The information on this website cannot replace professional advice and assistance.CIPC advises users to seek advice and assistance before making any business decisions based on the information in the registers. The information may also contain technical or legal terms, which may vary from normal English usage. This stresses the importance of specialist knowledge and expertise for the proper understanding of the information in the registers.

Patent, trade mark and design searching is generally only carried out by specially trained persons and the interpretation of the search results is a matter of legal analysis usually performed by specialist advisers.

Security of CIPC IP Online Services

CIPC IP Online Services uses 128 bit SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption, the highest level of encryption currently available. This is a widely-used web technology that encrypts and decrypts a message for online transmission. However, you should be aware that there are some inherent risks associated with the transmission of information via the Internet, and with using SSL as the encryption mechanism. If you do not wish to use our Online Services, you can transact with us by post, fax, telephone or in person at any of our offices:(CIPC). 

Statements of the law disclaimer

Unless specific provisions of legislation are quoted, CIPC IP Online Services does not make statements of the law in relation to any matter. The comments contained in this web site about the law are summaries which may not be comprehensive or complete.

Integrity and reliability of Information

The information in this web site is not intended to be comprehensive or complete and may not be up to date or current. The website may not contain information covering particular subjects or issues relevant to particular users.

The databases accessible through this web site contain large quantities of information which has been entered manually and inevitably errors and inaccuracies occur in such a process. Although efforts are made to identify such errors and inaccuracies, the database nevertheless contains errors and inaccuracies. Much of the information contained in the database accessible through this web site is provided to CIPC by third parties. It is not possible for CIPC to check the accuracy of the information provided by third parties. Inaccuracies may arise in that information in different ways and those inaccuracies may not be evident to users of this web site.