Patent and/or trademark offices

- German Patent and Trademark Office (GPTO), www.dpma.de
- European Patent Office (EPO), www.epo.org
- US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), www.uspto.gov
- UK Intellectual Property Office, www.ipo.gov.uk
- Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), www.cipo.gc.ca
- Japanese Patent Office, www.jpo.go.jp
- French Patent Office (INPI), www.inpi.fr
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), www.wipo.int
- Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), oami.europa.eu/de


Courts

- Federal Court of Justice (BGH), www.bundesgerichtshof.de
- Federal Patent Court (BPatG), www.bpatg.de
- European Court of Justice, curia.europa.eu
- US Court of Appeals, www.cafc.uscourts.gov


Patent data bases

- European Patent Register, www.epoline.org
- Patent data of the EPO (esp@cenet), ep.espacenet.com
- Search in the data bases of the GPTO (DEPATISnet), publikationen.dpma.de
- Patent data bases of the USPTO, www.uspto.gov
- Patent data base of the CIPO, patents.ic.gc.ca/cipo
- Data base of the Japanese Patent Office, www19.ipdl.inpit.go.jp


Treaties and Agreements

- German laws, www.rechtliches.de
- European Patent Convention, www.epo.org
- Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, www.wipo.int
- Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), www.wipo.int
- Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks, www.wipo.int
- Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs, www.wipo.int
- Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the
- Purposes of Patent Procedure, www.wipo.int
- Regulations on the Community Trade Mark, oami.europa.eu/de


Case Law

- Decisions of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), www.bundesgerichtshof.de
- Decisions of the Federal Patent Court, www.bpatg.de
- Case Law of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO, www.epo.org


Kammern

- Patentanwaltskammer, www.patentanwaltskammer.de
- Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer, www.brak.de
- Rechtsanwaltskammer München, www.rechtsanwaltskammer-muenchen.de
- Institute of Professional Representatives before the EPO, www.patentepi.com
- Berufsrechtliche Regelungen für Patentanwälte (German Professional Code of Conduct of Patent
- Attorneys), www.jusline.de/Patentanwaltsordnung
- Berufsregeln für Rechtsanwälte und Gebührenordnung (German Professional Code of Conduct
- of Attorneys At Law, and Scale of Charges and Fees), www.brak.de