK Patent Office
- Hong Kong Trade Mark Search Intellectual Property Dept of Govt of Hong Kong
- eTrademarks Trade Matk Search Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
- Nice Trade Mark Classification World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO)
Legislation
Australia
- Circuit Layouts Act 1989 Cth (ComLaw)
- Designs Act 2003 Cth (ComLaw)
- Designs Regulations 2004 Cth (ComLaw)
- Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2012 Cth (Comlaw)
- Patents Act 1990 Cth (ComLaw)
- Patents Regulations 1991 Cth (ComLaw)
- Trade Marks Act 1995 Cth (ComLaw)
- Trade Marks Regulations 1995 Cth (ComLaw)
- Plant Breeder's Rights Act 1994 Cth (ComLaw)
New Zealand
- NZ IP Legislation Ministry of Economic Development NZ
Intellectual property offices
- European Patent Office
- IP Australia Cth
- Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ)
- UK Patent Office
- United States Patent & Trade Marks Office
- World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO)
Industry associations
- American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
- Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA)
- Intellectual Property Society of Australia & New Zealand (IPSANZ)
- International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
- International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)
- Institute of Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia (IPTA)
- Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office
- International Trademark Association (INTA)
- Licensing Executives Society Australia & New Zealand (LESANZ)
- The Chartered Institute of Patent Agents (CIPA)
- Licensing Executives Society International (LESI)
Case law
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