Links of Interest

Offices

Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (Patent, Trademark, TM, Copyright) - IPI - IGE

WIPO

• OMPI/WIPO
  
  
• Internet addresses of the IP Offices (Member States of the WIPO and related regional Organisations): goto OMPI/WIPO, then under menu "Resources", select "Directory of IP Offices"
  
• PCT seminar material provided by WIPO in several languages.

USA - United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Attorneys and Associations

Association of Swiss Patent Attorneys  

Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (EPI)

International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)

International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (AIPPI)

European Patent Attorneys Database of the European Patent Office

Patent Attorneys Around the World - Global Listing (by Piperpat)

Sources of Publications

ESP@CENET

• European Patent Office with links to national patent offices
• Swiss Federal Institute

EPO: Publications of European patents and patent applications

Japanese Patent Office

• Patent Search (machine translation available)
• Trademark search
• Intell. Prop. Library Homepage;

Switzerland: Institute of Intellectual Property: Register

U.S. Patent Office:

• Patents
• Patents, Search mask
• Patent Application Status/file inspection
• Trademarks

Others

Remark: Today, more and more patent offices provide access to their registers and databases. Visiting the respective patent/trademark office's internet site is often worth a try, particularly also in respect of legal status questions.

Compu-Mark - Trademark Research

Thomson Scientific: Derwent World Patents Abstract

Delphion

STN International