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This page contains links to various websites which may be of interest, arranged under the following headings:

 

Intellectual property

Competition and free trade

IT law

UK general official sources

Other general UK materials

European law

International law

General law of other countries 

 

I am not responsible for the content of any of these websites.

 

 

Intellectual property

 

www.cipa.org.uk

UK Chartered Institute of Patent Agents. Useful links, including to patent and trade marks offices around the world.

 

www.patent.gov.uk

UK Patent Office. Provides texts of recent UK patents and published patent applications, details of UK trade marks, texts of decisions and forms.

 

www.european-patent-office.org

European Patent Office. Has texts of the European Patent Convention and related materials, the Official Journal and decisions of the Boards of Appeal. 

 

www.european-patent-office.org/espacenet/info/access.htm

Esp@cenet - Databases of European and Japanese patents, PCT applications and national patents of European countries.

 

www.oami.eu.int

OHIM (Community Trade Mark Office). Includes texts of legislation, decisions, forms, guidelines for examination and Euronice list of standardized descriptions and classifications.

 

www.uspto.gov

US Patent and Trademark Office. Provides details of US patents and trade marks.

 

www.wipo.int

World Intellectual Property Organisation. Has texts of international IP treaties and details of ratifications. 

 

arbiter.wipo.int/center/index.html

Direct link to WIPO Arbitration & Mediation Center. Provides information about domain name dispute resolution, including texts of ICANN Policy and Rules and WIPO Supplemental Rules, information about Panelists and texts of decisions.

 

www.intellectual-property.gov.uk

UK government site with information about developments in IP and links to other relevant sites.

 

www.ipr-helpdesk.org
EU sponsored site with lots of information about developments in IP law and policy; subscription to excellent free e-journal 'IP Wire' available.
 
www.intellectual-property.gov.uk
UK government site with useful information about developments in IP and links to other relevant sites.

 

www.wipla.com/uksearch.html

World Intellectual Property Law Agency. Information about intellectual property law and lawyers in English and French. French site also has Revue du Droit de la Propriété Intellectuelle and electronic books.

 

www.piperpat.co.nz

Pipers, patent and trade mark attorneys in New Zealand. Links to a wide range of IP resources and list of IP lawyers around the world.

 

Further sites relating to intellectual property are listed under the heading IT law  

 

 

Competition and free trade

 

www.oft.gov.uk

Office of Fair Trading. Texts of official guidance on the Competition Act 1998

 

www.wto.org

World Trade Organisation. Full texts of GATT, GATS, TRIPS and WTO panel decisions.

www.competition-commission.gov.uk
UK Competition Commission. Information about appeals from the Office of Fair Trading and Industry Regulators under the Competition Act 1998, including Rules, Guidance, details of members, pending cases and decisions

europa.eu.int/comm/competition
EU Commission Competition Directorate page with links to legislation, notices and decisions

www.clubi.ie/competition/compframesite/index.htm

“Competition” – Irish journal specialising in antitrust and regulation of utilities

 

 

IT law

 

www.icann.org

ICANN, the organization responsible for the operation of the internet, including the domain name system. Details of dispute resolution policy and procedures for .com and other gTLD domain names, together with texts of panel decisions and search engine. Details of proposals for development of the domain name system and other aspects of the internet.

 

www.networksolutions.com

NSI or internic, registrar and registry of .com and other TLD domain names. Details of ICANN dispute resolution policy and procedures.

 

http://www.nic.uk

Nominet, registry for .UK domain names. Includes details of dispute policy.

 

www.dataprotection.gov.uk

Data Protection Commissioner. Includes register, official guidance, annual reports, links to data protection commissioners in other countries.

 

www.elj.warwick.ac.uk/Jilt

Journal of Information Law and Technology, electronic law journal published by Warwick University

 

www.scl.org/welcome.htm

The Society for Computers and Law (SCL). Includes SCL journal and links to various other legal resources.

 

UK general official sources

 

www.open.gov.uk  

UK Government Information Service, providing links to all central and local government authorities.

