iTAG
online_forms
links

GATI
http://www.gati.com

Institute of International Trade
http://www.iitrade.ac.in

Engineering Export Promotion Council
http://www.eepcindia.org

National Research Development Corporation
http://www.nrdcindia.com/pub.htm

South Centre
http://www.southcentre.org

Third World Network
http://www.twnside.org.sg

World Trade Organization
http://www.wto.org

World Intellectual Property Organization
http://www.wipo.int

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
http://www.unctad.org


Useful Patent Links

http://www.freepatentsonline.com : It provides free access to patent databases.

http://ipdl.wipo.int : It provides access to various intellectual property data collections currently hosted by the International Bureau of WIPO. It also provide a selection of other sites providing access to intellectual property information.

http://pctgazette.wipo.int (PCT database) : It contains the first page data of published PCT applications.

http://www.cas.org/ONLINE/CATALOG/inpadoc.html : The International Patent Documentation file contains data for patent documents and utility models of 56 patent-issuing organisations, including the European Patent Office and the WIPO.

http://dopales.wipo.int : The Dopales Patent Database contains the first page data of patent documents of 19 Latin American Countries.

http://indpat.wipo.int : It contains the first page data of Indian patents.

http://chinpat.wipo.int : It provides access to Chinese patent.

http://patents1.ic.gc.ca : It provides access to over 75 years of data on Canadian patents.

http://www.ipdl.jpo-miti.go.jp/homepg-e.ipdl : It is searcheable database of patent and trademark information held by the Japanese Patent office.

http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html : It provides comprehensive, searcheable access to United States Patent bibliographic data and abstracts.

http://www.cordis.in/ipr-helpdeskenh_001_en_htm : The multilingnae IPR-Helpdesk established by the European Commission provides a wealth of information for visitors from diverse backgrounds and with varied interests.

http://www.patents.ibm.com : It provide free access to over four million patents granted by various patent offices.

International Conference on Intellectual Property Rights
We are pleased to announce that International IPR Conference will be held on 8-10 January, 2009 at Hotel Taj Bengal, Kolkata. The theme of the Conference is "Empowering Business Entities thorugh Knowledge Mangement in the Field of IPR". for details, please Log on to www.iprconference.com

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