| » European Patent Office | The European Patent Office handles patent applications for the Contracting States of the European Patent Convention. |
| » US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) | For patent searching, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) site is good, since it allows full-text Boolean searches. |
| » UK Intellectual Property Office | The UK Intellectual Property Office (formerly The Patent Office) has many good resources and links. |
| » Japan Patent Office | The Japan Patent Office is in the top two Offices for number of patent applications filed (the other is the USPTO). |
| » World Intellectual Property Organization | The World Intellectual Property Organization handles international patent, trade mark and design applications. |
| » Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market | The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market handles applications for trade marks and designs in the European Union. |
| » The Register | Recognised for its occasional vicious and cynical look at the technology sector, The Register is a useful gossip site. |
| » Cnet | For business and technology news, we recommend Cnet. The Cnet site has a very good search feature, so if you need some background on a tech. story, it'll almost certainly be covered somewhere in the CNet archive. |
| » Red Herring | Mandatory for monitoring up and coming flotations is the Red Herring site. |
| » TechCrunch Europe | A must for everyone interested in the European startup and tech scene. A slight UK and London focus. |
| » Court of Justice of the European Union | The European Court of Justice site has case law on European competition and trade mark law decisions. |
| » US Supreme Court » US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
The US Supreme Court and US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit have sites. |
| » EUR-Lex | EUR-Lex provides online access to European law. |
| » bailii.org | British and Irish full text legal decisions are available online from bailii.org |
| » PACER | PACER provides subscription services for electronic access to U.S. District, Bankruptcy, and Appellate court records. |
| » Legal Information Institute | US full text legal decisions are available online from the Legal Information Institute of Cornell University. |
| » EU's Directorate General for Competition | The website for the EU's Directorate General for Competition is here. |
| » US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division Guidelines | US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division Guidelines provide important information for US intellectual property transactions. |
| » Japan Fair Trade Commission | The Japan Fair Trade Commission site has important information for intellectual property transactions in Japan. |
| » EDGAR | The US Securities and Exchange Commission provides the EDGAR searchable database. |
| » Patstats.org | Patstats.org provides statistics on the outcomes of US patent litigation. |
| » Esp@cenet | Esp@cenet is very good for researching international patent families. |
| » Thomson Innovation | The Thomson Innovation site is also good and includes US, European and PCT files. |
| » Google Patent | Google Patent can provide a rewarding alternative search. |
| » Prosecution histories of US patents | Prosecution histories of US patents and patent filings can be found here. |
| » US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) | For patent searching, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) site is good, since it allows full-text Boolean searches. |
| » Dialog | The Dialog pay as you go site is recommended for trade mark searches and for non-US patent searching. |
| » IPKat | Intellectual Property news and fun for everyone is provided by the IPKat site. |
| » IP finance | Where money issues meet IP rights. This weblog looks at financial issues for intellectual property rights. |
| » IAM blog | This blog is part of IAM Magazine and discusses current developments in the IP space. |
| » Intangitopia | IP blog with focus on business creation and utilization of assets in the knowledge economy. Johan is one of the contributors. |
| » The Law Society | The Law Society represents solicitors in England and Wales. |
| » The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators | The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators site is a place to start if you are interested in arbitration, mediation or adjudication services. |
| » London Court of International Arbitration | Information about the London Court of International Arbitration is available here. |
| » The American Intellectual Property Law Association | The American Intellectual Property Law Association site is here. |
