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Finding the Law Notifications tab on the IP Law Portal

The Law Notifications tab is the second tab from the left in the toolbar at the top of the IP Law Portal. Click this tab to access the Law Notifications section from any page of the IP Law Portal.

Search for law notifications by jurisdiction

You can search for all law notifications for a particular jurisdiction through the Country dropdown menu. This dropdown menu contains entries for both countries and supranational organisations such as the EPO and WIPO.

In this example we'll be looking at how to find all law notifications for the Unified Patent Court (UPC). To do this:

1.     Select Unitary Patent (UP) from the Country dropdown menu

2.     Click Search

       

3. Equinox will now show a list of all law notifications containing the jurisdiction 'Unitary Patent (UP)'

    Note: As you can see in the example at the bottom of the screen, Equinox will display results where either:

  • The jurisdiction you've searched for is the only result a law notification is about

        Or

  • The jurisdiction you've searched for is one of multiple jurisdictions a law notification is about

        

         

Get more details about a law notification

You can find out more details about a law notification by doing the following:

1. Select the notification title from the list of results        

2. The IP Law Portal then shows you:

  • More details about this law notification
  • Related notifications you might want to know about

 You also have the option to leave a comment on this notification.    

Kinds of IP does Equinox records law notifications for

Equinox generates law notifications for the following types of IP:

  • Trade marks
  • Patents
  • Utility Models
  • Registered designs

 

Search law notifications by IP type

Example - Searching for all 'Registered Design' notifications in the IP Law Portal

You can search for law notifications by type by selecting the relevant IP type from the IP Type dropdown menu. This example shows you how to search for all registered design notifications in the IP Law Portal.

1. Select Registered designs from the IP Type dropdown menu

2. Click the Search button     

3. You'll now see a list of all registered design notifications in the IP Law Portal

        

         

Search law notifications by title

Don't worry if you're looking for a law notification but can only remember part of the title. The IP Law Portal's 'Title' search functionality makes it easy for you to find whatever information you're looking for with just a few relevant title keywords.

Example - Searching for cases whose titles contain 'TMView'

In this example we will be searching for all law notifications whose titles mention TMView. To do this:

1. Enter TMView in the 'Title' search box

2. Click Search

         

3. The IP Law Portal will show you a list of all law notifications containing TMView in their titles

Search by more than one category simultaneously

You can search by more than one category simultaneously. In this example, let's say you want to find all patent-related law notifications for the United States.

1.     Select 'Patent' from the ‘IP Type’ dropdown menu

2.     Select 'United States of America (US)' from the ‘Country’ dropdown menu

3.     Click 'Search'

        

4.     The IP Law Portal will show you a list of all law notifications about patents in the US


Find the source of a law notification

You can find the sources for all Equinox’s law notifications in the IP Law Portal. The IP Law Portal lists the sources of law notifications in the Source column on the right-hand side of the results list.

In the example below, we can see that the WIPO website is the source of this law notification.

If you want more information about the source, click on WIPO. This will take you to the page of the WIPO website where the law update is listed, so you'll be able to read about it in more detail.