IP Links
This checklist sets out the major issues you need to think about before licensing IP.
Useful tips and explanations
Five model Research Collaboration Agreements
Guide on Software protection.
The Irish Patent Office provides a uniform application procedure for individual inventors and companies seeking patent protection.
IPR-Helpdesk and InnovAccess have joined their efforts to provide assistance in IP matters to SMEs and other stakeholders.
It is voluntary and provides principles for the management of IP and knowledge transfer policies, principles for collaborative research and contract research and a set of good practice principles.
Online Patent search engine
The Intellectual Property Office can help you get the right type of protection for your creation or invention.
This IP Audit tool was developed by a consortium of EU government agencies under a project funded by the European Commission.
Discussion on IP issues
The European Patent Office (EPO) provides a uniform application procedure for individual inventors and companies seeking patent protection in up to 38 European countries.
Patents and Trademark Office
The dos and don'ts of Intellectual Property Rights in China
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It is dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international intellectual property (IP) system.
WIPO GOLD, a free, on-line global intellectual property (IP) reference resource that provides quick and easy access to a broad collection of searchable IP data and tools relating to, for example, technology, brands, designs, statistics, WIPO standards, IP classification systems and IP laws and treaties.
Search site for European for patents.
Information and links on IP.
Web site on IP
A useful guide to key terms.
Association is a professional body representing Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys in the Republic of Ireland.
Universities can now access a new tool to help develop and manage their intellectual assets. The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has today (19 May) launched a strategy guide called Intellectual Asset Managment for Universities


