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UK: Sources of Law on the Internet
Before the internet I had a library of statutes and law reports worth many thousands of pounds and spent hundreds of pounds a year on subscriptions to keep up to date. Now nearly all those materials are available free of charge over the internet:

Legislation
Acts of Parliament since 1988 are available from the Office of Public Sector Information at http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts.htm and secondary legislation such as regulations made by ministers pursuant to an Act of Parliament from http://www.opsi.gov.uk/stat.htm. The progress of bills (that is to say, proposed Acts of Parliament) can be followed at the parliamentary website at http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills.htm and draft secondary legislation at http://www.opsi.gov.uk/stat-draft.htm.

Materials on those websites are not updated so statutes are not removed or modified when they are repealed or amended. Nor is secondary legislation removed or modified when it is revoked or amended. Fortunately, however, the UK-IPO (United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office) does keep up to date unofficial consolidations of the Patents Act 1977, Trade Marks Act 1994, Registered Designs Act 1949 and Parts I and II of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 at http://www.ipo.gov.uk/patentsact1977.pdf, http://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmact94.pdf, http://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmact94.pdf and http://www.ipo.gov.uk/cdpact1988.pdf respectively. You will also find on http://www.ipo.gov.uk under the patents, copyrights, designs and trade mark tabs the up to date patents, trade marks and design rules and other secondary legislation.

Case Law
The best source for the transcripts of decisions of most of the courts and tribunals of record in or affecting the UK including the House of Lords, Privy Council (the law lords sitting on appeals from other Commonwealth countries plus some domestic tribunals), Senior Courts of England and Wales (the Court of Appeal and High Court of Justice), the Court of Session (the superior civil courts of Scotland), the Court of Appeal and High Court of Northern Ireland, the higher courts of the Irish Republic, the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human is (BILII) the British and Irish Legal Information Institute at http://www.bailii.org/. BAILII links to similar legal information institutes for the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Francophone world and many other counties.

The only significant source of UK case law for for an IP practitioner that is not yet on BAILII are the decisions of the UK-IPO tribunals but you can find transcript of those decisions on the IPO website at http://www.ipo.gov.uk/patent/p-decisionmaking/p-challenge/p-... http://www.ipo.gov.uk/tm/t-decisionmaking/t-challenge/t-chal... and http://www.ipo.gov.uk/design/d-decisionmaking/d-challenge/d-... for patents, trade marks, registered designs and unregistered design rights respectively. There is also quite a lot of good stuff on IPO practice.

Procedure
Our Civil Procedure Rules and practice directions amplifying those rules (which is the nearest we have to the Continental notion of a Code of Civil Procedure) can be found at .http://www.justice.gov.uk/civil/procrules_fin/menus/rules.ht... The practice for dealing with patents and other intellectual property cases is to be found in the Patents Court Guide and the Chancery Guide at http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/infoabout/patents/crt_gui... and http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/files/chancery_guide_....

European Materials
I have omitted European Union and European Patent Office materials on the assumption that IP practitioners from other states or contracting parties already know where to find those materials on the internet.

