Links
Netherlands Patent Office (NPO)
The Netherlands or Dutch Patent Office is an agency of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and responsible for the registration of patents.
http://en.octrooicentrum.nl/
European Patent Office (EPO)
The European Patent Office or EPO is responsible for the EP (European Patent) procedure.
The EPO is also providing access to the search facility
espacenet to explore the extensive patent database.
http://www.european-patent-office.org/
World Intelellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
WIPO is an agency of the United Nations and responsible for the PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) procedure. WIPO is providing access to the search
facility patentscope
for international patent applications.
WIPO also takes care of the
international registrations (IR's) for trade marks and designs and
offers the search facilities
mess
for international trademarks and
hess
for international designs.
http://www.wipo.int/
Benelux Office for Intellectual Properety (BOIP)
The
Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) is the official
institution in the Benelux region responsible for the registration of
trademarks and designs.
http://www.boip.int/en/
Office for the
Harmonization in the Internal Markt (OHIM)
OHIM is the European Union agency responsible for registering trade marks
(CTM's) and designs (RCD's) that are valid in all countries of the EU.
OHIM facilitates searching the
trade mark register and the
design register.
http://oami.europa.eu/
