For IP professionals
This is the portal for professionals working in the field of intellectual property. Here you'll find direct access to all necessary resources.
Quick links
- Trade Mark Database
- Swissreg
- Madrid Monitor
- TMview
- E-trademark
- IR-online
- Trade Mark Guidelines (German, French, Italian)
- Classification tool for trade marks
- Trade mark examination support tool
- Trade marks: Costs and fees
- Trade marks: WIPO fee calculator
- Cancellation procedure for trade marks on the grounds of non-use
- Protected public signs: Abbreviations
- Protected public signs: Other signs (emblems)
- Directory of Intellectual Property Offices
- Trademarks: News Service Archive
- Patents: Patent Examination Guidelines (German, French)
- Patents: Fees
Prices and conditions of payment
Prices
The final price is calculated according to the actual time spent carrying out the search plus database costs and any additional services (e.g. citations, patent specifications, non-patent literature) as well as 7,7% VAT.
The final price is dependant on the search objective, the chosen databanks, the search strategy, the number of found documents, the depth of analysis and the formatting and preparation of the results. We tailor these factors in accordance with your requirements.
We would be happy to provide you with an individual offer on request. You can also order directly from us and indicate an upper cost limit on the order form.
Conditions of payment
We accept the following modes of payment:
- Postal or bank transfer
- Debit of a current account with us
Invoices are payable within 30 days.We can invoice foreign customers in euros. Please let us know in which currency you would like to pay when you submit your request.
Delivery method
You will receive the search report in your preferred format:
- via our secure Data Exchange Platform (DEP) or by email
- as a hard copy version or on a CD-ROM (charged on a time and materials basis)
Delivery time
As a rule, results are delivered 10 working days after receipt of the search request. Shorter delivery times are possible on request.
General terms and conditions
Regular customers are recommended to conclude a basic agreement with us:
News
Conferences
22.09.2020 | Conference
Online autumn conference of the Association of Intellectual Property Experts on 30 October 2020.
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22.09.2020 | Conference
The Artificial Intelligence Conference on Search, Data and Text Mining, Analytics and Visualization (AI-SDV) from 5 to 6 October 2020 in Nice (France)
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