I hope colleagues from other countries will find this useful.
This post was modified on 15 Jul 2007 at 03:32 pm.
- 15 Jul 2007, 3:29 pm
Jane Lambert wrote: > Before the internet I had a library of statutes and law reports worth > many thousands of pounds and spent hundreds of pounds a year on > subscriptions to keep up to date. Now nearly all those materials > are available free of charge over the internet: > > Legislation > Acts of Parliament since 1988 are available from the Office of Public > Sector Information at http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts.htm and secondary > legislation such as regulations made by ministers pursuant to an Act > of Parliament from http://www.opsi.gov.uk/stat.htm. The progress of > bills (that is to say, proposed Acts of Parliament) can be followed > at the parliamentary website at > http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills.htm and draft > secondary legislation at http://www.opsi.gov.uk/stat-draft.htm. > > Materials on those websites are not updated so statutes are not > removed or modified when they are repealed or amended. Nor is > secondary legislation removed or modified when it is revoked or > amended. Fortunately, however, the UK-IPO (United Kingdom > Intellectual Property Office) does keep up to date unofficial > consolidations of the Patents Act 1977, Trade Marks Act 1994, > Registered Designs Act 1949 and Parts I and II of the Copyright, > Designs and Patents Act 1988 at > http://www.ipo.gov.uk/patentsact1977.pdf, > http://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmact94.pdf, http://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmact94.pdf > and http://www.ipo.gov.uk/cdpact1988.pdf respectively. You will > also find on www.ipo.gov.uk under the patents, copyrights, designs > and trade mark tabs the up to date patents, trade marks and design > rules and other secondary legislation. > > Case Law > The best source for the transcripts of decisions of most of the > courts and tribunals of record in or affecting the UK including the > House of Lords, Privy Council (the law lords sitting on appeals from > other Commonwealth countries plus some domestic tribunals), Senior > Courts of England and Wales (the Court of Appeal and High Court of > Justice), the Court of Session (the superior civil courts of > Scotland), the Court of Appeal and High Court of Northern Ireland, > the higher courts of the Irish Republic, the European Court of > Justice and the European Court of Human is (BILII) the British and > Irish Legal Information Institute at http://www.bailii.org/. BAILII > links to similar legal information institutes for the USA, Canada, > Australia, New Zealand, the Francophone world and many other counties. > > The only significant source of UK case law for for an IP practitioner > that is not yet on BAILII are the decisions of the UK-IPO tribunals > but you can find transcript of those decisions on the IPO website at > http://www.ipo.gov.uk/patent/p-decisionmaking/p-challenge/p-challenge- > decision-results.htm, > http://www.ipo.gov.uk/tm/t-decisionmaking/t-challenge/t-challenge-deci > sion-results.htm and > http://www.ipo.gov.uk/design/d-decisionmaking/d-challenge/d-challenge- > decisions.htm for patents, trade marks, registered designs and > unregistered design rights respectively. There is also quite a lot > of good stuff on IPO practice. > > Procedure > Our Civil Procedure Rules and practice directions amplifying those > rules (which is the nearest we have to the Continental notion of a > Code of Civil Procedure) can be found at > .http://www.justice.gov.uk/civil/procrules_fin/menus/rules.htm The > practice for dealing with patents and other intellectual property > cases is to be found in the Patents Court Guide and the Chancery > Guide at > http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/infoabout/patents/crt_guide.htm > and > http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/files/chancery_guide_2005.pdf. > > European Materials > I have omitted European Union and European Patent Office materials on > the assumption that IP practitioners from other states or contracting > parties already know where to find those materials on the internet. > > I hope colleagues from other countries will find this useful.
Dr. Oliver S. Hartmann Premium Member Group moderator
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Re: UK: Sources of Law on the Internet
Dear Mr. Lambert,

Definitely I find your links very useful and I have no doubt, that other group members appreciated your information as well. Thank you.

With best regards from Berlin
Oliver S. Hartmann
- 15 Jul 2007, 7:02 pm
Dr. Oliver S. Hartmann wrote: > Dear Mr. Lambert, > > Definitely I find your links very useful and I have no doubt, that > other group members appreciated your information as well. Thank you. > > With best regards from Berlin > Oliver S. Hartmann
炜高
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Re: UK: Sources of Law on the Internet
I'm a China lawyer, I want to do my best to impove China's IP protection, pls contact with me if you also want to do this great hard and meaningful work with me!
GOOD CHINA IP WEBSITE:
THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE PR.C http://www.most.gov.cn/
STATE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE OF THE PR.C http://www.sipo.gov.cn/sipo_English/
This post was modified on 05 May 2008 at 02:32 am.
- 04 May 2008, 2:58 pm
炜高 wrote: > I'm a China lawyer, I want to do my best to impove China's IP > protection, pls contact with me if you also want to do this great > hard and meaningful work with me! > GOOD CHINA IP WEBSITE: > THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE PR.C > http://www.most.gov.cn/ > STATE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE OF THE PR.C > http://www.sipo.gov.cn/sipo_English/

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