 

www.open.gov.uk/lcd/lcdhome.htm

Lord Chancellors' Department

 

www.open.gov.uk/lcd/civil/procrules_fin/cprocfr.htm

Civil Procedure Rules pages of the Lord Chancellor’s Department website – up-to-date texts of constantly changing procedural rules and court forms

 

www.courtservice.gov.uk

Court Service pages of the Lord Chancellor's Department; court schedules (cause lists) and some judgments.

 

http://wood.ccta.gov.uk/courtser/judgements.nsf

Court judgments published by the Court Service

 

www.scotcourts.gov.uk

Scottish courts, including location details, contact numbers and recent significant judgments.

 

www.parliament.uk

UK Parliament, including access to recent Hansard reports and judgments of House of Lords since November 1996

 

www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199697/ldjudgmt/ldjudgmt.htm

Direct link to House of Lords judgments

 

www.privy-council.org.uk/judicial-committee/index.htm

Judicial Committee of Privy Council, including texts of judgments on appeals from Commonwealth countries and on UK devolution issues

 

www.hmso.gov.uk

HMSO. Texts of UK statutes since 1988, explanatory notes to statutes since 1999 and statutory instruments since 1987. Includes Scots and Welsh legislation. Information about HMSO publications.

 

www.barcouncil.org.uk

General Council of the Bar of England and Wales. Information about the barristers’ profession, including code of conduct.

 

 

Other general UK materials

 

www.lcia-arbitration.com

London Court of International Arbitration. Full text of arbitration rules and details of mediation procedure.

 

elj.warwick.ac.uk

Warwick University’s Electronic Law Journals

 

www.the-times.co.uk

Internet editions of The Times and The Sunday Times containing virtually the complete content of printed editions since January 1996, including law reports.

 

www.venables.co.uk

Delia Venables’ wonderful collection of information about and links to legal resources and lawyers on the internet.

 

http://www.bailii.org

BAILII (British and Irish Legal Information Institute). Free online judgments and legislation of the UK and Ireland, based on the pioneering work of Austlii (www.austlii.edu.au), but not yet comprehensive.

 

www.hemscottlegal.com

Legal Week News, Holborn Law Society Bar List and links to other UK and European legal resources

 

www.elexica.com

Online legal resource provided by Simmons & Simmons

 

www.ials.ed.ac.uk

Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

 

 

European Law

 

europa.eu.int/cj/en/index.htm

European Court of Justice – texts of judgments and opinions of advocates-general since June 1997. Procedural rules.

 

europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/index.html

EU Law official site, including texts of Treaties, legislation, legislative proposals and recent issues of the Official Journal.

 

www.echr.coe.int

European Court of Human Rights, including on-line texts of all judgments.

 

www.ub.uib.no/avdeling/jur/e-index.htm

Bergen University Library – useful online library, particularly for European and/or environmental law.

 

 

International law

 

www.hcch.net/e/index.html

Hague Conference on Private International Law. Contains texts of conventions, reports and proposals.

 

www.un.org

United Nations home page

 

www.un.org/law

United Nations section on legal materials. Provides texts of UN conventions.

 

untreaty.un.org/English/treaty.asp

Direct link to United Nations Treaty Collection providing access to over 38,000 treaties and international agreements.

 

www.uncitral.org

UNCITRAL site. Provides texts of UNCITRAL conventions (including international sale of goods) and comprehensive database of cases decided under them around the world.

 

www.iccwbo.org

International Chamber of Commerce. Online ordering of incoterms and other ICC texts.

 

www.oecd.org

Texts of OECD model laws, policies and papers on numerous subjects (e.g. money laundering, double taxation, data protection/privacy) and information about regulatory regimes of member states

 

 

General law of other countries

 

www.austlii.edu.au

Pioneering site providing free access to Australian judgments, statutes and other legal materials, and some materials from other countries. Full annotations. Excellent search engine. 

 

www.canlii.org

The Canadian equivalent of www.austlii.edu.au 

 

www.gksoft.com/govt

Comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the web.

 

www.findlaw.com

Provides many useful links to US legal resources

 

lexmercatoria.net

Links to a wide range of legal resources on the internet based in the US and other countries

 

www.jmls.edu

John Marshall Law School (Chicago)

 

mishpat.net/index.htm

Legal materials and links particularly relating to Israeli law, cyberlaw and IP law.

 

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