Links

Here are some links to sites which we think you’ll find helpful. For obvious reasons, we cannot take any responsibility for the content of any of the sites unconnected with Forresters.

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Renewals Providers: Computer Patent Annuities Limited
our external renewals people – www.cpaglobal.com
Intellectual Property Offices and International IP Organizations: UK Intellectual Property Office
(formerly known as the UK Patent Office) – www.ipo.gov.uk; European Patent Office
www.epo.org; Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market
the European Trade Marks and Designs Registry – http://oami.europa.eu/en; US Patent and Trademark Office
www.uspto.gov; World Intellectual Property Organization
www.wipo.int; Directory of Worldwide Intellectual Property Offices
www.wipo.int/directory/en/urls.jsp
Professional Bodies: The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys
our UK professional body for patents – www.cipa.org.uk; The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys
our UK professional body for trade marks – www.itma.org.uk; The Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office
our European professional body for patents – www.patentepi.com
Other Useful Sites: Resources and Basic Search Facilities: Liverpool 2008
The official Liverpool European Capital of Culture 2008 website; Wirral Chamber of Commerce and Industry
www.wirralchamber.org.uk; Liverpool Chamber Of Commerce & Industry
www.liverpoolchamber.org.uk; List of EPO Member States
www.epo.org/about-us/epo/member-states.html; List of PCT ('International Patents') Member States
www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexa/ax_a.pdf; List of Madrid Protocol ('International Trade Marks') Member States
www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ShowResults.jsp?lang=en&treaty_id=8; List of European Union Member States
http://europa.eu/abc/european_countries/index_en.htm; GB Esp@cenet
free patent searching through 60 million patents, worldwide – http://gb.espacenet.com/; Basic UK and European Community Trade Mark Search
www.ipo.gov.uk/tm/t-find/t-find-text.htm; UK Companies House
search for UK limited companies – http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/