Government and Academic Agencies
IP Institute
www.ip-institute.org.uk
The IPI promotes awareness and understanding of IP law. It commissions research and has a range of publications.'... to promote awareness and understanding of intellectual property law, and its contribution to economic and social welfare, through high quality, independent research..'
Intellectual Property - DTI
www.intellectual-property.org.uk
Government-backed home of UK Intellectual Property on the Internet
NESTA (National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts)
www.nesta.org.uk
Governmant funded body set up: '...to help maximise this country's creative and innovative potential'.
EU funded body to assist those taking part in Community funded research and technological development projects on intellectual property rights (IPR) issues.
Marques- Assoc. of European Trade Mark Owners
www.marques.org
Business Link
www.businesslink.gov.uk
Practical Advice for businesses (incl. IP matters)
Innovation Log Book
www.innovationlogbook.gov.uk
Copyright Licensing Agency
www.cla.co.uk
The Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd. (CLA) is a non profit-making agency that licenses organisations for photocopying and scanning from magazines, books and journals
The Patent Office
www.patent.gov.uk
Professional and Trade Organisations
British Copyright Council (BCC)
www.britishcopyright.org
'...national consultative and advisory body representing organisations of copyright owners and performers and others interested in copyright in the UK....' ...' an umbrella organisation bringing together organisations which represent those who create, or hold rights in literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works and those who perform such works...'
Alliance Against Counterfeiting and Piracy (AACP)
www.aacp.org.uk
'...coalition of British trade associations and industry enforcement organisations...'
British Brands Group
www.britishbrandsgroup.com
Creators Rights Alliance
www.creatorsrights.org.uk
'...brings together the major organisations representing copyright creators and content providers throughout the media - particularly, television, radio and the press...'
Anti-Counterfeiting Group (ACG)
www.a-cg.com
ACG fights for recognition of the devastating impact on society of the trade in fake goods
Licensing Executives Society
www.les-bi.org
LES UK and Ireland licensing in and the licensing out of intellectual property rights
Forum on Creative Industries
www.foci.org.uk
'...a network of experienced professionals concerned to inform and influence the current debates around the creative industries...'
Anti- Copying in Design (ACID)
www.acid.uk.com
'...A membership organisation for designers committed to fighting copyright theft and protection of design rights...'
Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS)
www.dacs.org.uk
'...promotes and protects the copyright and related rights of artists and visual creators in the UK and worldwide...'
Chartered Society of Designers (DSC)
www.csd.org.uk
'...the world's largest chartered body of professional designers and is unique in representing designers in all disciplines.'
Design Council
www.design-council.org.uk
Design Business Association
www.dba.org.uk
Design Nation (and The Design Trust)
www.designnation.co.uk
British Furniture Manufacturers
www.bfm.org.uk
British Design Initiative
www.britishdesign.co.uk/newlook/h1.html
The BDI assists design businesses to promote themselves to design buyers, raise their professional standards
The Digital Content Forum
www.dcf.org.uk
'...DCF forms a two-way conduit between industry and government to gather views and input into policy-making processes...'
Society for Computers and Law
www.scl.org
'...The Society for Computers and Law is the leading UK organisation for the encouragement and development of law related IT & IT related law.'
Internet Enforcement Group
www.irg-org.uk
'...a cross industry body of Internet investigators representing the book puvlishing, music, games, software, merchandising and film indstries.'
Federation Against Software Theft (FAST)
www.fast.org.uk
'... set up by the British Computer Society's Copyright Committee and was the first software copyright organisation...'
Producers Alliance in Cinema and Television (PACT)
www.pact.co.uk
'...Pact is the UK trade association that represents and promotes the commercial interests of independent feature film, television, animation and interactive media companies'
Directors and Producers Rights Society Society
www.dprs.org
DPRS is a '...collecting society which represents British film and television directors. It collects and distributes money due to directors for the exploitation of their work.'
Creators Rights Alliance
www.creatorsrights.org
The CRA '...brings together the major organisations representing copyright creators and content providers throughout the media - particularly, television, radio and the press'
Industry Trust for IP Awareness Limited/ Piracy is a Crime
www.piracyisacrime.com
Alliance Against Counterfeiting and Piracy
www.aacp.org.uk
The Alliance is a unique coalition of British trade associations and industry enforcement organisations with a combined turnover of over £250 billion.
Legal Resources
The Law Society
www.lawsociety.org.uk/home.law
The Bar Council
www.barcouncil.org.uk
Law Links
library.kent.ac.uk/library/lawlinks
Legal information resource
Intellectual Property Lawyers Association
www.qmipri.org
IP Bar Association
www.ipba.co.uk
