UK Patent Office - http://www.patent.gov.uk/index.htm
Responsible for Intellectual Property (patents, trade marks, designs and copyright) in the UK.  Includes the UK Trade Marks Registry and the UK Designs Registry

UK Patent Status Enquiry - http://webdb4.patent.gov.uk/patents
Search facility to find out details and current status of UK patents and patent applications

Esp@cenet - http://www.patent.gov.uk/patent/dbase/espace.htm
A database containing millions of published patent documents worldwide

UK Trade Mark Register Enquiry - http://www.patent.gov.uk/tm/dbase/index.htm
Search facility to find out details and current status of a UK trade mark

UK Designs Register Enquiry - http://www.patent.gov.uk/design/dbase/index.htm
Search facility to find out details and current status of a design on the UK register

European Patent Office - http://www.european‑patent‑office.org/
Responsible for the prosecution and grant of European patents for the contracting states to the European Patent Convention (EPC)

Epoline(R) - http://www.epoline.org/epoline/Epoline?language=EN&page=home&b=NS
Search facility from the European Patent Office to find out details and current status of a European patent or patent application, and on-line file inspection of some files

World Intellectual Property Organization - http://www.wipo.org/
An international organization dedicated to promoting the use and protection of intellectual property

United States Patent and Trademark Office - http://www.uspto.gov/
Responsible for the grant of US patents and the registration of US trade marks

Japan Patent Office - http://www.jpo.go.jp/
Responsible for Intellectual Property in Japan

Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks & Designs) - http://oami.eu.int/
Responsible for the registration of Community trade marks and Community designs

Nominet.uk - http://www.nic.uk/
The registry for .uk internet domain names

Companies House - http://ws2.companieshouse.gov.uk/index.shtml
Responsible for the registration and provision of company information

Chartered Institute of Patent Agents - http://www.cipa.org.uk/
The professional and examining body for patent attorneys in the United Kingdom

Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys - http://www.itma.org.uk/intro/index.htm
The professional and examining body for trade mark attorneys in the United Kingdom

The Court Service - http://www.courtservice.gov.uk/
Provides access to selected legal decisions from the courts in England & Wales

The European Court of Justice - http://curia.eu.int/
Provides access to judgments, opinions and orders of the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance

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