Intellectual Property Contacts

Name: UK Intellectual Property Office

Purpose: For help in protecting your own ideas and checking you're not infringing anyone else's intellectual property rights.

Tel: 0845 9500 505

Website: http://www.ipo.gov.uk/

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Name: European Patent Office

Purpose: To apply for patents in up to 37 European countries

Website: http://www.european-patent-office.org

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Name: British Library: Patents, trade marks & designs

Purpose: Access to resources and advice on patent searching

Website: http://www.bl.uk/collections/patents.html

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Name: Key patent databases (from British Library)

Purpose: Links to free databases for patent searching

Website: http://www.bl.uk/collections/patents/keylinks.html

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